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Today, on the Ninth Annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, we stand in solidarity with men and women who are working to address and prevent this practice that takes place in many countries around the world. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) occurs across cultures and religions, although no religion mandates the procedure. It is a practice rooted in beliefs about the "dangers" of women's sexuality, and involves a rite of passage into adulthood that has extremely detrimental consequences on the health and overall well-being of women and girls subjected to it.
It is estimated that 100 to 140 million women globally have undergone this procedure and three million girls are at risk every year. Cutting is often performed by untrained practitioners, employing no anesthesia and often using such instruments as broken glass, tin lids, scissors, or unsterilized razors. In addition to causing intense pain and psychological trauma, the procedure carries with it severe short and long-term health risks: including hemorrhaging; infection, including increased risk of HIV transmission; birth complications; and even death. Remarkably, some people still defend this practice as part of a cultural or religious tradition. But as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stressed, violence toward women and girls isn't cultural -- it's criminal.
The United States has supported efforts to abandon this egregious practice since the early 1990s, and considers it not only a public health issue, but a violation of women's rights and dignity. Here are a few examples of our advocacy and funding:
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) addresses prevention of female genital mutilation and cutting in humanitarian settings and works to raise awareness of the need to reduce the practice of gender-based violence and FGM/C. PRM also supports some targeted activities to prevent female genital mutilation/cutting in Somali and Sudanese refugee populations. For example, in Kenya, we provide resources to NGO partners to promote awareness and prevention of female genital mutilation/cutting by supporting community based organizations including men's groups, youth groups, women's groups, and religious leaders. Other projects promote social and economic empowerment of women and girls to reduce the risk of exposure to gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation/cutting, while educating participants on the impact of harmful traditional practices.
In northern Ethiopia, PRM supports an awareness-raising program for women and girls living in Shimelba and My'Ayni refugee camps, including through discussions with girls, women, boys, and men on gender based violence-related topics -- including female genital mutilation/cutting -- and a Girls' Wellness Week, which promotes adolescent girls' health through a coming-of-age ceremony that does not include the procedure.
In Egypt, the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues provides support to an organization working to address and prevent violence against women, including female genital mutilation/cutting, in select Cairo communities. The project provides training and capacity building for survivor advocacy and mental health training for health care providers, community leaders and volunteers. The Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor are also funding an NGO working in northern Iraq to support a multidimensional program composed of integrated victim services and a successful educational campaign for village residents and political and religious leaders that has led to the first of its kind declaration of a village being "Female Genital Mutilation Free" in Iraq.
USAID has supported similar projects in many countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Djibouti, and Burkina Faso, among others. All projects addressing female genital mutilation/cutting supported by USAID are culturally sensitive and are integrated with health, economic, social, or democracy and governance programs. USAID programs are community-based, involving work with community and religious leaders as well as women's groups, men, and youth to advance the quality and effectiveness of our efforts and to improve conditions that will lead to abandonment of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting.
Among the best-known programs are those carried out by the NGO Tostan, which made the case that the procedure was detrimental to the health of the future mothers of Senegal and was able to convince tribal and religious leaders to join its cause. Tostan understood that community based approaches involving men, boys, religious leaders, and all members of society are the only way to achieve lasting support against mutilation. In fact, community advocates have found that when men come to understand the physical and psychological trauma FGM/C causes, they often become the most effective activists for eradication, including fathers that unequivocally refuse to allow their daughters to be subjected to the procedure. Communities must act collectively to abandon the practice, so that girls or their families who opt out do not jeopardize marriage prospects or become social outcasts. We are encouraged to see that this approach has led some 6,000 communities across Africa to abandon the practice, usually through some form of public declaration. In the past, the Egyptian Ministry of Women and Children worked to organize renunciation ceremonies in which entire communities agreed not to continue the procedure in the interest of the good health of the women and girls in the community.
We hope that the support of governments and international donors -- along with the many men and women around the world who denounce this practice -- will overturn deeply entrenched social norms that are not only harmful to women and girls, but to our communities and societies.
Stay connected with the Office of Global Women's Issues on Facebook and Twitter, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration on Facebook.
Groucho writes:
But Male Sexual Mutilation is OK? Isn't it a fact that most US males are circumcised when they are mere babies?
