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Much will be expected from more than 330 military officers who graduated Friday from the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth's commanding general said.
Much will be expected from more than 330 military officers who graduated Friday from the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth's commanding general said.
Lt. Gen. David G. Perkins said the graduates were leaving as well prepared field grade officers.
"So, the expectations, quite honestly, are really high," he said.
The graduates completed the 10-month Command and General Staff Officers Course.
The graduate level course is said to be designed to develop warfighting and adaptive leadership skills necessary for officers to be proficient in unified land operations.
The graduating class included mid-career officers from the Army and other U. S. armed forces, as well as 46 international officers. There al so was a ci vi l i an student from a U. S. government agency.
Perkins told the graduating class the CGSC gave the graduates "a year to get ready for the rest of your life."
During his remarks, Perkins recounted something a sergeant said to him as the general was preparing to come to Fort Leavenworth.
The sergeant asked Perkins to make sure the majors who study at CGSC know what they're doing when they leave.
"That sort of stuck with me," Perkins said.
He said the expectation is that majors know what they're doing.
Perkins said this doesn't mean officers know everything — it means they know what to do.
"You go out and find out what you have to know," he said.
He acknowledged that speakers may have talked about budget cuts to the military.
"Knowing what you're doing and being a leader has nothing to do with that," he said.
Perkins asked the graduates to remember what the sergeant told him.
He asked the graduates to know what they're doing, care about what they're doing and make it obvious to the people working for them.
Numerous awards were presented during Friday's graduation ceremony.
Air Force Maj. Jason W. Earley received three awards, including the Gen. George C.
Marshall Award, which honors a distinguished graduate of each class.
"It's an honor, " Earley said of the recognition.
He said international officers and other members of the class are phenomenal people,
and he was blessed to learn from them.
Although he's an officer in the Air Force, he said coming to Fort Leavenworth was his
first choice for this level of military education.
Earley previously served as a liaison to the Army's 4th Infantry Division, and that whet his appetite for working with the Army.
Early will be staying at Fort Leavenworth to attend the School of Advanced Military Studies.


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Buzz Thornton, of Northbrook, climbed 94 floors in Respiratory Health Association's 16th annual Hustle Up the Hancock on Sunday, February 24. Buzz climbed on team "North Shore Hell Climbers." The charity stair climb drew more than 4,000 people to ascend John Hancock Center and raises funds and awareness for the association's local lung disease research and programs.
More than half of the climbers participate in honor or in memory of a loved one affected by lung disease such as lung cancer, COPD, asthma or pulmonary fibrosis. Together, climbers have raised nearly $1.2 million for Respiratory Health Association. Learn more or support a climber at www.lungchicago.org.

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Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool. Cool replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990, prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk, and has been a member of the band since.
Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. The band's early releases for the independent record label Lookout! Records earned it a grassroots fanbase. In 1994, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands Sublime, The Offspring and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States. Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, though they were still successful, reaching double platinum and gold status respectively. Its rock opera American Idiot (2004) reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling five million copies in the


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The big boned Sean May broke his foot and will be out 'til after training camp. May's feet were tired of all the stress and strain and put their two weeks notice in. After three consecutive days of coming into work late, filthy and constantly harassing the secretaries, the rest of Sean May asked his foot to go away immediately. Please, blog, may I have some more?
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When we last saw Josh Childress, he was an underused forward with a killer afro and issues with his playing time. So he skipped off to Greece in hopes of getting his groove back. And get his groove back he did, assuming you define "getting one's groove back" as making almost no progress whatsoever. Please, blog, may I have some more?
The upcoming season hasn't begun yet. Really, it's still a glimmer in your eye, a good idea, a bottle of Boone's Farm and a basement futon away from fruition. What you do with fruit and futons is your own business, unless it involves keepers. Please, blog, may I have some more?
We're so close to ending our top 20 lists you can taste it. Oh, yes you can. It tastes like whatever you had for lunch. See? It's time for the top 20 centers for 2010 fantasy basketball. You know the type, tall, awkward, can't miss from eight fee away can't hit from 13 feet away. Please, blog, may I have some more?
It happens to a lot of players, veterans, rookies, players on 10 day contracts, international players, it does not matter. Somehow, someway Kat Stacks always finds her way into their hotel room.
Joking, but not about Kat Stacks' skills.
It does not matter what type of player you are, even the good ones can have a bad season, but the good players always bounce back. Please, blog, may I have some more?
We covered the top 10 and top 20 for 2010 fantasy basketball. PG, SG, and SF too. Now it's time for the top 20 power forwards for 2010 fantasy basketball. Right off, you're bound to notice that half the guys on this list can be considered centers. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Houston GM Daryl Morey buzzkilled on Monday saying that despite Yao Ming's current healthy feet, the plan this season will be to limit his minutes and perhaps have him rest his dogs in the second half of back-to-back games. Buzz? Please, blog, may I have some more?
The 2010 fantasy basketball rankings just-a keep on rollin' with the top 20 small forwards for 2010 fantasy basketball. The small forward position is tricky and the one you want to navigate with the thickest of rubber fisherman boots. The top of this list is stronger than any of the other four positions, but the drop-off after the first 11 is steep. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Every year there are players that rise from obscurity and breakout, i.e. Andray Blatche, Jared Dudley, and Andrea Bargnani in 2010. This year will be no different and I like to think I can predict the future, or give you a better idea of who has the best chance to break out. Please, blog, may I have some more?
With the top 20 and top 10 for 2010 fantasy basketball in the can, and the top 20 point guards for 2010 fantasy basketball out of the way, it's time to turn our attention to the spunkier, freewheeling-er set of guards: the rootin', tootin' top 20 shooting guards for 2010 fantasy basketball. Please, blog, may I have some more?


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I seem to have misunderstood in some fundamental way.
Listening to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in his budget address this week, I understood him to say that he prizes "simple principles" that would lead to an "honest, balanced budget."
I also heard him bemoan problems that he inherited: "problems that included a worst-in-the-nation per capita deficit; a budget that relied too heavily on gimmicks and one-time revenues; financial commitments that, if we had failed to act, would fall on the shoulders of our children."
What happened next was like one of the Disney fantasy movies I grew up with. It was as if an evil wizard seized control of Malloy's mind and body and shouted, "Hahahaha! I'll make him do exactly the opposite of what he believes in. And the best part is: He won't realize it's happening."
This budget plan is many things. It may even be the best budget plan anyone could come up with under the circumstances. What it is not is simple or clear or gimmick-free or averse to borrowing or to pushing payments down the road. It is so completely the embodiment of everything Malloy opposes that we cannot rule out the possibility of some enchantment.
Let us begin with the craziest and most obvious twist: the moment when Malloy discovered his inner Oprah and abruptly announced his intention to exempt most of us from the property tax on motor vehicles. "You're not paying car tax, and you're not paying car tax, and you're not paying car tax!"
His moral reasoning was sound. Car taxes are hideously unfair and capricious. Car taxes in Hartford, a very poor city, are grotesquely high compared to the affluent surrounding towns.
