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The Defense Department has expanded its investigation into the criminal backgrounds of child care providers at all military facilities after officials discovered many had criminal records at a Northern Virginia base where two daycare workers have been charged with assaulting children.
Leaders at the Fort Myer, Va. daycare facilities hired at least 31 civilian workers who had criminal records on charges ranging from assault to sexual offenses, a senior Defense Department official said Wednesday.
The growing scandal at the base next to the Pentagon, which is home to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Army chief of staff, prompted a telephone call Wednesday from President Obama to Army Secretary John McHugh, the Associated Press reported.
A White House official said Obama told McHugh there must be zero tolerance on standards for those charged with caring for the children of servicemembers, the AP reported.
Obama's phone call late Tuesday night followed disclosures that two employees of the Child Development Center at Fort Myer had been arrested Sept. 26 on misdemeanor assault charges for assaulting children in their care. The senior DoD official said "these were assaults, not sexual assaults."
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was "deeply disappointed and angered" because the Army waited until Tuesday night to inform him of the arrests made in September.
Army officials told Panetta that two suspects, Sharon Blakeney and Rebecca Smallwood-Briscoe, had allegedly pinched, kneed, and punched toddlers. Army leaders waited until the eve of Blakeney and Smallwood-Briscoe's pre-trial status hearing on Wednesday to inform the defense secretary.
Local television station WJLA obtained the court documents from the arrests that named a third woman in the case. The station's report stated that Army officials installed video cameras Fort Myer's CDC following complaints from a mother upset that a worker was yelling at children.
The video cameras allegedly recorded Smallwood-Briscoe, Blakeney, and a third woman, Tonya Fagan-Clarke, assaulting children, according to WJLA's report that cited the court documents. The report also said that Smallwood-Briscoe allegedly used her fist to "hit the face/chin area of a 2-year-old boy," and in another instances "pulled a 2-year-old across the floor by one leg several times."
Additionally the station reported – again, citing court documents – that Blakeney allegedly hit "another 2-year-old-boy in the head" and that Fagan-Clarke allegedly "picked up an 18-month-old girl by the arm and proceeded to drop her on her stomach."
An Army investigation of Fort Myer's hiring practices showed that 31 of the 130 CDC employees had criminal records. The charges included 14 for assault, six for drug use, and two for sexual assault in the fourth degree – a misdemeanor that could involve public exposure.
The official was at a loss to explain how the 31 got through the Army's vetting process for employment.
"We don't know if it was negligence in conducting the background checks or the background checks themselves were faulty," the official said.
The Army later ordered a review of its hiring practices and background checks for daycare centers at all U.S. bases. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday expanded the review to include daycare facilities worldwide for all the services.
On Wednesday, Panetta expanded the review again to include the hiring practices at schools, teen centers, and any facilities serving military children at all bases and installations worldwide, Defense Department officials said.
"It's not to be confined solely to the CDCs," Little said. If the background and security checks turn up employees "who should not be working there, then they should be let go, period," Little said.
Panetta demanded the new investigation after being blindsided by the Army on the scandal at the $17 million Fort Myer CDC.
"No one likes to be surprised," Little said of the Army's delayed notification to Panetta. "I don't know where the breakdown in communications was. It's something we're looking into, and clearly this information didn't get reported up the chain of command as quickly as we think it should have."
'Revamp the whole system'
Military spouses who have worked at base CDCs, or frequently used them, described stressful workplaces overlaid with rules and regulations that were often ignored. The spouses interviewed by Military.com asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution from base officials for their comments.
"Every room has at least one to two terrible people that I wouldn't let me kid sit next to because of how much they are on their phone, language they use, or attitude toward children and parents," said a military spouse who formerly worked at a Fort Campbell, Ky. CDC.
"The only way the rooms even function is because of good grunt caregivers doing all the work," the spouse said. "A rule there (at Fort Campbell) is if you are caught on your cell phone at all you are terminated, and pretty much everyone ... is on their phones all the time."
"Several of the (head workers) have been caught and reported by parents, and they have never been fired," the Fort Campbell spouse said. "It's a lot of hypocrisy and double standards. The higher-ups choose to punish those that aren't in their circle of friends rather than treating each equally."
Another military spouse who regularly uses hourly daycare for her toddler at Fort Rucker, Ala., said "it is supposed to be military run, and in theory, we are supposed to be able to expect more from our military-run" facilities than civilian ones.
She said she worries that the staff is forced to work long hours to meet schedules provided for programs serving deployed families.
"Many of those employees have husbands deployed too and they need the breaks as well, but cannot get them," the spouse said.
"I think they need to revamp the whole program allowing for happier employees, because if the employees are stressed the kids will know and the kids are the ones that pay. They need a revamp of the whole system, not just hiring practices," the spouse said.
More than 1 million children belong to U.S. military families worldwide.
"They are part of the DOD family, and we will do whatever we can to protect them, wherever they may be," Little said.


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Guilderland teacher accused of stealing $100,000
$100,382 allegedly stolen from educators association
Farnsworth Middle School math teacher Brenda McClaine has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing $100,000 over the course of one year from the Guilderland Teachers Association, police said.
McClaine, 39, of Altamont, served as treasurer of the teachers association, which is affiliated with New York State United Teachers, or NYSUT. McClaine was arrested Thursday by Guilderland police and charged with second-degree larceny, a class C felony, police said. She was arraigned in Town Court and released on $15,000 bail, police said. District officials placed McClaine on paid administrative leave, as required by law, while her case is pending.
Police allege that McClaine stole $100,382.50 from the 450-member teachers association between August 2012 and October 2013. Police declined to comment further on the investigation or whether the stolen money was recovered.
District Superintendent Maria Wiles stressed that no district funds were involved in the theft and that there were no complaints of irregularities in McClaine's instruction or her interaction with students. McClaine has been a teacher at Farnsworth since 1999. She works with 70 students in grades 6, 7 and 8 who require extra help as part of an Academic Intervention Services, or AIS, classroom setting.
Wiles said that McClaine had been reassigned to the district office a couple weeks ago when the investigation began and is now on paid administrative leave. For the past weeks, a certified long-term substitute math teacher has taken over her classes and will continue teaching them, Wiles said.
Michael Laster, Farnsworth's principal, sent a letter home with students Friday that told parents and guardians about McClaine's arrest. "Please consider taking some time to talk with your child as you feel appropriate or encourage them to seek out the support of our school counselors," Laster said in the letter.
Wiles said the middle school "has been very quiet today" and that administrators, teachers, parents and students expressed a range of emotions. "The biggest is maybe sadness," she said. "It's unfortunate for everyone involved."
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So Steven Soderbergh is serious about making a spy thriller starring a mixed-martial arts star with nearly zero acting experience.