W.W. writes:
circumcision as well
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Great world effort to stop female mutilation
Jacky in Washington writes:
Given the escalating number of gender-related crime, a logical solution would be to launch a Global Women's Reward Fund and provide women with convenient GPS multi-purpose reporting tools.
K.D. writes:
I think a grant would be better instead of direct support.
I strongly disagree with FGM
But I also disagree with the USA looking like the "world police" - again - just because we don't like something, it makes the nation look narrow minded and causes unnecessary international tension.
I am not saying the US should not take a strong stance against FGM, but I believe it will be better for us if our government does it more covertly.
SMGM in the U.S.A. writes:
Laura S. in Kentucky writes:
Please research female gentile mutilation before comparing it to male circumcision. There is no comparison between removing the foreskin and completely cutting off the sex organs (clitoris and labia), stitching the vaginal opening closed, and then slicing the skin open after marriage and for child birth (only to stitch it closed again and reopen multiple times). A man can function normally (and without pain) after circumcision, but mutilation of female gentiles causes medical complications like urinary infections, infertility, and death. In type III FGM, only a tiny hole is left for the release of urine and menstrual fluid. The buildup of fluids and blood within the female body causes all sorts of problem and provides no medical benefits. Please research the procedure of FGM. You may not agree with male circumcision, but female gentile mutilation causes lifelong trauma and ends sexual enjoyment for affected women.
MIchael D. in the U.S.A. writes:
It is interesting that the United States has zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation yet it turns a blind eye to Male Genital Mutilation.
I am a victim of Male Genital Mutilation. My body was mutilated right here in the United States of America. My human rights were violated. My freedoms of choice and consent were violated. The only difference between myself and a young girl in Africa is that my mutilator used a scalpel instead of an old razor blade. I AM A VICTIM OF MALE GENITAL MUTILATION! Where is your zero tolerance for what happened to me and the millions and millions of other men like myself in this country. Don't are feeling count? I look forward to hearing your reply.
Rood A. in Arizona writes:
It's about time people stopped being hypocritical by discriminating against infant boys. Whether done to boys or girls, Genital Mutilation IS Genital Mutilation.


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This study will investigate HIV infection and associated conditions by monitoring infected patients. The study will also serve as a means for recruiting HIV-infected individuals to NIAID s ongoing clinical and laboratory studies and supporting the institute s infectious disease training program by providing Infectious Disease fellows with ongoing training in the management of HIV infection.
People 18 years of age and older with suspected or confirmed HIV infection who live in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area may be eligible for this study. Physician referral is required.
Participants come to the NIH Clinical Center a minimum of once every 3 to 4 months for evaluation with a physical examination; blood tests for research purposes, safety, immune status and viral load; and response to any treatment they may be receiving. Other procedures, such as a biopsy, are done only as needed for standard medical practice, and informed consent is obtained before any such procedure is done. Treatment offered is consistent with standard medical practice; no experimental treatments are offered under this protocol.
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- HIV-infection as documented by positive HIV ELISA and Western Blot or positive assay for HIV RNA (serum or plasma). Patients may also be included if they have laboratory or clinical evidence suggestive of possible HIV-infection.
- Age 18 years or older.
- Ability and willingness of subject to understand study requirements and give written informed consent.
- Group I patients are required to have a primary care provider outside NIH to manage non-HIV medical problems. Group II patients must have a referring physician or clinic that will continue to manage HIV and non-HIV medical care.
- For Group I patients, residence within the greater Washington DC area (approximately within a 100-mile radius of the NIH Bethesda campus) is required.
A prospective study subject will be ineligible for this study if he or she satisfies either of the following criteria:
- Has active drug or alcohol use or dependence or any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.
- Refuses to allow collection and storage of samples for research purposes.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
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Johnny Test is a troublesome 11-year-old who dreams of having superpowers. Luckily, his twin sisters are scientists, so he has plenty of chance to mess around with their experiments. Johnny spends most of his time with his best friend, a talking dog named Dukey.
Johnny Test's pet Dukey is the only talking dog in Porkbelly. Susan and Mary genetically mutated him (also giving him great kung fu skills), and now he winds up getting dragged into Johnny's silly schemes. He usually disguises himself as a "kid with a rare hair disorder".
Johnny Test's genius twin sisters Susan and Mary frequently use him as a test subject for inventions, most of which are to impress their good-looking neighbour, Gil. They are the only 13-year-olds clever enough to attend the Porkbelly Mega Institute of Technology.