On the other hand, you have to ask yourself whether making cars cheaper to own is really good long-range planning. Down the road, so to speak, don't we want to have fewer cars, better mass transit, more affordable housing and better land-use planning?
But forget all that. The proposal is the equivalent of the guy in the bar who insists on picking up everybody's tab for the night, even though all of his friends know he's broke. State government still runs in the red. Malloy was proposing to make half a billion in property taxes go poof, but he also said he would "hold harmless" the cities and towns. How does that work?
Most of what makes this budget proposal work is borrowing, borrowing, borrowing. Of course, one great thing about having so much debt is that you can occasionally restructure it. So Malloy is also talking about revamping some of Jodi Rell's ill-advised borrowing and pushing the payments on it from 2015 to 2018. So what was all that stuff about the shoulders of our children? My kid will be paying state taxes in 2018 and so will Malloy's.
The final paradox is that area of clarity, which Malloy has been saying would be a watchword of his administration. I'm not the most budget-savvy guy in the world, but I expected, for the first time in my reporting life, to be able to look at the numbers on one side and the numbers on the other side and see how they add up.
Instead, we're back to the same old shell game. It doesn't seem to make much difference which party is in power. Either way, the budget guys like to keep their hands moving quicker than your eye.
Step right up. Who wants to play? You, sir? Let's slide $74 million out of Payments in Lieu of Taxes and into Education Cost Sharing. Point to the money and win a stuffed Brendan Sharkey. Ohhhhh! Bad luck. Want to try again? How about $56 million from the video slots? Round and round we go and now it's $56 million we borrow for capital improvements. Where is it now? Ohhhhh! So close!
Remember when I said maybe this is the best anybody could do? The problem here is: I have no idea whether that's true. And that's exactly what is meant to happen. Neither the speech nor the budget itself is intended to give the average citizen any sense of what's going on. That would only upset us.
Colin McEnroe appears from 1 to 2 p.m. weekdays on WNPR-FM (90.5) and blogs at http://courantblogs.com/colin-mcenroe/. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Real People, Real Kitchens: 15 More Small Cool Kitchens To Check Out
Apartment Therapy is in the midst of their annual Small, Cool Home Contest! A few weeks ago we posted our first contest kitchen roundup, and here now are 15 more! Have you seen them yet? Most entrants include a picture or two of their kitchen, so the contest is a terrific way to see how real people design and outfit their tiny kitchens. Ideas galore!
• Sara's Meaningful Pieces
• Alexis' Cabinet of Curiosities
• Gemma's Fits Just Perfectly
• Mia's Just the Right Size
• Malissa's Perfect Retreat
• Jason's Charm and Potential
• Aaron's Opportunity to Experiment
• Julie's Brightly Colored Walls
• Elizabeth and Derek's Lots to Love
• Jeffrey's Neighborhood Connection
• Ricardo's Little Details
• Samantha's Organic Global Love Nest
• Brenda's Curiosity Shop
• Christina's Cooking Lover's Studio
• Lauren and Kyle's Double Duty Elements
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A guide to coffee-table books as holiday gifts
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Even people without coffee tables enjoy coffee-table books as gifts, especially if they're thoughtfully chosen
rather than hastily snatched from a store shelf at the last minute.
The holidays bring fresh choices every year among large-format,
photo-driven books. Below is a sampler among new releases:
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"The Rolling Stones: 50," Hyperion, by Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood. In
celebration of the band's 50th anniversary, stark commentary from
the Stones themselves to go with tour photos, candids and close-ups.
"Green Day: The Ultimate Unauthorized
History," Voyageur Press, by Alan di Perna. The rock journalist
includes concert visuals, posters and memorabilia such as backstage
passes in this retrospective spanning the band's 25 years. Out on
Dec. 16.
"Capturing Camelot," by Kitty Kelley. Features
intimate images of John F. Kennedy by Kelley's close friend
photojournalist Stanley Tretick, known for incredible access to the
president and his family. Scenes from ticker tape parades to John
Jr. running for Marine One. Lots of Jackie.
"Come In, We're Closed," Running Press, by Christine Carroll and
Jody Eddy, with foreword by Ferran Adria. How do the world's best
restaurants feed their staffs? Contains recipes fit for many based
on the good eats for the "families" of a variety around the country.
Includes staff meals from wd-50 in New York, Ad Hoc in Yountville,
Calif., Cochon in New Orleans and Mugaritz in Spain.
"The Things That Matter," Spiegel & Grau, by
Nate Berkus. Text-heavy look at the home design guru's influences
and some of his favorite things. There's a shoutout for sex
therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer and the radio show he listened to as a
youth that "gave everyone respect, acceptance and permission to be
exactly who they were."
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As Crain's Detroit Business approaches the May 5 unveiling of the 20 in their 20s Class of 2014, we catch up with some of the previous award recipients.
Tony Saunders, 20 in their 20s, Class of 2011
Then: Tony Saunders was 25 and chief of staff for Detroit City Council member Saunteel Jenkins.
Now: Saunders is 28 and works as a director at Birmingham-based Conway MacKenzie Inc.
What has happened since you were honored as a 20 in their 20s? "After I left Saunteel Jenkins' office, I was asked by the state to help out in an adviser role to the Michigan Department of Treasury in Highland Park. My job was to work with the elected officials to keep the city from running out of money.
"I was in that position for 11 months, and then I was asked to be the emergency manager for Benton Harbor, where I spent 14 months. Then about two months ago, I accepted this position with Conway MacKenzie to do public/private turnaround work."
What's next? "Continue to work at Conway MacKenzie to assist in the expansion of their municipality turnaround sector, which works with municipalities in distress, and working with the Detroit Public Schools to help them out."
Advice to the new 20 in their 20s class? "Enjoy the moment. So much has happened in my life in the last three years, from job opportunities to having my first child, and I feel like I didn't appreciate the honor and the opportunities it gave me at the time."


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LEXINGTON, Va. – Aside from the end of the first half, Washington and Lee scored on its first six possessions in posting a 42-28 victory over 20th-ranked and previously unbeaten Randolph-Macon in ODAC football action on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field.
The Generals (4-2, 3-0) rushed for better than 400 yards for the fourth time in six games, totaling 427 on the ground and 495 yards total.
Randolph-Macon (6-1, 2-1) opened the game with a 12-play drive covering 80 yards to assume a 7-0 lead on a 4-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Drake Sanders (Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax) at the 9:14 mark. However, W&L responded by scoring just one minute later on a 38-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Luke Heinsohn (Charlottesville, Va./Covenant) and took a 14-7 lead on a 13-yard Heinsohn touchdown run with 38 seconds left in the opening quarter. Junior running back Harrison Hudson (Salem, Va./Salem) then gave W&L a 21-7 advantage on a 9-yard touchdown run with 9:46 left in the half.