"Dear John" star Channing Tatum and Michael Angarano, most recently or "Gentleman Broncos," are in talks to join the cast of Soderbegh's "Knockout," starring MMA starlet Gina Carano as part of a Blackwater-style security firm that is double-crossed.
Soderbergh got a credible turn out of porn star Sasha Grey in last year's "The Girlfriend Experience," but she at least was used to acting on camera.
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Tatum is looking to go all Method, planning to train with a Mossad agent, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Knockout" won't fail or succeed because of anything that Tatum or Angarano bring to the table, but its nice to see this project moving apace, with shooting slated to begin next month in Spain and Ireland.
Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Dennis Quaid were brought on board last week.


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Poll: Detroiters worry about crime, city's direction
- Poll of 400 likely voters by the Detroit Free Press/WXYZ-TV
- Crime%2C drugs%2C gangs and violence are top concerns
- Many don%27t feel bankruptcy filing was necessary
DETROIT -- The city of Detroit is on the wrong track. Crime is its biggest problem. And hiring Kevyn Orr to fix its finances was a bad move.
That's what roughly half of Detroiters think, according to an exclusive Free Press/WXYZ-TV poll of 400 likely Detroit voters. The poll, taken between Sept. 17 and Sept. 19, sought to examine the mood and mindset of Detroiters in the wake of the historic municipal bankruptcy filing.
Nearly half of the respondents, 44 percent, said they believed the city of Detroit is headed in the wrong direction; 36 percent said it was headed in the right direction; 20 percent were undecided or didn't respond.
As for what concerns most Detroiters, crime topped that list, with 46 percent of respondents listing crime, drugs, gangs and violence as their top concern.
Among the respondents was Curtis Foster, a retiree who has lived in Detroit for more than six decades, raised his family here and put five children through college. He believes the city has no effective leadership in place to improve life for Detroiters.
"We have no one in charge except Kevyn Orr," Foster said. " He worries me. He bothers me. It's a dictatorship almost."
Foster also opposed the bankruptcy filing, and said he doubts that Orr can really fix anything.
"There's nothing he can do. In order to solve our problems here in the city of Detroit, it takes money," Foster said. "If he's not going to bring some money here, it's not going to help us. We have to bring in manufacturers. We have to bring in jobs. If Kevyn Orr can't do some of those things, he can't do nothing."
After crime, abandoned buildings and vehicles were the next biggest concern for the poll respondents, followed by the local economy and jobs.
As for who can fix their problems, most Detroiters aren't convinced it's emergency manager Kevyn Orr, who took some hits in the survey.
Exactly half, 50 percent, said they didn't find it necessary for Orr to file bankruptcy, while 37 percent felt bankruptcy was necessary. Another 13 percent were undecided.
The poll respondents also rated the services in the city of Detroit before Orr took over. The vast majority, 90 percent, gave the city a negative rating in terms of the job its done providing basic city services to the residents.
As for whether Orr has made a difference or not, according to the poll, Detroiters don't believe he's had much an impact.
More than two-thirds of respondents, 69 percent, said they felt services had stayed the same since Orr took over as emergency manager; 14 percent said services were improving; 10 percent said they were worse. Three percent were undecided.
And as for whether Orr will make a difference a year from now, 36 percent said they expected city services will stay the same; 35 percent expect improvement; 11 percent said things will get worse; 18 percent were undecided.


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Crab Macaroni Casserole
Cold winter evenings are much more tolerable with this comforting casserole. Whole wheat macaroni boosts nutrition, while the melted cheese topping makes it rich and so satisfying. We like it best with a veggie side. —Jason Egner, Edgerton, Wisconsin
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes6 servings
- 2 cups uncooked whole wheat elbow macaroni
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 cups fat-free milk
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) lump crabmeat, drained
- 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese, divided
- Cook macaroni according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Combine flour and milk until smooth; stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Drain macaroni. Add the crabmeat, sour cream, Swiss cheese, salt, mustard, macaroni and 1/4 cup cheddar cheese to the skillet.
- Transfer to an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 380 calories, 11g fat (6g saturated fat), 86mg cholesterol, 619mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 4g fiber), 31g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.
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I used fresh lump crabmeat instead of canned and Old Bay seasoning instead of ground mustard. The recipe was good but a bit bland. Would try again with more Old Bay and more cheese.
Jan 25, 2011
I was told by my family it was a "do again", not a "do over". I doubled the recipe, and substituted the second can of lump crab with small shrimp. They loved it!


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Traineeship at Liebherr in Germany: Off to a good start
Those with aspirations of a technical or commercial career benefit from many advantages at Liebherr. At a total of 22 locations in Germany, Liebherr facilitates versatile apprenticeship with modern workplaces and workstations.
Apprenticeship with prospects
Apart from construction machines, refrigeration equipment, aircraft landing gear, machine tools and automation systems, Liebherr has many other technically challenging products and services in its range. This means that we also offer a great deal of interesting occupational training options – and, upon completion, the opportunity to join a successful organization with career progression.
- Industrial mechanic
- Construction mechanic
- Cutting machine operator
- Mechanic for agricultural and construction machines
- Mechatronics engineer
- Machine and plant operator
- Electronics technician for industrial engineering
- Electronics technician for equipment and systems
- Paint technician
- Surface treatment specialist
- Material tester
- Technical product designer
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To us, it is important that the knowledge acquired through trade training college is put directly into practice in real-life scenarios. Therefore, working routines are incorporated in the apprenticeship program from a very early stage. As a team, apprentices face specific tasks within a project, ranging from planning to implementation. This challenges and motivates.
Additional program for trainees
Specialist knowledge and skills are one thing. A good trade training course includes more. Therefore, special team training courses and workshops prepare trainees for all of the challenges that they may face in later working life. This promotes personal development in the same way as collaborative involvement.
Educational trips, time abroad and sporting events also add variety to a challenging training program.


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valentines day poems by william shakespeare
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As Immigration/Refugees Remain Top Priority for Lawmakers There has been ongoing debate over the issue of immigration and refugees for many months here in the U.S. and around the world. And in June, there is a day dedicated to refugees -- to raise awareness to their needs and plight, realizing the horrors they have endured in leaving their homeland to find a safe place to live. It's a time to try to work together to ensure every refugee child gets an education, every family has a safe place to call home and every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community. And now, thousands of refugees are also united by one flag. An orange and black flag inspired by the life vests most all had to wear in their search for a safer land to live. … [Read more...]
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|Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan
The 13th Warrior
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhoi, Daniel Southern
The story of IB Fahdlan, an important emissary who is banished from his homeland. The nomadic outcast comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders--who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of the night.
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prodrigues needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 9 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We're going to be launching an online hotel site, ReserveDiscountRooms.com, pretty soon. We have some content up, but it's not attractive. We hired a web designer, and he'll be working around the logo decided here.