Johnny's a 11-year-old kid leading a pretty average life. Average that is, expect for his super-genius inventor twin sisters, talking dog sidekick, and non-stop thrill-ride adventures! When your twin sisters are using you as their personal guinea pig, not even the sky is the limit!


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Making the transition from high school to college is an exciting time. Students who utilized accommodations with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) or 504 Plans in high school often wonder how to start the process of receiving accommodations in college.
Differences Between High School and College
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We strongly recommend that students who are starting their college journeys practice the following skills in preparation for college.
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|Discuss Accommodations
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|Request Re-evaluation
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Division on Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing
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Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
MRS works with eligible individuals with disabilities to help these persons prepare for employment. They also partner with employers to help attract and retain qualified workers who have disabilities. MRS has a presence in all Michigan counties, and interested individuals can schedule appointments with MRS staff to determine the appropriateness of services.
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How to Shape a Loaf of Bread: 15 Bread-Making Tutorials
We were so happy to see all the requests for bread-making tutorials during How To Month! Making bread, and all its delicious variations, is a favorite weekly ritual at our house and we love it when other people get the bug. Here are our top bread-making tutorials (so far!) rounded up in one place, all for you.
We have all your bread-making bases covered here. There are tutorials on making a few different kinds of bread, from the popular no-knead bread to a more traditional artisan boule. We also have videos on shaping those boules as well as a regular sandwich loaf.
Take a look here and let us know if there are any other tutorials you'd love to see!
• 1. How to Shape a Sandwich Loaf of Bread
• 2. How to Shape a Round Loaf of Bread (a.k.a. Boule)
• 3. How to Knead Bread Dough
• 4. How to Make Artisan Bread from Start to Finish
• 5. How to Make No-Knead Bread from Start to Finish
• 6. No-Knead Bread Hack: Making a Sandwich Loaf Instead
• 7. How to Shape Baguettes
• 8. No-Knead Bread Recipe: Multi-Grain Peasant Loaf
• 9. Recipe: Homemade Thin-Crust Pizza
• 10. Pizza from No-Knead Bread
• 11. How to Tell When Bread is Done
• 12. How to Make Softer and Fluffier Whole Wheat Bread
• 13. Recipe: Basic Sourdough Starter
• 14. Recipe: Beginner Sourdough Loaf
• 15. Recipe: Easy Homemade Pita Bread
Our weekly loaf of bread consists of shaping the no-knead bread into a sandwich loaf, the ideal shape for not only sandwiches but also toast, egg-in-the-hole, and french toast. At least in our opinion! We follow the no-knead recipe from Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes, but Jim Lahey's version works just as well.
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Unlike your official yearbook photo, President Barack Obama's portrait hangs in all U.S. federal buildings in America and abroad, so it has to look good.
White House photographer Pete Souza snapped this updated portrait of the 51-year-old president for his second term, released Friday, which shows Barack Obama with a big, toothy grin on his face and his arms folded comfortably. Obama's hair may have grayed, but he looks relaxed in the manner of a president who will never have to run for office again.
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Yesterday, John Reynolds passed away. I had the privilege of being one of his graduate students, and much of what I know about what it means to be a scientist is due to his example. I just want to share a few small anecdotes about him.
When I was a new graduate student, I began working on the project which would eventually become my thesis. When I described one of my early approaches to this problem, he asked a series of questions about how I would handle one sticky technical point after another, and I showed him how the language and its semantics were carefully set up so that this issue in question could not arise. After I finished my explanation, he nodded thoughtfully, and told me, "Neel, you've done some very good engineering, but engineering is not science! Good engineers develop a sense of how to avoid obstacles -- but a scientist's job is to face them head-on and flatten them."
This made a really big impression on me. As academic computer scientists, we have two great luxuries: we can choose what to study, and we can spend as long as necessary studying it. As a result, our ethical obligation is one step removed from solving problems: our role is to produce understanding, so that engineers (indeed, all of society) have new methods to solve new classes of problems.
Once, John told me about some of his work at Argonne National Laboratory, where he designed the COGENT programming language, which he told me was what convinced him that he should leave physics to do computer science. He said that while today he could (indeed, many people could) design much better languages, he would always regard it fondly, since it was his first successful language design.