Sanders made it 21-14 when he scored on a 1-yard run with 4:31 left in the half, but the Generals marched down the field and posted a 28-14 lead on an 8-yard touchdown run by junior quarterback Charlie Westfal (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) with 1:12 left in the half. R-MC drove to the W&L 13 in the final minute, but sophomore quarterback Luke Sellers' (Fredericksburg, Va./Courtland) pass was intercepted in the end zone by sophomore defensive back Jake Pelton (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) with 33 seconds remaining. Westfal then took a knee to send the teams into the halftime break.
Washington and Lee opened the second half with another scoring drive as Hudson capped a 6-play, 60-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown reception from Westfal for a 35-14 lead just 2:48 into the third quarter. Sellers rushed for a pair of touchdowns in the second half for the Yellow Jackets, but sophomore running back Brett Murray (Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Baylor School) scored on a 42-yard touchdown run for W&L as the Generals defeated Randolph-Macon in Lexington for the sixth-straight time.
Heinsohn paced the W&L offensive onslaught with 147 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries. Murray totaled 100 yards and one touchdown on just 10 carries, while Westfal rushed for 97 yards and a score on 18 attempts. He also completed 3-of-5 passes for 67 yards and one touchdown. Hudson carried eight times for 48 yards and one score and caught three passes for 67 yards and another touchdown.
The Generals' defense forced four more turnovers in the win and were led by Pelton's 11 tackles and one interception. Sophomore linebacker Jesse Jenkins (Roanoke, Va./William Flemming) added nine stops.
Sanders led the Yellow Jackets with 186 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries. Sellers rushed six times for 42 yards and two touchdowns, and completed 6-of-19 passes for 128 yards but was intercepted three times. Senior wide receiver Earl Peoples (Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan) snared four passes for 96 yards, while first-year defensive back Andrew Leonard (Herndon, Va./Oakton) recorded a team-high 11 tackles.
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Adding Ingredients Under Vacuum Prevents Air Inclusion
Adding ingredients under vacuum and other solutions to mixing and blending challenges.
Air is great stuff for breathing and inflating basketballs, but a genuine nuisance when you are adding dry powder to a liquid. More and more powders are entering the food processing mix, a by-product of delivering more nutrient- and flavor-packed products to the health-minded masses. Beverage formulations in particular are becoming more complex.
"We are able to reduce the air in our mix by going to equipment that brings powder in under the liquid via vacuum," says one processor whose company has profited from a co-packing relationship to produce a major brand of isotonic beverage. The equipment is of recent vintage, he notes, and he wonders why the solution took so long to come to the fore.
Reducing the amount of air that enters the mix may not sound like a Nobel Prize-worthy accomplishment, but don't tell processors that. The latest generation of mixers is answering some of the longest running nuisances in processing.
The challenges of mixing are as familiar to the kitchen counter chef in your home as they are to the processor of mass quantities of food and beverage products. Traditional mixing incorporates air into the powder/liquid mix causing foaming, clogging and lumps. If the ingredients contain fat, separation of that fat can be a problem as well.
Difficulties with drinks
Always an issue in beverage mixes incorporating powders, solubility has become a more serious challenge as processors attempt to add a wide range of complex ingredients such as aspartame and other sweeteners, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and new waves of healthful ingredients into small quantities of liquid.
"In some nutritional drinks, such as isotonic beverages, it is often difficult to dissolve the ingredients," says Jean Pierre Berlan, director of sales and marketing for Tetra Pak (www.tetrapak.com), Vernon Hills, Ill. "Today's beverages are more and more complex, and you need different techniques to incorporate powders."
Improving the shear rate may have been sufficient with more traditional mixing applications but shear rate alone may not be enough with today's complex beverages, which have inspired entirely different design approaches. Ingredients such as carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) change the thickness and mouthfeel of a mixture and can be difficult to dissolve in water. Maltodextrin, sucralose, aspartame and other complex carbohydrates and sweeteners are putting equipment and mixing talent to test. Creating a vacuum keeps air entry to a minimum.
"Our Flex Mix Instant draws powder under the liquid via vacuum," explains Jim LeClair, regional product director for Lake Mills, Wis.-based APV/Invensys (www. apv.com). "It actually minimizes the amount of air that enters the mix."
Like everything, the improvement comes at a price, he notes. The mechanical and automation systems are more complex and, correspondingly, more costly. The latest generation of equipment represented by Flex Mix requires a better educated operator due to the demands of the vacuum system and automation additions. "But the total cost of ownership is less because there is less operator intervention," LeClair adds.
"A good way to deal with air and clogging is with a vacuum high-shear mixer," agrees Berlan. "It is the new name of the game when you are dealing with highly complex ingredients."
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Hundreds from across the Birmingham region will gather on Valentine's Day to call for changes to predatory loans that victimize working Alabamians. Connect with like-minded advocates at the YWCA Central Alabama on Feb. 14th at 11:30 a.m. to hear more about the devastation these loans have caused for our neighbors in Birmingham and lend your voice in the fight against abusive lending practices.
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Law School's Ete Bowl honored with Hawai'i Women Lawyers President's AwardUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Bruzers and Ete participants alike share the view that the camaraderie developed during the months of practice and then in the years afterward, have been important to their careers and to their long-term friendships.
Law Dean Avi Soifer noted, "The Ete Bowl and its friendly post-game circle each year show that sisterhood truly is powerful. This shared experience goes far beyond the zeal and fervor with which the game is played each year."
Soifer points out that the Ete Bowl is one of the key events that connect law students with mentors in the community.
Hawai'i Supreme Court Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna, who played as an Ete during her days at the UH Mānoa Law School, and later played regularly as a Bruzer, said the skills learned in the game teach one how to work well within an organization so that everyone succeeds. Famously, McKenna was sworn in as a District Court Judge in November 1999 while still showing some of the effects of black eyes she incurred when hit in the face during that year's Ete Bowl.


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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!
Spoing: Spoing's colorful rainbow diamonds have been stolen! Now it's up to you to guide him through 50 underground caves to get them back. Build platforms using green gems to climb to high up places and throw yourself around in this elastic platform puzzler! [$0.99 - iTunes link]
ABBYY Business Card Reader: Transfer your contacts from business cards into iPhone's address book or CardHolder as well as to find more information about your contacts in Facebook, Twitter or on the Map! [$4.99 - iTunes link]
Move'n Call: Associate gestures of your choice with phone numbers. Once done, you will be able to trigger a specific call with your gesture. [$1.99 - iTunes link]
King of Frogs: Help the King of Frogs find his way home in this fresh new puzzle. Using fun and simple game rules similar to checkers, you'll have lots of fun solving frog-hopping puzzles level after level. Now with a challenge mode and bonus pack! [Free, with in-app purchases - iTunes link]
FatBooth HD: What would you look like with a "few" extra pounds? And what about your friends? Find out with FatBooth, a fun way to instantly supersize faces on your iPad. [$0.99 - iTunes link]
Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!
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How To Make Healthier Baked Tortilla Chips
Lately, I've gotten into the habit of making my own corn chips, a process that has proved to be deeply satisfying on so many levels. First, and most importantly, the end result is absolutely superior to the commercial brands in both taste and texture. I bake my chips with just the thinnest coating of oil, so the resulting chip bakes up satisfyingly crisp with a very slight chew and not at all greasy. The corn comes through strong and clear, not at all like the salt-lick flavor of most commercial chips.