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"Web 2.0ish"
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ReserveDiscountRooms.com will have around 30,000 hotels, 1,000 attraction listings, and 500 restaurant listings All media is original. Unfortunately, we're horrible at design.
We envision a blue color scheme.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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American Pale Ale Beer-Making Kit
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Brew your own American Pale Ale at home with our beer-making kit. It includes all the basic equipment, ingredients and instructions you need to craft great-tasting beer from the very first batch. Follow the step-by-step instructions, and in about four weeks you'll enjoy an American Pale Ale that is highly hopped, crisp and refreshing.
- Includes brewing equipment and ingredients to brew American Pale Ale, including enough malt, grain, hops and yeast for your first batch.
- Complete instructions provided in the included A Guide to Craft Brewing.
- Additional equipment and ingredients required: Large brew pot, fine-mesh strainer, 10 lb. ice and 10 swing-top bottles.
- Ingredients included for making 1 gallon of ale (ten 12-oz. bottles).
- Equipment can be reused to brew additional batches.
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Kit includes:
- 1-gallon glass carboy
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- Ingredients: 1.2 lb. malt, 3.2 oz. grains, 0.8 oz. hops, 11g yeast.
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- Funnel: Made in Taiwan.
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Best Third Lip: Courteney Cox
Seems impossible but Third Lip Nicole Kidman seemed downright demure in size and paralysis next to Courteney Cox's. Did you watch any of CC's interviews on the carpet? That sh-t is rigid. And it makes for the strangest effect when she speaks. Like she's trying to push it out the way. Like there's a slab of ice sitting on top of her mouth preventing her from proper pronunciation.
It's quite an accomplishment to out-Third Lip the Granny Freeze. But somehow Courteney Cox, she found a way. This served her well when she lost out to Toni Collette for Best Actress Comedy. Because according to many experts, it was hers for the taking. Which is why she looked like she wanted to strangle a bitch when she realised she lost. You would not have wanted to be one of her staff members last night. Then again, if you've been reading long enough, you already know that.
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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO ICF)
The ICF is a classification of health and health-related domains. These domains are classified from body, individual and societal perspectives by means of two lists: a list of body functions and structure, and a list of domains of activity and participation. Since an individual's functioning and disability occurs in a context, the ICF also includes a list of environmental factors.
ICN is developing, in coordination with the WHO FIC Collaborating Center of the Netherlands, a pilot project for mapping ICNP® and ICF.Nursing Terminologies
ICNP® represents nursing work and client outcomes. ICNP® is a unified nursing language system that facilitates the development and cross-mapping of local nursing terms and existing terminologies.
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Gun bill brouhaha revives memories of failed 1993 House vote
Drama unfolded on the Colorado House floor this week when a group of hard-right Republicans called for a procedural move to try to force a vote on a gun bill and were chided for challenging the speaker.
Republicans insisted they weren't trying to challenge Democratic Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst of Boulder, and some were a little miffed that House Majority Leader Crisanta Duran of Denver scolded them.
Here's a history lesson for Republicans: The GOP in 1993, when it was in power, insisted that appealing a procedural ruling is tantamount to a challenge of the speaker.
"It's kind of like leveling charges against him," then House Majority Leader Tim Foster, a Grand Junction Republican, said of Pueblo Democrat Bill Thiebaut's challenge of a procedural ruling by then-Speaker Chuck Berry.
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Visit a locally owned garden center near you to find healthy, well-maintained houseplants.
Dieffenbachia has beautiful foliage and is a good medium-light plant.
Now that fall has arrived and there are fewer garden chores, you may be wondering what to do now. If you miss taking care of plants, purchase a houseplant to get your green fix inside. Houseplants not only add some green, but some believe that houseplants may improve your mood.
Don't run out and buy the first plant you see, though. First determine the best plant for the desired location. Do you have a bright room with several windows or a room that doesn't receive any direct sunlight? Choosing the right plant for the spot is the key to success. In addition to the amount of light a plant requires, you need to know the plant's mature size to make sure it won't outgrow your space.
How do you determine the amount of light you have to offer a prospective plant roommate? Is its potential location facing north, south, east, or west? Is sunlight blocked by trees, awnings, or adjacent buildings? An east-facing window supports many plants, as it provides morning light – a soft, medium light level. A north-facing window usually only provides enough light for non-flowering plants; opt for dark, large-leaved plants, such as Dieffenbachia and Philodendron. Another option is a plant that is newer to the market, but relatively easy to find – the ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia). These sturdy plants have shiny green leaves and are drought tolerant because of their fleshy roots. If you've killed your share of houseplants, this one may be for you. Do not overwater it, as that is the biggest killer of this plant (and many other plants).
Clockwise: African violets have a reputation as "grandma plants," but they can't be beat for their flowering power. Place them in a medium-light location, such as an east-facing window, and they will bloom almost constantly. • Chinese evergreens (Aglaonema) are beautiful, easy houseplants. They are great for medium-light situations. • Pothos are easy to care for and don't require much light, with the exception of variegated varieties. If they don't receive enough the light, they will revert to all green.
ZZ plant is one of the easiest-to-care-for houseplants.
A spot with southern exposure provides the most light, giving you many options, including cacti and succulents. But this is a harsh, bright light that can burn plants such as African violets (Saintpaulia), Begonia, and ferns. If you have a specific plant in mind that requires a low-light location, but you only have a south-facing area, a sheer curtain will provide enough protection to prevent burning. West-facing locations can also support a wide variety of plants.
If you want a vining plant that will do well in low light, consider the heart-leafed philodendron (P. hederaceum) or pothos (Epipremnum spp.).
If you have an east- or west-facing window, consider flowering plants such as peace lily (Spathiphyllum), African violet, or a Phalaenopsis orchid. An eastern exposure is also perfect for ferns and begonias.
After you've done a bit of research and have a list of potential plants it's time to go shopping. Before purchasing a plant, examine it to make sure it is healthy and free of any pests or disease issues. Check under the leaves, in the axils (where the leaf meets the stem), and along the stems. Do you see anything moving? Are there any holes in the leaves? If you see white cottony patches on the plant, it may be infested with mealybugs. Brown or white bumps on the plant that shouldn't be there could indicate a scale infestation. Are there yellow or brown leaves? If so the plant may have been over- or underwatered. If you see symptoms of any potential problems, look for a different plant. It is important to start out your plant parenthood with a healthy, pest-free plant. If it is cold outside, make sure your plant is wrapped in a paper sleeve before leaving the store to protect it from the elements.
Air plants (Tillandsia) require very little maintenance. Give them plenty of light and a good soaking once a week. • These Calathea are healthy and beautiful. They are great plants for spots that receive only low to medium light. They do prefer a bit more humidity, so place them on pebble trays with water.