I asked him what made it successful, and he told me that there was another scientist at Argonne, who used it to write some simulation code. When John read the program listing, he realized that he could not understand how the program worked, since it relied domain knowledge that he lacked. So this was John's definition of a successful language design: if you have a user who has used it to write a program you couldn't have, your language has succeeded, since it has helped a fellow human being solve one of their own particular problems.
I've always liked his definition, since it manages to avoid an obsession with nose-counting popularity metrics, while still remembering the essentially social purpose of language design.
Another time, I asked John what he thought about object-oriented programming. He told me he thought it was too soon to tell. I burst out laughing, since I thought he was joking: Simula 67 is considerably older than I am, and I thought that surely that was sufficient time to form an opinion.
But he insisted that, no, he was not kidding! From a formal, mathematical, perspective, he did not like object-oriented programming very much: he had studied various formalizations of objects in his work on Idealized Algol and on intersection types, and found they introduced some unwanted complexities. However, so many excellent engineers still thought that objects were a good idea, that he was unwilling to dismiss the possibility that there was a beautiful mathematical theory that we haven't discovered yet.
I thought this was a great demonstration of Keats's negative capability, but what makes it really impressive was that John married it to a profound intellectual rigour: I've never known anyone who could produce counterexamples faster than John could. While he tested every idea ruthlessly, he never closed himself off from the world, giving him a rare ability to make judgements without passing judgement.
I haven't really said anything about John's enormous scientific achievements, because the deepest lesson I learned from him is not any one of his theorems, but rather his fundamentally humane vision of science, as something we do for and with our fellow scientists and community.
Ars longa, vita brevis, but together we make a chain through the ages --- and more links of that chain than most can claim were forged by you, John.


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•Southern California-based Fashion Plate, winner of the Santa Anita Oaks on April 5, will try to spring an upset in today's $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs when she takes on 4-5 morning-line favorite Untapable and 11 others in the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-old fillies. Fashion Plate, the 6-1 second choice who has won her past three races, will be ridden by Gary Stevens. Untapable, winner of the Rachel Alexandra Stakes and Fair Grounds Oaks in her past two starts, will try to become only the second horse to win the Oaks from the outside post when she breaks from the No. 13 hole. Lemons Forever won the 2006 Oaks from the No. 14 post position. Rosie Napravnik, who won the 2012 Oaks aboard Believe You Can.
•Retired Hall of Fame rider and current NBC horse racing analyst Jerry Bailey told Santa Anita publicity official Ed Golden that the key to California Chrome's chances in Saturday's Kentucky Derby is all in the start. "I don't think California Chrome's post position (five) matters so much," he said. "The important thing for him is how he breaks. He has broken poorly in the past. That's what cost him the race at Santa Anita in November." California Chrome hopped in the air and was off slow in the Golden State Juvenile on Nov. 1 while breaking from the rail in a one-mile race under Alberto Delgado. He finished sixth, beaten three lengths. "His (Derby) success depends on how well he breaks."
•D. Wayne Lukas has trained more than his share of great horses, although some might point to 1986 Horse of the Year Lady's Secret as his best. Lukas would disagree. He doesn't like to compare his best horses. "It's hard to compare them from era to era," he said. "You talk about (Lady's Secret) in glowing terms and then somebody will say well what about Serena's Song? And you can say the same thing. Then you say well what about Brilliance? You say well Landaluce was the most brilliant. So your memories are strong on almost all of them that achieved so much to support you and your family."


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HANG TIME, Texas — He stood there at mid-court cradling the Most Valuable Player trophy and the transformation was complete.
Not quite a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, because Allen Iverson never would be described as something so light and delicate. But just as dramatic and, maybe, just as natural.
It was as jarring a sight that night at the 2001 NBA All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., perhaps, as seeing Mike Tyson in a set of tights with the Bolshoi Ballet or having the chiseled visage of Richard Nixon join the great ones high up on Mt. Rushmore.
Yet this was the way it had to be if his game, his league, his sport was to have continued hope to grow and flourish. For 14 seasons, people said Iverson was the changing face of the league — and that was not always meant in a good way.
But tattoos are only skin deep. Hairstyles change and grow, just like people.
The recent news that Iverson planned to announce his official retirement brought back a sudden rush of so many memories of the will-o'-the-wisp guard who broke ankles, broke protocol and broke the mold of what a little man could do.