Here's a step-by-step guide to making these lighter, healthier chips at home.
I that feel a homemade corn chip is a thing apart from what you find in those enormous bags of name-brand commercial chips. Besides the taste and texture, homemade versions are far less oily and salty, making them a much healthier choice. This is also a good recipe for those of you who aren't interested in taking on the challenges of deep-frying. All total, this recipe takes about 15-20 minutes to assemble and bake.
I find that my approach to eating these chips is different, too. Instead of mindlessly shoveling them into my mouth, with my homemade chips I'm more apt to eat them slowly and their slight chewiness means I pay more attention while I am eating them. And because I'm preparing them from scratch, they're less of an impulse snack and more of a special treat.
With these chips, it's all about the quality of the tortillas. I'm fortunate to live in an area with a large Latin American population, so my chances of scoring amazing, grandma-made authentic tortillas are very high. When I do, I always buy extra, storing them in the freezer in packs of six. That way I can remove what I need and leave them to quickly thaw on my counter. Trader Joe's makes a decent "truly handmade" corn tortilla if that's more convenient for you. Homemade chips are also an excellent way to use up slightly stale tortillas.
How to Make Tortilla Chips in the Oven
What You Need
Good-quality corn tortillas
Neutral vegetable oil, like grapeseed or canola
Flaky sea salt
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Brush for the oil
Baking trays
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Large sharp knife
Preheat oven and oil trays: Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour a few tablespoons of oil into a bowl and brush a thin coating onto your baking trays. Set aside.
Oil and stack the tortillas: Place one tortilla on the cutting board and brush the top with a light layer of oil. You don't need a lot of oil, but do pay attention to the outer edges of the tortilla, an area that's easy to miss. Place another tortilla on top of the oiled one and brush the top with oil. Continue in this manner until all your tortillas are oiled and stacked in one pile.
Cut into wedges: Using a large, sharp knife, cut your tortilla stack in half using one firm chop, if possible. Cut one of the halves in half and cut each of those halves in half again, forming wedges. Repeat with other side. This will give you eight stacks of tortilla wedges.
Arrange on trays and salt: Arrange the tortilla wedges in a single layer on the oiled trays. Place the wedges with the un-oiled sides facing down so that they have contact with the oil on the tray. A little overlapping is fine, but don't overlap too much or they won't crisp. Sprinkle a pinch or two of flaked sea salt over the tops, being sure that all of the wedges get a touch of salt.
Bake for 8 to 12 minutes: Place trays in the oven and bake for 8 - 12 minutes. Check your chips at 8 minutes and rotate your pans. Be aware that very thin tortillas are vulnerable to your oven's hot spots and can start to char.
The chips are done when the edges are crisp and dry and slightly lifted from the tray. They should be a few shades darker, though not completely browned. (Chips made from handmade tortillas will often have a few brown spots on them so don't worry if you see a few.) The chips will still be slightly flexible in the middle, but will crisp further as they cool.
Remove and cool: Remove trays from the oven and let cool slightly. As they cool, the chips will continue to crisp all the way through. Test one and if it isn't as crisp as you would like, return the trays to the oven for another 2 or 3 minutes.
Once the chips are fairly cool, remove them from the tray and serve. If you're not eating them right away, store in an airtight plastic bag or container. Homemade chips are especially susceptible to getting stale, so be sure to bag them up as soon as possible.
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How To Cook Mussels on the Stovetop
Whether we're talking about a dinner party or a quick weeknight meal, it doesn't get much better than a giant bowl of steamed mussels. This dish has the kind of easy elegance and immediate gratification that I look for in both cases.
Today, I'm sharing my favorite, most basic method for quickly steaming a batch of mussels. It's simple — just mussels steamed with broth and white wine — but oh so very good!
Purchasing Your Mussels
Mussels are easy to farm and don't have a lot of the ecological downsides of many other farmed seafoods. As such, mussels are one of the best and most affordable seafoods out there. You can find mussels at almost any seafood counter these days, and they're generally a great choice.
When buying mussels, look for mussels that have tightly closed shells and that smell fresh and briny like the ocean. One or two cracked shells isn't a huge concern (it happens!), but if the majority of the mussels are open or show cracked shells, move on to another batch — these are signs that the mussels are old or have been poorly handled.
Storing the Mussels Until Cooking
Mussels are living creatures, and they're still alive when you buy them at the store. They're best if you can cook them close to when you buy them, but they'll be fine for a few days in the fridge.
If you need to store them, place the mussels inside a bowl big enough to hold all of them. Cover the bowl with a damp dishtowel or paper towel to keep the mussels protected and moist, and store in the fridge. The mussels need to breathe, so don't store them in an airtight container or in water. They may release a little liquid into the bowl; this is fine.
Mussels & Food Safety
Freshly purchased mussels that are prepared properly pose very little food safety risk. Before cooking, look over the mussels carefully. The mussels should be tightly closed. Discard any mussels with cracked shells. If you see a mussel that is open, tap it gently against the counter; in a live mussel, this will trigger a reaction to close its shell. If the mussel doesn't close, it has died and should be discarded. Also discard any mussels that don't open after cooking.
This might sound a little scary, but trust your instincts. Follow this simple advice: before cooking, shells closed; after cooking, shells open.
Steamed Mussels, Your Way
This basic recipe is delicious all on its own — a word that I don't use lightly. I still make mussels just like this all the time.
When you're in the mood to experiment, use this recipe as a template. As long as you have some sort of liquid to steam the mussels, you can do anything. Use beer or cider as the liquid; add fennel or lemongrass or any other vegetable to the base. A spoonful of curry paste or a sprinkle of spices can take the dish in another direction entirely.
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How To Make Steamed Mussels
Serves 4 to 6
What You Need
3 to 4 pounds
2 tablespoons
olive oil or butter, or a mix
medium shallots, minced
3 cloves
garlic, minced
1 cup
chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 cup
white wine, amber beer, cider, or more broth
Minced parsley, to garnish
Lemon wedges, to garnish
Crusty bread, like baguette or ciabatta, to serve
- Equipment
Measuring cups
Saucepan with lid
Check over the mussels: Rinse the mussels in a strainer and check them over. All the mussels should be tightly closed. Discard any mussels with cracked shells. If the shell is open, tap the mussel lightly against the counter; if the shell doesn't close in a few minutes, discard the mussel.
Debeard the mussels: Many commercial mussels will already be debearded, but it's good to check them anyway. Look for a group of short brown strings coming out the mussel on one side where the two halves of the shell close — this is the "beard." Grip these strings with your fingers or a pair of tweezers and tug gently from side to side. As you tug, the strings will pull out and detach from the shell. It's ok if you don't remove all of the beard or if you miss the beard on a few mussels; it's not harmful to eat, just tough and not very pleasant. (For more instructions, see How To Clean and Debeard Mussels.)