Look closely at the plant you are buying. If you see white cottony material in the axils of the leaves or on the leaves, such as pictured here, move on. These are mealybugs.
Odds are, your plant will be in the ubiquitous green or black plastic nursery pot and you'll more than likely prefer something more attractive. It's perfectly fine to move the plant into two different containers, just make sure the new container is approximately the same size; you don't want to move it to a larger container until it is actively growing in the spring. However, if it appears to be rootbound and needs water more than once a week, go ahead and use a larger container, but water it carefully throughout the winter. Your new plant won't need any fertilizing until you see new growth in the spring.
Enjoy your plant this winter and if it doesn't look as good by the time spring arrives, it is okay to put it on the compost pile. Don't feel guilty – there is always next fall.
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Apple Praline Pie
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling
Makes8 servings
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- 4 to 6 tablespoons cold water
- 6 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples
- 1 tablespoon ginger ale
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2/3 cup pecan halves
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle with vinegar. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball.
- Divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other. Roll out larger portion to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry even with edge.
- In a large bowl, toss apples with the ginger ale, lemon juice and vanilla. Combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to apple mixture and toss to coat. Spoon into crust; dot with butter.
- Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry.
- Bake at 400° for 55-65 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cover edges with foil during the last 30 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar; cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil and sugar is dissolved. Stir in pecans; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; stir in cream and vanilla. Immediately pour over pie. Bake 3-5 minutes longer or until topping is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 636 calories, 40g fat (21g saturated fat), 88mg cholesterol, 377mg sodium, 69g carbohydrate (42g sugars, 3g fiber), 5g protein.
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Dec 23, 2018
Everyone loves it when I make this pie. It's so good!
Feb 4, 2015
Deeeeelish! This pie is soooo good!!!! I get complements every single time I make this. I'm getting ready to make another one. It's THAT good!
Jan 12, 2013
This is THE BEST apple pie I have ever had...it's also my husband's favortie! If you love Apple Pie and Pralines...oh boy, is this for YOU!
Jan 26, 2012
This pie is delicious! It's a bit time consuming if you make your own crust, but it's well worth it! I've made this pie several times and my husband always raves about it...it's his favorite pie!
Jun 29, 2011
It directs you to bake the pie with a crust on top and then put the topping on the crust and bake a few minutes longer. That way the praline topping is on top of the crust.
Jun 28, 2011
Why does the recipe tell you to put a crust on the top of the pie but the picture is open????
Jan 28, 2011
This pie is DELICIOUS!!! I've made it twice in three weeks! It instantly became my husbands favorite pie! I recently made a blueberry pie, and used the praline topping on that too...it was also very good! I would think the praline topping would be wonderful on almost any fruit pie! :)
Oct 16, 2010
I would make another half of the praline topping. Otherwise, a definite favorite in my family!
May 13, 2009
will all the pie recipes be in Taste Of Home 2010 recipe book?thank youBetty


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Hi guys! Its been 3 days since i've got any invitations. I need 4 more to get Moneko. Please help me by inputing this code : rvysn. (I looked back at my previous posts and realize that i did not post my code each time along with my constant updates! Its so silly of me.) Please help me get Moneko. I would really appreciate it. Constant update: Current invited guests - 6. Many thanks in advance! ^^
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A few simple tips to clear stage 7 if you have just started and is having problem:
1)Get treasure for all stages, once you have gotten the treasure, move on to get the other treasure, even if the treasure is inferior. At this point, the quality of the treasure is not very important yet.
2)Don't really have to upgrade the level of the cat yet. But do get all the cats (tank, axe and gross). Use it on more important upgrade like cat cannon range, recharge. At the start summon defensive cat like tank cat while upgrading working cat level. When the enemies come close in range and cannon is in range, fire it to gain an advantage.
3) Get god cat, but don't use it until stage 7. Use god cat(rich cat, uses 90 cat food, but is free at 1st use) at stage 7 to allow unlimited cat summoning which is important for keeping the hippo at bay while cannon is recharging.
Hi guys! Please help me get Moneko! ^^ I need 4 more invitations to get her. Btw, update your version of battle cats to fixed the stamp receiving problem. Too bad it was not fixed earlier. I already missed a day but luckily it was not the cat food. Just the XP. Please help! I would really appreciate it. 4 more to go! Please help! Thank you! Constant update: Current invited guest - 6. rvysn
Just wondering... can anybody tell how many nyanko stamps are there? Is it 30 or 31?
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Analysis: Could Obama have done more to win gun vote?
- Background-check amendment failed in the Senate
- President says the vote marks a %22shameful day%22 in Washington
- Should Obama have been more personally involved in the dealmaking%3F
WASHINGTON — After the Senate knocked down his best legislative hope for expanding background checks on gun sales, President Obama showed anger, if not disdain, for many of his former Congressional colleagues.
"All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," he said.
When Obama introduced his ambitious gun legislation less than a month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, he vowed to use "whatever weight this office holds" to make his gun-safety proposals a reality. And after the Senate failed to muster enough votes to move forward with the amendment by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Obama spoke of members of Congress as if they were living on a different a planet.
"The American people are trying to figure out, how can something have 90% support and not happen?" he said, noting that polls show a vast majority of Americans back bolstering background checks.
But as the gun vote, at least this round, winds down, it's worth asking the question: Should Obama have been more personally involved in the legislative sausage making?
OBAMA:'A shameful day'
MORE:How senators voted
STORY:Senate left with no clear path forward on gun bill
White House aides say there was nothing more that Obama could have done. In the days after Sandy Hook, the president's senior advisers, including David Plouffe and Dan Pfeiffer, told him it would be very difficult if not impossible to get something done, according to a White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
But Obama responded to them that he had to try, and he was willing to put his political capital into it. The White House was also concerned about how to use the president to keep the issue in the public sphere without burning out the public, the official said.
When it came to the political fight necessary to move this legislative mountain, however, Obama left much of the heavy lifting to Vice President Biden.
Biden, a 36-year veteran of the Senate, was the one who met with the National Rifle Association, victims of gun violence and other stakeholders as he crafted recommendations for the president's gun-safety agenda. He was the president's bulldog who lamented the "black helicopter crowd" that accused Obama of wanting to take Americans' guns away. Biden was the one who shamed lawmakers worried about their NRA scoring, telling them to get some "courage" like the parents of the Sandy Hook victims.
Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, an analyst at the Democratic-leaning think tank Third Way, said putting Biden out in front was the right strategy. "It would have shut down negotiations with Republicans if Obama had owned (gun safety) as his proposal," she said.
After the Senate rejected the background-check amendment, Obama allowed that he was disappointed but refused to acknowledge defeat.