He was Rookie of the Year (1997), MVP (2001), a four-time scoring champion, three-time steals leader, three-time All-NBA First Team member and twice was given the top prize at the All-Star Game. The first time, the award came for his performance in the nation's capital when Iverson showed that behind the hip-hop persona of a modern player was an old-fashioned pro who simply lived and loved to compete.
The player whose reputation would a year later become eternally stamped by a rant about "Practice!?" was the ultimate gamer who brought the Eastern Conference from 21 points down in the fourth quarter of an exhibition game because, well, if you're gonna play, you might as well try to win.
Iverson's style was always far less an artistic display and much more a competitive exercise, as if there was something to prove. And there was. The guy who had been called "Me-Myself-and-Iverson" spent much of his career, as he's spent most of his troubled life, listening to people doubt not only his motives, but what's inside his heart.
He came into the league wearing tattoos and cornrows and bandanas and traveling with his posse. He put himself into the center of a storm with his caught-on-national-TV microphones slur about sexual preference to a heckling fan in Indiana.
Iverson was as far removed image-wise as one could get and still live on the same planet as two of the three players who preceded him in winning his first All-Star MVP trophy — the quietly purposeful Tim Duncan and the regal Michael Jordan.
He was the foam on the front of the new wave.
"I'm one of them," Iverson said, "but I'm also me."
For just over a decade that's who the demanding, discriminating Philadelphia fans got to see: the fearless competitor, the tough nut that wouldn't crack, the lump of coal that used the intense pressure to transform himself into a diamond.
A few months later, Iverson would willfully, sometimes it seemed singlehandedly, drag the Sixers to the NBA Finals and earn his due respect from the public at large. However, it was that game amid other All-Stars when he demonstrated to the masses what, behind the perception, was his reality.
In those flashing, brilliant final minutes when Iverson was everywhere on the floor, making steals, setting up fast breaks, scoring on twisting, jack-knifing drives, he could have been a player from any era, no different from Bob Cousy, Bob Pettit, Julius Erving, Willis Reed, Walt Frazier and the other greats who had been introduced to the crowd at halftime.
He looked and acted different, this new kid, like new kids always have. They make us uncomfortable, force us to look at things from a different perspective. But what it was about that day was showing that many things never change on the inside, no matter how they're packaged. Competitors compete.
Sometimes the torch is passed and sometimes it is a wild spark that burns down the forest to make room for new growth.
He was never going to be Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell. You were asking too much to replace that. They laid the foundation, established the game in the consciousness of a worldwide audience. They made it possible for the next generation to follow in their footsteps even if it meant never wearing their shoes.
The question, of course, is always: What comes next?
Allen Iverson was always The Answer, even when we didn't know it yet.


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I've been admiring Wendy's blog A Wee Bit of Cooking (and her gorgeous dog, Marco, who features prominently) for some time now. It's already been nearly a year since she posted this recipe for Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burritos adapted from The Moosewood Low Fat Cookbook. It has been, therefore, nearly a year since I've been meaning to make them.
I finally got around to this today, partly because yesterday at the supermarket I found flour tortillas without a million additives in them (in fact, with no additives) and a ripe avocado. Just what I needed.
Apologies for the dark, blue-toned photo, but this is the result, served with fresh tomato salsa, homemade guacamole (recipe for that another day!) and a dollop of greek yoghurt.
These are relatively quick and very healthy. They use ingredients that keep well, which is good because if you want to make guacamole to accompany them, you will probably need to leave an avocado to ripen for a few days. Most importantly, the taste really good; from the comforting, smooth and spicy interior to the crispy toasted tortilla edges that beg to be dipped in yoghurt.
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Our two favorite new restaurants of the year are Three Seventy Common in Laguna Beach and Juliette Kitchen & Bar in Newport Beach.
There were few fine dining establishments that opened in 2012; perhaps it's the economy or perhaps it's the trend toward small plates and more casual dining. Either way, it allowed us to taste a larger variety of dishes. Here are our front-runners, in no particular order of preference.
Green Rice Kebab: Koobideh are ground chicken meatballs, stacked on skewers. We like the fact that they had been made from the more flavorful, juicy dark meat, which was enlivened by a complex mixture of spices.