Sauté the shallots and garlic: Warm the butter or olive oil over medium-high heat in the saucepan (if using butter, let it melt completely). Add the minced shallots and garlic. Sauté until the shallots are translucent and the garlic is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the mussels: Pour all of the mussels into the pot.
Add the broth and wine: Pour the broth and wine over the mussels.
Cover and cook: Immediately cover the pan with the lid. Cook with the lid on for 5 minutes. Shake the pan once or twice during cooking, with the lid still on, to distribute the mussels.
Check the mussels: After 5 minutes, remove the lid and check the mussels. Nearly all the mussels should be open by now. If not, cover and cook an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Discard any mussels that haven't opened after this time.
Serve the mussels: Serve the mussels straight from the pan or pour the mussels and the broth into a serving bowl. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and squeeze with lemon. Serve with crusty bread for mopping up the broth.
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Package Design Magazine's sixth annual Makeover Challenge was a resounding success with world-class designs submitted from our four design teams - Beach Packaging Design in Staten Island, New York; Estudio Ray in Phoenix, Arizona; Queue Marketing Communications Group in, Chicago, Illinois; and Rex Design in São Paulo.
The subject of this year's Challenge is the Casa Visco brand of gourmet, all-natural spaghetti sauces, mustards, and marinades. Teams were given the task of creating a new brand identity for Casa Visco's products - an identity that would successfully portray the brand's products in sleek, present-day designs while keeping true to its history and family traditions. Their ultimate goal is to enhance the brand's "consumer connection" while finding innovative sustainability solutions and maximizing production efficiencies.
Like all of our previous Challenges, each team took the package design in remarkably different directions. The Casa Visco brand produces traditional style pasta sauces using only natural ingredients—and the fewest ingredients necessary. The company operates out of a plant in Schenectady, NY, and cooks batches of each product with great care, one product at a time. The current Casa Visco package designs vary
quite a bit across the product portfolio, and all the teams decided to unite the brand behind one design theme. Besides that, we think you'll agree that each team reinterpreted the Casa Visco brand with their own vision.
Now it is your turn as an avid reader of Package Design Magazine. Let us know which package design makeover presents the best overall package design direction for the Casa Visco brand by voting on our website. The deadline for online voting is September 30, and the winner will be announced with the publication of our November issue, where the winning team will be profiled in a cover story feature.
The winning entry will be determined from a combination of three separate avenues of opinion—the online reader poll, a survey of our Advisory Board, and an in-depth study conducted by HotSpex Inc., in Ontario, Canada. The PackSpex tool used by HotSpex
is a comprehensive research tool that tests and optimizes package designs for CPG brands. The ability of PackSpex to measure consumers' emotional response to package design will be of particular interest to our readers. The proprietary questioning methodology creates data that produces "heat maps" that quantify the weights of emotions that consumers have in response to package designs. PackSpex is able to extract the essence of a brand personality, describe it emotionally, and determine what role package design has in making that brand personality more enticing to consumers.
The study will evaluate the performance of pack- aging designs in competitive shelf environments, within rational communication objectives, and within emotional relationships. The study also uses traditional measures such as purchase interest to compare and correlate results. Finally, the study will provide diagnostic optimization to construct one best possible package design for Casa Visco's future. CPG companies have responded to the promise of PackSpex in producing reliable insights from the
sea of data the methods produce. "By measuring emotions, we've increased the predictability of our research from 67% to 87%," say Shane Skillen, founder and president of Hotspex Inc. "We've found that emotions and personalities are actually are analogues of each other. As consumers, we personify packages."
Beach Packaging Design
Consistency, simplicity, and familiarity are the keynotes of Beach Packaging Design's approach to refashioning the brand image of Casa Visco line. Gone are the variations that have crept into the style of the original packages over the product family's 51-year history. In their place is a design that's clean and direct.
After reviewing the packaging of competing brands of red pasta sauce, partners Randy Ludacer and Deborah Davis concluded that the best way for Casa Visco to stand out in this crowded category was to be "just different enough" from other brands to be intriguing—but not too different.
Although the Makeover Challenge was defined as a "blue sky" project—where one could propose just about any type of package—Beach Packaging decided to stick with glass jars. "People are comfortable with sauce in jars," Ludacer says. "We decided there wasn't much to be gained by going outside of that particular comfort zone."
In Ludacer's opinion, the line's present mix of jar contours and lids presents a "very un-unified" brand image. To remedy this, he and Davis chose a sleeker shape with identical proportions in each size. In another bid for consistency, the partners chose lug lids as closures for all of the containers. (Some of Casa Visco's current jars use continuous-thread.) Ludacer acknowledges that, depending on Casa Visco's production methods and equipment, the CT lids may, in fact, be necessary, "but hey, we're talking 'blue sky' here, right?"
For the labels, they redesigned Casa Visco's logo to replace the scroll illustration and the Gothic blackletter with an informal, slightly vintage logotype with "casa visco" set in a more delicate and refined font (Filosofia). The logo is reversed out of a red circle that bleeds off the top of each label like a tomato.
A photo of a spoon with a die-cut window reveals the jar's contents. Says Ludacer, "Having a bit of the product show through the spoon hole is fun and makes a nice visual metaphor for what your spoon will soon contain if you buy one of Casa Visco's awesome products." This creative touch has been applied to all of the labels except the Jordan Almonds.
On the lower right of each label are photographs by Davis. Sometimes they're of product ingredients, and sometimes they're of the foods in their ready-to-be-eaten state. The net result is a family of jars with a cleaner, less cluttered look: no intricate patterns or scrollwork; no dropped shadows; no 3D typography with highlights or reflections.
Ludacer explains that in order for the die cut spoon idea to work well, other visual features of the label needed to be simple and direct. Although such simplicity might, in his words, "flirt with a private-label type of look," he notes that there are other elements at play as well. "We included some fun features that make it something else altogether—something that wouldn't look out of place on a shelf at Dean & Deluca or Whole Foods."
Among these fun, value-added features is one located where fun isn't ordinarily expected to be found: the UPC code on the back of the label, which morphs into a forkful of spaghetti. It's an engaging visual pun, but will it affect scannability? Ludacer, whose blog contains a thread on the surprising design possibilities of UPC codes, says that no harm will be done at checkout as long as the scannable portion of the UPC isn't altered. The laser doesn't record anything that it doesn't recognize as a bar code and does not object to a forkful of pasta in the vicinity.
Estudio Ray
Joe Ray, president and creative director of Estudio Ray, says that getting acquainted with Casa Visco quickly convinced him that the company's passion for food is authentic and that the passion is driven by a desire to share the products with those who share the Viscusi family's enthusiasm for gourmet eating.
"They don't sell it to you, they present it to you," Ray says. "This food isn't manufactured and sold—it's created and presented, from their family to yours." In this spirit, Estudio Ray's redesign for the Makeover Challenge tries to conjure the Italian-American atmosphere of the New York environs where Carmella and Joseph Viscusi Sr. gave the business its start in 1948. To get in touch with the brand, the Estudio Ray team interviewed Casa Visco's Adine Viscusi, performed research online, and visited a variety of grocers to examine as many gourmet pasta sauces as they could. A client questionnaire was another part of the studio's Creative Brand Chemistry Process™.