"We return home with the determination that change will happen — maybe not today, but it will happen. It will happen soon," he said. "We've always known this would be a long road, and we don't have the luxury of turning back."


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Thiago's tears are talk of the town
If you had shown the headline and picture to somebody just getting off a plane, they'd be excused for thinking that Brazil had just endured the nightmare of being knocked out early from their second World Cup at home. Under the written plea "Get up, captain!" the picture showed a desperate and disheveled Thiago Silva being propped up by manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, tears rolling down the captain's face.
As we all know, that was Silva's reaction to Brazil's nerve-wrecking penalty shootout victory over Chile in Belo Horizonte last Saturday. And that show of emotion spooked a lot of his fellow countrymen ahead of Friday's quarterfinal showdown with Colombia in Fortaleza.
In the past few days, Silva's tears have been the talk of a whole country and have become the evidence of how the Seleção was finding the psychological pressure to deliver Brazil's first World Cup win at home a bit too hard to handle. The fact that the PSG defender was by no means the only man to shed tears on the pitch went unnoticed -- goalkeeper Julio Cesar's waterworks began even before he lined up to parry the first of two kicks in the shootout and Neymar fell face first on the grass as soon as it was all over.
But the man with the armband was singled out -- rather unfairly in his own opinion.
"The pressure to win a knockout game is enormous because you know you're going home if you lose. I am the kind of person who commits heart and soul to what I do and I am an emotional guy. But I am also a guy who has proved his value on and off the pitch. A lot of people in the press are sayings things that are not helpful," Silva said on Wednesday in the prematch news conferences. It was a statement addressed to the sectors of the Brazilian media that questioned, albeit never directly, his emotional state and whether he was fit to keep the captaincy.
While few people actually believe that Scolari would demote the man who wore the armband for much of the past four years, the feeling was hardly confined to the fringes of public opinion.
It is a curious situation for Brazilians, who are hardly known for their stiff upper lips. The great Ayrton Senna, who seemed to possess anti-freeze in his veins while negotiating overtaking maneuvers of 200 mph, wept openly when he won his first Formula 1 world title in 1988, for example; men all over the country also shed a cheeky tear. Ronaldo's sobbing after completing the mother of all personal comebacks in lifting the 2002 World Cup had the same effect.
So why is Silva's case different? Well, for a start it happened during the battle. Secondly, the PSG defender, one of the nicest guys one could ever meet in football, was a victim of his own sincerity. In the chaos of the mixed zone after football matches, he told a Reuters reporter of his plea to Big Phil to move him as far down the penalty takers' list as he could be -- even behind goalie Cesar. That didn't reflect well on him, especially after Silva's partner in the Brazilian defense, David Luiz, volunteered to open up the shootout despite playing 120 minutes in pain due to a back injury sustained in training.
The pressure increased after a poorly organized meeting between Scolari and his staff with trusted journalists, which led to the leaking of the manager's concerns with his captain's state of mind. Both couldn't have tried to look more united while addressing the media at Castelão.
"Scolari didn't question my attitude at any moment. I am a guy who overcame tuberculosis, so my mind is fine. Is it natural of human beings to feel emotional and I will not change because of what people say," Silva reckoned just before the manager chipped in with an anecdote from the days he was Portugal manager.
"You all have heard of a gentleman called Luís Figo, who once was the world's best player. I subbed him out in a quarterfinal against England in Euro 2004 and a lot of people lambasted us because he wasn't seen on the pitch when we won. The truth is that he was back in the dressing room praying in front of Mother Mary's image," Scolari added.
Brazil vs. Colombia: July 4, 4 ET(ESPN and WatchESPN)
- Duarte: Neymar deals with the pressure
- Lang: No plan B for Brazil
- ESPN FC: Colombia eager to face Brazil
- 50-50 Challenge: Brazil vs. Colombia
- Kaka: "Brazil has not convinced yet"
- Carter: Golden Boot countdown
Silva also spoke about Colombia, rest assured. He sounded optimistic about Brazil's chances in the quarterfinal given their opponent's penchant for attacking football, which suits the Seleção's taste for pouncing on opponents who don't respect them.
Apart from arriving a second late to cover for Dani Alves and prevent an Ivica Olic's cross that Marcelo bundled up into the net in Brazil's opening game against Croatia, Brazil's captain has hardly put a foot wrong on the pitch. Beyond Neymar, Thiago Silva's partnership with Luiz has been one of the reasons why the Seleção has climbed back to relevance after their quarterfinal dismissal in South Africa four years ago.
Still, Silva should have known better, no matter how unfair it could be that a man is still expected to behave like some kind of imagined macho figure these days. With all the ghosts surrounding Brazil's second shot at the World Cup on home turf, Brazilians of all ages are looking up to him big time in this tournament as an example of serenity among the chaos. We'll know how successful that has been by Friday night.
Fernando Duarte is a U.K.-based Brazilian football expert who has reported on the Selecao for over a decade. Follow him on Twitter: @Fernando_Duarte.


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So uh... these exist. They're by Phillip Blackman, and they are grisly beyond grisly. The British illustrator spends his free time stripping synthetic flesh from the faces of adorable teddies and replacing with ample helpings of blood, bone and gristle.
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Google DeepMind Deal Hastens Computers That Think Like People
The deal is a bet on the evolution of the digital mind. But will the computers of the not-so-distant future achieve consciousness, or have emotions? "I don't know. Go ask them," says Silicon Valley veteran Jerry Kaplan, who teaches a course on the history and philosophy of artificial intelligence at Stanford University. "We're creating a new life form."


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Visita Iglesia UAE 2011: St.Martin de Padua's Church Ras Al Khaimah
Visita Iglesia (Spanish for "Church Visit") is a Holy Week devotion among Filipino Roman Catholics of visiting seven or fourteen churches in order to pray and meditate on the Passion of Jesus Christ. It commences in the late afternoon or early evening of Holy Thursday after the Mass of the Last Supper when the Blessed Sacrament is already reserved at the Altar of Repose for adoration inside the Church until midnight when it is concluded without solemnity since liturgically, the day of the Lord's Passion has already begun.
Sourse: http://prieststuff.blogspot.com/2011/02/visita-iglesia-history-tradition-and.html.
Roots of history in the UAE go back more than five thousand years, when you would have found people fishing, trading camels and diving for pearls.The United Arab Emirates consists of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. They're a federation of states located in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, next to Saudi Arabia.The UAE was established in 1971 and rapidly grew in economic status with the help of foreign investment.UAE is a member of OPEC. Oil was discovered in 1967 in Abu Dhabi, and the Emirates quickly became interested in unification for their common benefit. The U.S. soon overtook Britain as their major business partner, and Abu Dhabi became the largest oil producer in the UAE.At present, the UAE has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Ol, financial services, media and tourism are their major activities.There are approximately $350 billion of active construction projects, including what will soon be the world's tallest man-made object, the Burj Dubai tower.Other fun things on the way: a man-made archipelago of islands called The World, DubaiLand (bigger than Disneyland) and the world's largest shopping mall, which will also be in Dubai.Apparently somebody in Dubai knows how to throw a good party.The UAE is full of things to do if you can handle the scale they do them on. Football, Tennis, falconry; Formula F1 racing, camel racing (with robotic jockeys) and even skiing!Text by Steve Smith.