Three Seventy Common: If your arteries can stand it, don't miss the bone marrow. The salty, fatty, luscious goodness makes it worth the risk. A roasted beef bone is sliced in half lengthwise, making it easy to scoop up the yummy stuff. Dab on some chimichurri sauce, smear it on the grilled bread and balance it with the richness of a little red onion, radish and parsley salad.
Caffe Gazelle: One of the best tiramisus we've ever tasted had coffee-suffused cake, light and full of flavor and a creamy mascarpone filling that was cloud-like and delicious. The final touch was shavings of rich dark chocolate, instead of the usual dusting of cocoa powder.
Savoy: The papardelle were thin, wide housemade noodles cooked to a perfect al dente texture. The dish was a composition of sweet, seasonal English peas and their tendrils, salty slivers of coppa ham, large shavings of pecorino and crunchy marcona almonds, all in a light butter sauce.
230 Forest Avenue: Three little racks of three little ribs of lamb were slow-cooked until the meat was meltingly tender, yet the surface was deliciously browned. A small bowl of a mild pureed romesco sauce (red peppers, tomatoes and almonds) was provided for dipping.
Mare Culinary Lounge: Limoncello, a liqueur made in-house, is infused into fresh pasta and the results are marvelous. The wide, flat noodle itself has a lovely, lemony taste. Limoncello malfadine is a scrumptious dish in which this pasta is combined with chopped lobster tail and shallots in a Pinot Grigio lemon sauce.
Juliette Kitchen & Bar: The luscious broth in Juliette's fish stew is chock full of scallops, sweet mussels, delicate white fish and a particularly tasty giant prawn, all contributing juices to make this a spectacular liquid, accented by tomatoes and smoked paprika. Baby turnips are added instead of the more traditional potatoes.
SeaLegs Wine Bar: The humongous slice of chocolate cake was simply outrageous. The cake was dense and moist with a deep, rich chocolate flavor. A light, creamy chocolate mousse separated the four layers and the thick frosting tasted like a wonderful, slightly soft, dark chocolate bar. Heaven!
SW Seafood and BBQ: Peking duck has skin as crackly as parchment paper, and the meat is succulent and moist, full of the flavors of soy, honey and five-spice powder. It's served with steamed buns rather than pancakes, green onion shreds and hoisin sauce.
Peony and Sushi Corner: The honey garlic wild jumbo shrimp were lightly fried, tender, moist and juicy, tasting incredibly fresh. They were sprinkled with sesame seeds and served with a delicate sweet sauce.
Sol Grill: Mediterranean swordfish was cooked to perfection, buried under a mound of chunky fresh tomato sauce, flecked with slivers of garlic and enriched with black olives.
Eat Chow: Tres amigos are three enchiladas with three different shredded meats and three sauces. All were stoutly stuffed. The mole sauce on the chicken enchilada was the best we've ever tasted.
Wine Gallery: Here we had some of the best short-rib tacos around. The meat was tender, juicy, nicely seasoned and nestled in crispy, corn tortilla shells. Piquant pickled red onions added crunch, guacamole added creaminess and Fresno chilies added a kick. A light sprinkling of cotija cheese and micro-greens were the finishing touches.
ELLE HARROW and TERRY MARKOWITZ were in the gourmet food and catering business for 20 years. They can be reached for comments or questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Green Rice Kebab: (714) 843-0655, greenricekebab.com
Three Seventy Common: (949) 494-8686, http://www.370common.com
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Barret Jackman's first career playoff goal came with 50.4 seconds to play as the St. Louis Blues took a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 2 of this Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Patrik Berglund tied the game early in the third period to back a 28-save effort by Brian Elliott for the Blues, who now own a 2-0 lead in this best-of- seven series after consecutive 2-1 victories.
St. Louis is hoping to avenge last year's sweep at the hands of the Kings in the conference semifinals.
Dustin Brown scored the lone goal of the game for the Kings, who only lost four games total during last year's run to the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. Jonathan Quick posted 23 saves in the loss.
This series heads back to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Saturday night.
"Four games will win this series, so we just focus on the next one, we're going home," said Brown. "We've played really well at home this year. We've got to take care of our home ice here."
With time nearing the end of regulation, Chris Stewart brought the puck in down the right side and slid a short pass over to Jackman, who snapped a wrister past the glove of Quick for a 2-1 lead -- the hosts' first and only of the game.