The conversations with Viscusi identified a number of concepts that lie at the heart of the Casa Visco brand promise. One impression that the brand seeks to deliver, says Ray, is that of "a bounty of tomatoes from somebody's garden"—the pleasure of knowing that there's an abundance of goodness in a Casa Visco jar. Another key message is that when shoppers purchase Casa Visco products, they can be sure that they are taking home something made at home by loving hands that is not mass-produced. Other qualities to convey were "good for the belly and good for the soul" and "a sensually delicious pleasure," according to Ray.
Besides conveying these qualities, Estudio Ray also wanted to assure an "afterlife" for the jars by fashioning them as containers that consumers would want to keep after the sauce was gone. That's behind what Ray calls the "sensual appeal" of the restyled jars: a tactile sensation in their bell-like shapes, miniature handles, embossed vines, and hinged glass lids that corresponds to the hand-made quality of the sauce inside. The woodcut images on the label reinforce the "somebody created this" theme.
Estudio Ray also believed it was important to retain an image of Casa Visco, the Viscusi family's ancestral home, to uphold the connection to the brand's heritage. Adding the Italian word "autentico" to the paper tab between the two seals on the jar front and lid reinforces the message of genuineness. The seals—medallions of plastic formed to resemble wax signet impressions—also are meant to evoke the Viscusi family's history of artisanship and attention to detail.
Ray says that besides setting Casa Visco products apart from the competition, the special features of the package will help the brand to raise its price point—a goal that's implicit in the redesign. Ray also maintains that decreasing the size of the logo increases the perceived sophistication of the package as a whole. The "less is more" approach also lets the high-visibility product inside the redesigned jar speak for itself. "You want to see the flavor first," says Ray, adding that all of these elements combined—and in this hierarchy—establish the visual branding of Casa Visco Finer Foods products.
Ray felt that a glass jar "doesn't do justice" to the almonds, which he prefers to offer in a cylindrical, wax-lined Kraft container that bears more resemblance to a gift box than the original glass jar does—a plus for inclusion in the gift baskets that Casa Visco sells online.
Queue Marketing Communications Group
Queue saw an opportunity to reinvent the way Italian shelf stable cuisine is marketed and change the way people related to the product experience. Using their BrandNue™ discovery process, Queue looked at the marketplace and gained insights into opportunities for Casa Visco to position their brand to win.
Ross D. Vangalis, Queue's "brand evangelist," explains their approach: "We observed that almost all Italian brands were positioned within an Italian old-world heritage spectrum. We positioned the Casa Visco brand within the 'natural spectrum' to relate the brand's positive product benefits in a more progressive way. For the brand image to align to this positioning we incorporated a natural feel through applying a light green and white brand color system and made the Casa Visco logo more contemporary to relate better to the target female's natural food packaging purchase preferences. We feel this natural positioning presents potential for the Casa Visco brand in both mass and natural foods retail markets."
From there, Queue defined their three-tier strategy—Consumer, Retail, and Manufacturer.
CONSUMER: Using research resources such as Mintel, Queue identified the core consumer and macro trends driving consumption growth. They capitalized on the natural attributes of the product line to tap into wellness macro trends and chose a packaging solution to position the brand in emerging green macro trends. According to Mintel's "Green Living, U.S. - February 2009" report, it would appear that over a third of all consumers have "gone green" and report that they regularly purchase green products.
RETAIL: Vangalis says: "Here we wanted to change the shelf experience. We wanted a structural game-changer that differentiated on shelf and also allowed for a large food billboard effect."
MANUFACTURER: Glass is heavy and contributes to the carbon footprint. "We chose the aseptic brick packaging, which is much lighter and stacks more efficiently to deliver more product per pallet," says Chris Wilhelm, v.p. and creative director. "This will save Casa Visco money and present the opportunity to maintain a lower price point in market. Additionally, the aseptic packaging we sourced was made from renewable resources and is recyclable. We promoted these benefits on the package to further differentiate the brand and appeal to the consumer in a way that could help them overcome not seeing the product through glass." To see more on Queue's BrandNue Program case study on the Casa Visco packaging entry and gain wellness research facts, visit www.getinqueue.com.
Queue's approach to design execution focused on simply making the promise of an exceptional, natural food experience the hero. "We wanted to play off the brand promise of an extraordinary meal," says Vangalis. "Chris Cassidy Photography helped us create a center stage with beautiful food imagery that engages consumers and helps them feel how exceptional the food experience will be."
The aseptic brick packaging was seen as the perfect package solution as it allowed for great food photography reproduction. It also allowed the food to be large on the package front, making flavor and sauce type differentiation easy for the consumer. Queue redesigned the mouth and lid to allow for ease in product dispensing. They also conducted package prototype testing and researched one Italian manufacturer already packaging sauces in aseptic, which confirmed that it was achievable.
Rex Design
"A homemade-like, natural, and traditional brand doesn't need to shout for attention," says Gustavo Piqueira in explanation of REX Design's striking approach to repositioning the Casa Visco line. As creative director of the team that has taken the packaging as far from its original look as it may be possible to go, he's determined to let the product speak clearly and compellingly in its own rich voice.
Instead of settling for the safety of a well structured, visually pleasant, but conceptually unadventurous design, Piqueira's team concentrated on making the brand proclaim itself "true, sincere, and transparent"—a set of values that REX Design has attempted to encode in the crystal-clear, minimally decorated surface of the jars. This emboldened them to subordinate or even discard design elements that would be taken for granted in most other pasta sauce containers.
But Piqueira believes that as a brand, Casa Visco has much to gain by breaking away from the pack. "Consumer habits have changed a lot in the last decade," he says. "We believe that a good packaging design project is no longer about how loud you can shout on the shelf. Neither is it about applying handwritten typefaces or drawings to pretend you're homemade."
Taking the homemade and natural connotations of Casa Visco products to be a given in shoppers' minds, the REX Design team decided that the logo could be repositioned to the lid without sacrificing shelf visibility. Here, says Piqueira, the brand name will play a more "elegant" role on a screw top that's thicker than the original closure and adorned with a two-color floral overprint. It sits atop a straight cylindrical jar shape that varies only in height from SKU to SKU—a standardization that's intended to make the "transparency" message even more evident.
After pondering what to do about the label, says Piqueira, the team concluded that the best approach would be "no label at all." Instead, the surface of the jar, flexo-printed in two colors, displays basic product information in a bare minimum of words, without graphic images or anything else that might resemble a marketing cliché. The jar copy for the sauces makes a simple statement about ingredients and serving suggestions. The roasted peppers and the Jordan Almonds jars speak enticingly about Italian consumption habits. This is tantamount, says Piqueira, to "a 1:1 informal chat with the consumer...a dialogue, not a monologue."
In the view of the REX Design team, the intimacy of this dialogue even does away with the need for a design element that might be thought indispensable to brand communication for Casa Visco: the iconic image of the ancestral family home. In REX Design's entry for the Makeover Challenge, the emblem is nowhere to be found. "We believe that the home picture was not the best way to say 'homemade,'" Piqueira explains. "Instead of it, we propose a 'chatting' label.