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The Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) and Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) have signed an agreement that will allow qualified Oregon Tech students who began their educational careers at MHCC to be awarded degrees from the community college for work completed at Oregon Tech.
The reverse transfer agreement, signed by Oregon Tech President Chris Maples and MHCC President Debra Derr, will enable students who transferred from MHCC to Oregon Tech to receive an associate degree while continuing to work toward a bachelor's degree.
"I'm excited to provide students the opportunity to have all the hard work they put in at Mt. Hood better represented on their transcripts," said President Maples. "We currently have about 30 students at Oregon Tech who will immediately benefit from this agreement."
How it works:
If a student has transferred to Oregon Tech from MHCC before earning their Associate's Degree, they can take their Oregon Tech credits and reverse transfer them to MHCC to potentially earn an Associate's Degree.
Benefits of this program:
A signing ceremony to commemorate the partnership took place Saturday, February 22, at 3:00 p.m. in Portland.
For more information, contact Marla Edge, Director of Academic Agreements, at 541.885.1034, or visit www.oit.edu/articulations.


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"This curriculum is more than curriculum areas and subjects: it is the totality of experiences which are planned for children and young people through their education."
Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland
The Curriculum at Melrose Primary School
Every child is entitled to a broad and deep general education, whatever their level and ability. Every single teacher and practitioner will be responsible for literacy and numeracy – the language and numbers skills that unlock other subjects and are vital to everyday life. It develops skills for learning; life and work to help young people go on to further study, secure work and navigate life. It brings real life into the classroom, making learning relevant and helps young people apply lessons to their life beyond the classroom. It links knowledge in one subject area to another helping children understand the world and make connections. It develops skills so that children can think for themselves, make sound judgements, challenge, enquire and find solutions. There will be new ways of assessing progress and ensuring children achieve their potential.
English and Literacy
Literacy is at the heart of children's learning, and is central to their intellectual, social and emotional development. We place a high priority on developing in children the ability to use Literacy and English skills appropriately to ensure they have a sound basis for their development as lifelong learners, enabling them to reach their full potential. Literacy skills are developed in varied ways and through differing and meaningful contexts, including interdisciplinary approaches through other areas of the curriculum. The main areas for devloping English and Literacy skills are: Listening and Talking, Reading and Writing,
Modern Languages
We begin the teaching of French through games, stories and songs in the nursery stage and build on this progressively across the school promoting the confidence to pick up further languages, to help increase understanding of other cultures and to boost children's ability to communicate. In P5, 6 and 7 French is also taught through more structured lessons.
Mathematics and Numeracy across learning
Mathematics is structured within three main categories - number, money and measure; shape, position and movement and information handling. We provide rich and supportive learning environments and use a variety of teaching approaches including active learning and appropriate and effective use of technology. We actively promote and create opportunities for children to experience the relevance of mathematics in modern, everyday situations including problem-solving activities to will develop independent thinking and ensure that the numerical and analytical skills are developed. When possible we link numeracy activities with work in other curricular areas and use ICT to enhance learning. We believe this gives our children a good mathematical basis on which to lay foundations for later study.
Health and Wellbeing
Health promotion is a school priority; we promote a positive ethos and positive relationships to support and nurture a healthy lifestyle. We aim to be a health promoting school through our day to day activities as well as through the planned curriculum.
Expressive Arts
We value highly the importance of the role expressive arts plays in the life of the school and through regular involvement encourage pupils to express themselves in innovative and motivating ways.
Religious & Moral Education
Importance is given to social, religious and moral education. Religious education is taught at all stages and includes some aspects of the many different religious and social practices throughout the world.
Teaching of the sciences reflects the important part science plays in our Scottish heritage and the everyday applications of science in our lives and provides opportunities to develop the natural curiosity and fascination of children in new discoveries and technologies.
Social Studies
In social studies children will develop their understanding of the world by learning about other people and their values, in different times, places and circumstances. Children will develop an understanding of democracy and citizenship, explore and evaluate different types of evidence, develop their understanding of the history, heritage and the culture of Scotland and appreciate its place within the world, support a greater understanding of how to influence events by learning about human activities in the past and present.
We plan opportunities in the learning and teaching of technologies to reflect individual and local needs and to make connections across and between other subject areas.
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Australian young gun Owen Wright is flying high after winning the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Boost Mobile SurfSho presented by Samsung at Bondi Beach today.
The 20-year old from Lennox Head, NSW, competed against some of the biggest names in surfing, including Taj Burrow, Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater, during the three-day aerial surfing extravaganza. Owen takes home $25,000 in prize money, along with a stack of other prizes.
When receiving his trophy on the SurfSho podium, Wright said: "I'm ecstatic! Where's the thesaurus to describe how I feel? It was a great final, great atmosphere, and a great crowd. I'm buzzing! It's been a big three days. I'm stoked to be at Bondi and walking away with the Boost Mobile SurfSho trophy and this cheque!"
During the final this afternoon, Owen threw down some gravity-defying moves to out-fly fellow surfers including reigning world champion Mick Fanning and world number two Jordy Smith (ZAF), to take home the major prize. This is the second time the aerial specialist has won the ASP specialty event, beating Kelly Slater in the final in 2008.
Owen boosted high over Bondi's ramping waves, performing a massive full rotating aerial to score a near perfect 9.8 (out of a possible 10). He then backed it up with a similar manoeuvre scoring 8.3. His closest competitor in the final was Cooper Chapman, scoring a 7.17 for a front-side air reverse.
Bondi Beach provided the ideal playground for the event today, with 4-5 foot waves providing perfect aerial conditions on the water, and more than 30,000 spectators watching on in sunny conditions and soaking up the festival atmosphere.
In contrast to a traditional surfing competition, the day's format followed a unique format in which a wheel was spun at the start of each heat, dictating which aerial tricks the surfers had to perform. B, O, O, S, T letters were awarded for each successful manoeuvre and the six highest scoring surfers who spelt 'BOOST' went into the final.
John Shimooka, event spokesperson and former pro-surfer commented: "Surfing's finally back at Bondi Beach after a 20 year hiatus. This weekend, Bondi witnessed some of the biggest moves performed by some of the world's best surfers, and judging from the crowd, they enjoyed every minute of it. We can't wait to bring the event here again next year."