"You get a bounce," said Jackman. "You get a puck that you don't normally get and you put it home, and its definitely a good feeling."
LA got Quick out of the net shortly after the ensuing faceoff, but was unable to get any quality chances before time expired.
The only goal of the first period went to Los Angeles and it came on a 5-on-3 power play as a shot from the high slot by Mike Richards was tipped in by Brown halfway through the frame.
Elliott made 11 stops in the second period to keep the Kings from building on their advantage, while Quick stopped all eight shots he faced in the middle frame.
The Blues, though, finally tied the game at the 3:44 mark of the third when Alex Pietrangelo skated down the right wing and threw it on net, with Berglund tapping in the rebound.
Game Notes
St. Louis has won two of the three playoff series between these two clubs ... The Kings were 1-for-4 on the power play while the Blues failed on all four of their chances ... Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty lead all skaters in ice time, playing almost 30 minutes of the contest.


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I guess the pre-fall shows started already but I haven't even gotten through all the spring shows so like, whatevz, I'm not really in any rush. It's been a while since I've felt the necessity to write as soon as things happen because what's the point really, you know? Now I wait to see if a million months after the collection has gone down the runway I'm still moved the same way, if it lives past the novelty. I guess.
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"Discover taste differently" the challenge of the team here, as they showcase the region and its history. Delicate local products become, in the hands of Georges Wenger, purveyors of flavors renewed via an expertise and passion that the Chef freely shares.
Since 1980, his strong values have been enthusiastically shared with the clients of the establishment. It is in the local landscapes and the fresh produce delivered by the local artisans, that he finds his inspiration. And to better share this passion, Geaorge Wenger initiated the "Swiss Competition of Regional Products", where the finest flavours mingle in a sarabande of flavour. A useful initiative that develops the local, sustainable economy, reducing the transport of goods and hence the emissions of greenhouse gases.
With his cookbook, radio cook shows he has run for 25 years, Georges Wenger encourages an exploration of new horizons. But for this Nature lover, it is also an opportunity to raise awareness of the fragility and beauty of the environment. In this, his establishment is exemplary: purchasing green electricity, exchanging heat for ventilation and using heat recovery stoves in the kitchen, some of the many initiatives he has deployed to reduce the environmental footprint.


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Risky Business: artist's professional toolbox (7), a multi-media art exhibit, at Art at 12 Gallery, 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA from May 17 - June 22, 2012. Reception with the artists on Thursday, May 17, 2012, 5PM to 8PM.
Aren't artists always taking risks? Of course. But you have to be a bold and courageous risk-taker to aspire to turn your relative passion into a career. Enrolled in the Greater Boston Arts and Business Council's Artist's Professional Tool Box program, now in it's seventh year, these nineteen artists work to take their art and their businesses to a new level.
The exhibit includes photography, painting, mixed media, installation, wire work, jewelry, video and sculpture.
Exhibiting artists: Lisa Barthelson, Steven Bogart, Lisa Bohnwagner, Jalysa Belmer, Tim de Christopher, Dawna Davis, Linda Germain, Betsy Gould, Sirarpi Heghinian-Walzer, Jenn Houle, Sarah Kariko, Lynne Klemmer, Heather Lenz, Colette Lucas, Lynda Schlosberg, Katha Seidman, Kathleen Volp, Audrina Warren.
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Free agency and even the draft are the sexiest parts of the offseason, the primary reason why expectations are reordered.
Continuity and health are far less compelling, but often offer a truer read of how the potential playoff races shape up.
So for all the name recognition that Amare Stoudemire and Gerald Green (and even Justise Winslow) deliver to the Miami Heat, the health of Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh remains paramount.
And for all the free-agency shock that has rippled from the Milwaukee Bucks, an argument could be made that Jabari Parker could yet emerge as more of the face of that franchise than Greg Monroe.
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Neil Adams has been announced as Norwich's new permanent manager on a three-year deal.
The former City player was thrust into a caretaker role at the end of the recent Premier League season after the sacking of Chris Hughton, but he was unable to halt their slide into the Championship.
A return of one point from 15 has not deterred the Norwich board from appointing him on a full-time basis, though, with the news confirmed on the club's official website.
Adams said: "It is a huge honour and I am immensely proud to be confirmed as the club's manager going forward, and work starts straight away on putting into place the necessary requirements for next season.