"It's about creating a true and transparent relationship with your consumer," he emphasizes. "To transform traditional package elements—big logos, bright claims, all grabbing for attention—into an informal chat instead of shouting, 'Buy me, I swear I'm better!'"


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-- Dry, itchy skin can be caused by a number of factors, from health conditions to age. The American Academy of Dermatology cites these possible triggers: Getting older generally causes skin to become thinner and drier. Living in a desert-like climate can dry skin. Having a skin condition, such as eczema or psoriasis, can lead to dry skin. Having a job in which your hands are frequently in water ...
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-- Dry, itchy skin can be annoying and even painful. Fortunately, it's mostly preventable. The American Academy of Dermatology suggests: Take lukewarm baths and showers, and don't stay too long. Carefully pat skin dry, and apply moisturizer as soon as you get out. Opt for a thick moisturizing cream or ointment instead of lotion. Choose fragrance-free products, which tend to be less drying and ...
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Record Attendance at Mid-America RV Show
February 3, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Record Attendance at Mid-America RV Show
RV enthusiasts turned out in record high numbers this past weekend at the Affinity Events Mid-America RV Show in Kansas City, Mo., sponsored by DISH Network.
Attendees had the opportunity to see 2011 Class A, B, and C motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth-wheels, folding campers, park models and more from leading dealers in the region, according to a news release.
Show Manager Jess Bodelson said, "I've produced the Mid-America RV Show for six years and this year's show out performed all the previous shows in attendance and sales."
According to Show Promoter Patrick Riha, "This year's show was the highest in ticket sales for a four-day show since the year 2000. Many dealers reported strong sales and were very happy with the results."
John Wilbanks, salesman at Wilder RV, agreed, "The show was great with a lot of traffic and good flow. Saturday was the busiest day for us with quite a few RV sales. We were definitely satisfied with the turnout."
Barry Lawson of Lifestyle RVs concurred, "The attendee traffic was great — by far our best show ever. Sales were up and we are excited to be back next year."
As a family friendly event, attendees also had the chance to see over 75 different reptile species during Danny Connor's Reptile Adventures show and learn how to cook delicious, yet reasonable campground dishes during the Ultimate Camp Cooking seminars with celebrity chefs Pat Mac and Mike Faverman.
Affinity Events is sponsoring upcoming RV shows in Minneapolis, Minn., Richmond, Va., Wichita, Kan., Charlotte, N.C., Atlantic City, N.J., Denver, Colo., Providence, R.I., Greenville, S.C., Raleigh, N.C., and Albuquerque, N.M. These shows will feature a variety of RVs, campground information and accessories along with expert advice and entertainment. Visit www.agievents.com for information about upcoming consumer shows, exhibitor lists and discounted online tickets to the shows.
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In the following essay, Levitsky illuminates Brutus's Stoic virtues and contrasts his character with the less admirable Caesar.
In a survey of the half-century (1900-50) of scholarship dealing with Shakespeare's Roman plays, J. C. Maxwell commends Sir Mark Hunter's "Politics and Character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" as "one of the first among modern attempts to correct the tendency to overidealize Brutus and give him too central a part in the play."1 In the thirty-odd years since Hunter's study was published this overidealization, I suggest, has been overcorrected.2 For while it is true that Brutus is not the ideal hero that Henry v is, he is still the noblest Roman of them all. This, I submit, is all that Shakespeare ever intended him to be; but that all is no little, and it ought not be...
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Grizzlies take on Gay, Raptors up north
The Memphis Grizzlies will stage their second reunion of sorts on Tuesday night when they head north of the border to take on the Toronto Raptors.
After Tayshaun Prince played his first game back in Detroit on Monday night against the Pistons, the Grizzlies will now see a familiar face in the form of Rudy Gay.
The Grizz sent Gay to the Raptors late last month, then flipped Jose Calderon to the Pistons for Prince. Tuesday night will mark the first occasion for Gay to face the team he played his whole career with prior to the trade.
"We can hang out and stuff after the game and stuff like that, but we're all about business on the court," Gay said. "We're working on a streak right now. We're trying to win games. We don't have time for all the emotional stuff."
Gay's Raptors have won five in a row after Monday's victory in Washington against the Wizards. His old team is streaking as well. The Grizzlies have taken four in a row after their win in Motown.
In a weird game with a broken scoreboard, the Raptors prevailed over the Wizards, 96-88. With 24-second clocks on the floor and an air horn as the official buzzer, Toronto moved to 6-2 since the acquisition of Gay and won three in a row on the road for the first time since 2007.
"My old AAU coach used to tell me: 'If you put two rims up in the kitchen, we'll play you.' So it don't matter," joked Gay.
DeMar DeRozan and Gay scored 24 apiece, while Kyle Lowry added 11 points and 10 assists. John Lucas III netted 10 off the bench.
The Raptors are one win shy of matching their total from last season with 23.
The Grizzlies brought their trademark defense to Detroit on Monday. After allowing 30 points in the opening quarter, Memphis held the Pistons to 30 over the next two quarters and left with a 105-91 victory.
Prince only managed four points in just under 20 minutes of action, but held no ill will in his first trip back to Detroit. It was his only NBA home since coming into the league in 2002. Prince won an NBA Championship with the Pistons in 2004.
"These guys, what they did for me and my family, I don't hold any grudges whatsoever," Prince said. "It was a great time. You never want to end on a bad note. Nobody wants to do that. It was definitely unfortunate but I love all those guys. I have great relationships with everybody. It's a situation where it was time for me to start a new chapter."
Mike Conley led the Grizz in scoring Monday night with 19. Zach Randolph, fresh off his second All-Star Game appearance, had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Marc Gasol, Ed Davis and Quincy Pondexter all scored in double figures.
The Grizzlies shot 56 percent from the field against the Pistons and scored 26 points off 17 Detroit turnovers.
Memphis won this season's only matchup Toronto, a 103-82 drubbing in Memphis on Nov. 28. Gay had 14 points and six rebounds for the Grizzlies that night. The Grizz have won three in a row in Toronto.


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Helping endangered cranes survive
Carolyn Hall, of Bassett, NE, sent a link for Operation Migration, a group that is helping to establish a new flock of migratory whooping cranes. This flock will winter in east Florida and summer in central Michigan.
Eggs are collected in the wild and hatched in incubators. Even before the eggs are hatched, the baby birds are imprinted with the sound of ultralight aircraft, the "birds" that will eventually lead them as they migrate. The imprinting with ultralights continues as the baby birds are born, grow, and learn to fly.
This year's "crop" of whooping crane chicks is now migrating from Michigan to Florida, and the ultralights are teaching them the safest route. You can read a daily log of their progress in the Field Journal. Start at the bottom of the page to read the entries in chronological order.
Today's entry includes a video of the young whooping cranes taking some exercise after a couple of days on the ground due to weather conditions. With a wingspan of 7 to 8 feet and long legs stretched behind them, they are beautiful in flight -- and a joy to see, because they are rare and precious.