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If you are looking for something a little different and that will likely get the table talking this Thanksgiving, we are providing the authentic recipe for Roast Turkey with Savory Cranberry Sauce from the book "Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner."
April marked 100 years since the infamous sinking of RMS Titanic. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor Las Vegas would like to take you back in time to commemorate the centennial and gather with family and friends around a historic meal this Thanksgiving. Your guests will be thrilled to know they are eating the same luxurious meal that Titanic passengers shared more than a century ago.
Second Class: Roast Turkey with Savory Cranberry Sauce
One 10 pound turkey
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon crumbled sage leaves
½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 onions chopped
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 teaspoon each crumbled sage, thyme, and marjoram leaves
¾ teaspoon each salt and pepper
½ cup sherry
10 cups cubed bread, lightly toasted
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup chicken stock
3 cups chicken stock
1 onion, chopped
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Salt and pepper
To prepare turkey and stuffing:
In skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in onions, celery, sage, thyme, marjoram, salt and pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until browned. Stir in sherry; bring to boil. Boil for 5 minutes or until liquid is almost completely evaporated. Cool slightly. Gently stir in bread and parsley; drizzle over chicken stock, stirring to combine.
Remove giblets and neck from the turkey cavity; reserve for gravy. Rinse turkey inside and out with running water. Pat dry. Stir together butter, sage, salt and pepper; rub over turkey, inside and out. Loosely pack stuffing into neck and body cavities, fold over and skewer neck flap closed over stuffing. Tie legs together. Bend wing tips underneath bird.
Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in roasting pan. Tent with foil and roast in 325 °F oven for about 1 ½ hours, basting with pan juices every 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue to roast for 1 ¾ hours, basting every half hour, or until instant-read meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thiegh reads 185 °F. Let rest for 2 minutes before carving.
To prepare gravy:
Meanwhile, in saucepan, bring chicken stock, turkey neck, giblets, onion and bay leaf to boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour; strain, reserving liquid. While cooked turkey rests, skim excess fat from roasting pan. Set pan over high heat; whisk in flour until well combined. Gradually whisk in reserved giblet stock. Bring to boil and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Strain and serve alongside turkey.
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EASTON, Mass. (March 21, 2012) – Stonehill College, ranked seventh overall in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, earned its first Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) victory of the season with a 22-16 triumph over #15 Saint Anselm College on Wednesday evening at W.B. Mason Stadium.
Junior Heather Sullivan (Andover, Mass./Andover) led the Skyhawks offensively and all scorers with seven markers while classmate Kayla Green (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) added four goals and one helper. Junior Kelsey Reilly (Hingham, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) had three goals and one assist, senior All-American Samantha Lynott (Holbrook, N.Y./East Sachem) notched three markers and dished out one assist. Sophomore Mary Lee Mahony (Yardley, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) scored twice and assisted on one tally while senior Sarah Galligan (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional) chipped in with one goal and two helpers. Freshman Mikayla Couch (Towaco, N.J./DePaul Catholic) and classmate Keri Gould (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) also aided the offense with a goal apiece.
For Saint Anselm, senior Meghan Smith (Pittsford, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy) compiled six goals, freshman Kaitlyn Stazinski (Pembroke, Mass./Milton Academy) and classmate Marissa Daly (Marshfield, Mass./Thayer) potted four goals and junior Britini Hickman (Farmington, N.H./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) scored two markers. Daly, Hickman and Stazinski also recorded one assist each in the contest.
Junior goaltender Rebecca Moore (Marlborough, Mass./St. Mark's School) earned the win (1-0-0) making six saves off the bench for the Skyhawks in 39 minutes and two seconds of action. Freshman starter Ashley Armstrong (Northborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional) made two saves in 20 minutes and 58 seconds of play. Freshman Allee Ramzi (Cumberland, R.I./Mount St. Charles) dropped to 3-2-0 overall on the season making six saves.
Stonehill jumped out to an early 7-1 run highlighted by three successful free position attempts from Reilly (28:17), Sullivan (26:05) and Lynott (23:23). The Hawks responded with eight-straight goals to take an 8-7 advantage as Daly led the charge with three markers over the span of 11 minutes and 22 seconds. Smith and Stazinski also registered two goals each during the scoring stretch.
After both teams were held scoreless for over three minutes of play, Green answered for the Skyhawks with a goal at the 5:54 mark sparking a seven goal run which culminated into a 14-9 advantage for Stonehill going into halftime. Lynott followed Green's tally with back-to-back goals just 15 seconds apart (5:33-5:18) to reclaim the lead at 10-9. Sullivan scored the next two goals, Green added her third of the game at 2:33 and Sullivan capped the run at 2:04.
Stonehill broke the game open in the second half to a 20-10 lead, it's largest of the game, on Green's 13th goal of the season with 15:56 remaining in the half. Stazinski cut into the deficit at 20-12 converting two free position attempts but the Skyhawks held on despite being outscored by a 4-2 margin for the remainder of the contest.
Stonehill controlled possession throughout the game posting a 27-13 advantage in draw controls. Saint Anselm compiled a game-high 24 groundballs and caused seven turnovers. The Hawks also outshot Stonehill, 34-32. The Skyhawks converted nine of their 16 clear attempts while Saint Anselm went 13-for-16 in clear attempts.
Stonehill (3-1, 1-0 NE-10) returns to action tomorrow afternoon against Saint Michael's College in a NE-10 matchup beginning at 3 p.m. Saint Anselm (3-4, 1-2 NE-10) takes on #2 Adelphi University on Saturday, March 24 at 1 p.m.
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DU beats Minnesota-Duluth in storybook fashion
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tough time coming up with a good lead here, after spending five-plus hours watching or writing about DU's remarkable 4-3 double-overtime victory over Minnesota-Duluth. Not really. The story sells itself. I just put it out there: Goalie Sam Brittain makes a program-record 67 saves and freshman Zac Larraza gets his first career goal to cement the Pioneers' dramatic win at college hockey's best tournament.
I'm gassed. But not as tired as DU. Pios will play their sixth game in nine days Saturday, with a chance to increase their record Broadmoor Trophy titles to 16. Big-time heart shown by the Pios. Listen, they didn't need to win this game — an at-large NCAA bid was all but assured — but played like their season was on the line in the OTs. Fifth-year senior and co-captain Dustin Jackson said the heart stems from how the Pioneers have approached the last four weeks of the season — playing desperate — and has just become their regular mindset. This team, although completely beat up — Pios are down to just five defensemen — could be super dangerous in the NCAAs. They are battle-tested and believe in each other.
If they can get Chris Knowlton and Beau Bennett back at forward, and perhaps David Makowksi on the point for the power play, look out. I have a bad feeling about Paul Phillips' leg injury; the junior defenseman was hurt Thursday and did not play tonight. Otherwise, everyone happy in Pio-land.