According to Operation Migration's Crane Count, the total population of all whooping cranes (wild and captive) was 539 on July 14, 2008.
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LCI Offers Service, Prizes During 'FROG' Rally
August 15, 2013 by RVBusiness Comments Off on LCI Offers Service, Prizes During 'FROG' Rally
Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) held daily product drawings and gave away several products — including an RV Supreme Euro Top Mattress from Denver Mattress — during the second annual Forest River Owners Group (FROG) International Rally at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds Aug. 4-10.
According to a press release, LCI performed complimentary laser alignment and safety checks on more than 80 RVs and performed many upgrade product installations throughout the week. LCI's aftermarket and customer service teams led seminars, gave product presentations and conducted install demonstrations for attendees. They were also on hand all week to answer questions, provide safety tips and get feedback from customers on products.
"The FROG Rally gives us a great opportunity to talk to customers who are using our products every day," said General Manager Steve Paul. "We want their feedback so we can continue to improve products and provide the best customer experience."
Forest River Owners Group Director Bob Byrne was happy to see LCI at the rally following up with customers. "LCI is a VIP partner at the rally. They pitch in and contribute to the effort with service and components. We're really excited that LCI is offering the laser alignment and safety check to all of our towables at no charge."
Interestingly, Jay and Maria Thomas of Avon, Ind., sat down to purchase the RV Supreme Euro Top Mattress, when they realized they had won it. "I handed the LCI rep my credit card, and she said 'You aren't going to believe this, but you won the mattress,'" said Jay. "And it's wonderful. It sleeps like the one at home."


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Judge orders B&B owners to pay 'gays' for hurt feelings
A judge in the United Kingdom has ordered the owners of the Swiss Bed and Breakfast in Berkshire to pay nearly $6,000 to two homosexuals for hurting their feelings by not allowing them to occupy a double bed.
The stunning penalty was delivered yesterday to Mike and Susanne Wilkinson, who explain the family lives their Christian life, "not just on a Sunday in church, but in every area of my life – as Jesus expects from his followers."
The Wilkinsons were ordered to pay 1,800 British pounds, or about $2,900, each to homosexuals Michael Black and John Morgan.
In 2010, they tried to book a double bed in the inn, which also is the private home for the Wilkinson family. When they were refused, they sued under the U.K.'s discrimination laws.
The case was funded by the Christian Institute, which said the Christians have been given permission to appeal.
Susanne Wilkinson said she is thinking about doing that.
"Naturally, my husband and I are disappointed to have lost the case and to have been ordered to pay 3,600 pounds in damages for injury to feelings. We have the option to appeal, and we will give that serious consideration."
Susanne Wilkinson said: "We believe a person should be free to act upon their sincere beliefs about marriage under their own roof without living in fear of the law. Equality laws have gone too far when they start to intrude into a family home.
"People's beliefs about marriage are coming under increasing attack, and I am concerned about people's freedom to speak and act upon these beliefs," she told the institute.
She said all she was trying to do was live as a Christian.
"It's quite wrong to punish me for that, especially after enduring over two years of vile abuse and threats," she said.
Wilkinson and her husband say they have received "hundreds of emails an hour" and threatening phone threats and texts because of their faith.
Mike Wilkinson said, "One was hand-delivered and handwritten in capitals and said, 'I am coming to burn your house down.'"
"We find this a strange justice in a society that aspires to be increasingly tolerant," said Susanne Wilkinson.
The Christian Institute's Mike Judge said: "Yes, Mrs. Wilkinson's B&B is a business, but it's also a family home. The law should be more flexible in allowing people to live according to their own values under their own roof. A bit more balance is needed, rather than allowing one set of rights to automatically suppress another."
They said they experienced not only arson and death threats, but obscene messages, bogus reviews, canceled bookings and other harassment. They said previously that in a Google review, someone encouraged others to come and smash up the house.
Although such cases in the U.S. are rare, two lesbians sued a Hawaiian bed and breakfast in a similar dispute.
The Swiss Bed and Breakfast website says guest will enjoy "first class hospitality in their spacious and comfortable home to business, tourist or family visitors from all around the world."


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Modern American obstetrics is great at reacting to catastrophe, but less skilled at preventing it
Something has gone wrong with the way that we handle birth in this county. After nearly a century of progress, deliveries are now getting more dangerous rather than less so. The number of women who go into shock during childbirth has more than doubled in the past decade, and those who suffer kidney failure rose 97%. Globally, we are tied with Belarus in maternal mortality.
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In what might be the most somber American Idol intro to date, producers reminded us that one of these contestants will be returning home for good-ish, while the two who remain will battle for the Idol crown next week. There's still the summer tour, of course, which I suppose is a consolation for whomever doesn't win.
The trio opens the night with "Got To Get You Into My Life." I think there are some Beatles rolling over in graves. This is not a good song for any of them, but especially not Jessica. And Phillip. And, okay, Joshua, too. The Beatles weren't meant to be growled.
Joshua Ledet takes center stage. Jimmy said Joshua had a good night, but not his best night. For him, the judges were over-generous with their praise of Joshua's first number. He called Joshua the competition's most exciting showman but thought "Imagine" was overdone. He wasn't wowed with Joshua's performance of "No More Drama" but accepts responsibility since he picked the song. I loved Joshua's third number, but agree with Jimmy on the first two.
Lisa Marie Presley didn't even look good. That's about all I have to say about that.
Jessica Sanchez is up next. Jimmy didn't think "My All" came together for Jessica and disagreed with Steven--he didn't think it was enough to win the competition. He didn't seem to like her second number either. Jimmy thinks Jessica is talented enough to perform at the Grammys but realized that perhaps he didn't do her any favors in choosing "I'll Be There" since two people sang that song originally. While I think Jessica is talented, she really lacks direction and originality.
Performing "Never Close Our Eyes," Adam Lambert is back on the Idol stage. This has a distinctly late 70s vibe to it. Maybe it's the neon clothes. Or the lighting. This isn't my favorite song of his, but I'm sure it'll be a hit. I always thought he should've won over Kris Allen.
Phillip Phillips hits the stage to hear his critique. Jimmy thought he did a great job on "Beggin" and said that Phillip's sound is becoming more and more original. He agreed with the judges that "Disease" was a bad choice, but said he admires Phillip's willingness to go down in flames to make the choices he wants to make. The song choice Jimmy didn't get wrong? Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight." He called it flawless and emotional. Y'all know my thoughts on last night. I love Phillip, but I thought his first number was better than his last.
Kieran dims the lights for the second to last time. The first person through: Jessica Sanchez. Joining her in the Top Two: Phillip Phillips.
It's goodbye for now to Joshua Ledet.
I had a feeling this would happen as I watched last night. Joshua grew on me as the season progressed, especially with the clips and interviews. I'm actually kind of sad to see him go. I was pulling for a Joshua-Phillip match-up in the finale.
Are you excited by a Phillip-Jessica throwdown next week?
Miranda Wicker is a Staff Writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter.


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