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From Netflix, I just watched 8: The Mormon Proposition and was outraged at what these pompous fuddy-duddies are getting away with. They are causing needless suffering and even death, all in the name of their whacky religion.
The documentary starts with the marriage of a truly in-love, young gay couple. You can see they weren't faking it; they were practically crying that they finally had their chance to be happy. What proceeds is the work of an grotesque ogre in a medieval fairy tale.
Since the early '90s the Mormon Church was working silently and secretly to prevent gay marriage from becoming legal. In emails the church elders worked like Mafia dons pulling strings to form a "coalition" so no one would suspect it was the Church of Ladder-day Saints manipulating public opinion. They approached the Catholics and formed a formidable political bloc.
Next the film shows how they raised eleven-million dollars to give to lobbyists. Church officials actually visited member houses and told the flock how much money the pigeon family should give! Outrageous. "That's right, Mr. and Mrs. Do-right. You tithed nearly five thousand last year with a hundred dollar check every Sunday. Very commendable. But now it's time to get real. Write out a check for 20 large right now, made out to the CLS." Hundreds of righteous families obeyed; it's in their programming to be obedient. One upright family with five young kids cashed in their college savings and handed over 50 dollar thousand to fight the gay menace.
The pro Proposition-8 protesters were surreal. What hatred, what vehemence. One "street preacher" screamed his opinion that gays are undermining the moral fabric of the country and he feared everyone might turn gay. Another scowling and fist-shaking membot claimed the gays were out to proselytize and subvert children to their bare-faced (and bare-ass) debauchery.
Utah has the most suicides of any state in the union—by far. The hatred, rumors and in-your-face scorn are enough to drive many young gays to suicide. The film actually shows clips of a gay couple being dreadfully beaten up by a mob because the young lovers touched lips near a Mormon church.
Other teens were forced to leave their homes and wind up living on the streets of San Francisco and other cities. What a brutal existence for a child and it's prevalent and a national disgrace. Three adolescents were trying to grind out an existence in the basement of a slum derelict building, sleeping on discarded filthy mattresses. One pathetic kid said, "Yeh, it's tough trying to sleep with cockroaches crawling all over you."
(Does this piss you off? For humanity's sake! This is America.)
The church might have used the money to help these kids and countless other homeless. Instead, the money found its way to the bank accounts of already rich lawyers. The events surrounding Proposition 8 show clearly what religion does to people. Tax the fucks.
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Spyra, G., Buchanan, W. J. & Ekonomou, E. (2017, November). Blockchain and Git repositories for sticky policies protected OOXML. Presented at FTC 2017 - Future Technologies Conference 2017, Vancouver, Canada
The paper discuss possible cloud-based
Information Rights Management (IRM) model extension with
enhanced accountability for both a sticky policy and an attached
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Buchanan, W. J. (2014, April). Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. Presented at Napier 400 - Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software Symposium, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
As we move into an Information Age, the requirement for computer security increases by the day, only in terms of privacy, but also in terms of proving identity and in verifyin...
Buchanan, W. J. (2013, January). Building a new nation: risk, goverance and trust. Presented at Cyber Security 2013, Edinburgh
This presentation outlines some of the opportunities and threats that Scotland faces within an Information Age.
ENU Development Trust
This project is intended to seek in-depth understanding of the new promising decentralised machine learning scheme, namely federated learning, and develop a proof-of-concept algorithm-independent unle...
The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance
The usage of encryption keys is an important aspect in preserving privacy in communications. Increasingly these communications are protected using SSL/TLS methods. Along with this, there is a general ...
Scottish Funding Council
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Ukwandu, E. A. RESCUE: Evaluation of a Fragmented Secret Share System in Distributed-Cloud Architecture. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2455031
Scaling big data infrastructure using multi-cloud environment has led to the demand for highly secure, resilient and reliable data sharing method. Several variants of secret s...
Spyra, G. K. Embedded document security using sticky policies and identity based encryption. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090564
Data sharing domains have expanded over several, both trusted and insecure environments. At the same time, the data security boundaries have shrunk from internal network perim...
van Deursen Hazelhoff Roelfze, N. (2014). HI-Risk: a socio-technical method for the identification and monitoring of healthcare information security risks in the information society. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6921
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Arbelet, A. (2014). Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7334
Over ten years ago, major changes in the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology led to its explosion in popularity. GPS devices are now ubiquitous, escorting their users e...
Waheed, S. (2012). Implementation and evaluation of a botnet analysis and detection method in a virtual environment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5667
Botnets are one of the biggest cyber threats. Botnets based on concepts that used for the development of malware or viruses before origin of the Internet in 1990s. Botnet is a...
Kwecka, Z. (2011). Cryptographic privacy-preserving enhancement method for investigative data acquisition. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4437
The current processes involved in the acquisition of investigative data from third parties, such as banks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and employers, by the public autho...
Yampolsky, V. (2010). An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3973
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Pallis, G. (2010). A comparative study of in-band and out-of-band VOIP protocols in layer 3 and layer 2.5 environments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4005
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Buchanan, W. J. (2009). 3DES Encryption and Decryption in Microsoft .NET
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The "Frailty Framework" is the development of a next generation health assessment and predictive analysis system. It will...
Methodologies for evaluation of e-Health platforms are still lacking. This research proposes an e-Health evaluation framework that aims to pro...
Triage of large capacity digital devices
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The field of Digital Forensics has been facing scalability issues for the last 10 years, resulting in huge backlogs for la...
Symphonic integrated into the EU Shield project, and which aims to share health care information across Europe, in a trusted way. Symphonic integrated a consent module which allows patient consent dat...
2 December 2019
The third Cybersecurity spin-out from The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University was the winner at PitchGovTech as part of the GovTech Summit 2019.
18 November 2019
Cyan Forensics - the third Cybersecurity spin-out from The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University - is partnering with America's National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
14 August 2019
Honourable mentions in the SICSA Supervisor of the Year 2019 were awarded to Dr Zhiyuan (Thomas) Tan and Dr Tom Flint from the School of Computer, Edinburgh Napier University at the SICSA PhD Conferen...
17 June 2019
Edinburgh Napier University has once more a great presence in the Scottish Cyber Awards, with six (direct and indirect finalists) in five categories.
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Big Data in Cyber Security Conference held at Craiglockhart
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Dr. Zhiyuan Tan's research work entitled "Building an intrusion detection system using a filter-based feature selection algorithm" has been awarded by the The Research Council of the Sultanate of Oman...
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Professor Bill Buchanan was invited to present evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee at the Scottish Parliament on Cyber Security risks within Health Care in Scotland.
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Professor Bill Buchanan, an international expert in Cyber Security, appeared on a wide range of media events related to the ransomware attack (WannaCry).
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