"The priority is to ensure that attacking, attractive and winning football is once again the norm for supporters of this club, and it is essential that we now have everyone pulling in the same direction for the challenges that lie ahead.
"I thank the board of directors for giving me this opportunity as well as the amazing support that I and the team received from the fans during the last five games of last season and also in the time since, and I can assure everyone that we will all be working as hard as possible to achieve our objective of returning this club back to where it belongs."
Norwich chief executive David McNally added: "Neil impressed us when he stepped up to the plate for the last five games of the season in the most trying of circumstances and he's continued to impress us during a very rigorous round of talks about the full-time managerial position. He is a very talented coach who is hungry to succeed at Norwich City, playing the kind of football we want to see.
"The club is in a strong position off the pitch, with no external debt and capacity crowds expected at Carrow Road yet again next season. We have the nucleus of an excellent squad and Neil will be given funds to refresh and strengthen the squad where required.
"It's now time for everyone connected with the club to give their full support to Neil as we focus on the future of this great club and prepare for the vital weeks and months ahead."


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Thousands of people pledge to volunteer, perform good deeds to honor Sept. 11 victims
NEW YORK – Thousands of volunteers will honor Sept. 11 victims Wednesday with good deeds performed around the globe.
The anniversary of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
This year, a constellation of volunteer networks around the world will spread goodwill through volunteerism to honor those who died.
Public volunteer projects in New York, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and other cities will convene at firehouses and fire academies to honor first responders by painting and cleaning the facilities.
On the website 911day.org, thousands of people have pledged to perform a good deed on Sept. 11.
Among other things, people have pledged to give blood, donate books, pass out blankets at homeless shelters and volunteer at soup kitchens.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - After serving the last 10 years as head coach of traditional region power Amherst College, Assistant Athletic Director John Benedick announced that Milton Gooding has been tabbed to take over the reins of the resurging MIT men's soccer team. Gooding's appointment marks the program's first coaching change in over 30 years, as Walter Alessi has stepped down after beginning a tremendous career with the Engineers in 1975. Alessi is retiring from coaching soccer, but will continue to lead the men's lacrosse program.
"It is a great honor to succeed a coach and educator like Walter Alessi and become the next head men's soccer coach at MIT," said Gooding. "I would like to thank John Benedick, the team and the entire search committee for presenting me with this opportunity. I hope to bring the same amount of success we as a team achieved on and off the field at Amherst to MIT."
Gooding is widely considered one of the region's top coaches and his career winning percentage of .697 ranks among the highest active winning percentages in the nation. Gooding guided Amherst to the NCAA regional finals three times since 1997, while adding trips to the Elite Eight and NCAA Final Four. Along with his father and co-head coach, Peter, Gooding compiled a record of 106-46-14 in his tenure with the Lord Jeffs.
"We're incredibly excited to have Milton lead our program," noted Benedick. "Walter is truly one of the Institute's legendary head coaches and his commitment toward the growth of men's soccer at MIT could never be overstated. Although it will be unfamiliar having a new face on the sidelines next fall, we are in great anticipation of what the future holds for our men's soccer program."
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For the last five years, Gooding has also been heavily involved with the Adidas Elite Soccer Program which is designed to identify the top 150 high school soccer players around the country. Before arriving at Amherst, Gooding served as the head assistant coach at Kenyon College, helping to lead the Lords to an undefeated season, a No. 1 national ranking and a trip to the NCAA Final Four. In two years with the Kenyon program, the Lords amassed a record of 32-3.


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Of the 520.000 people who live in Duisburg, around 60,000 are of Turkish descent, and most of these are Muslims. The city's 40 mosques are located close to the major industrial centres. All of the main Turkish Islamic associations are represented here, including the Alevite minority, as well as various independent and Arabic communities.
In the mid-1980s, the Protestant church began to enter into dialogue with the Muslim community. Contact was initiated by ministers and teachers, who now visit mosques on a monthly basis, and who regularly exchange information on religious topics. Festivals and organisational work are as much a part of their daily routine as statements on contentious issues in the life of the city. They have provided advice on a variety of topics to both secular and religious authorities. In addition, the district church's Committee for Islamic Work organises a range of activities in cooperation with the Evangelical Family Education Workshop and the Institute for Inter-Religious Learning at the University of Duisburg. Projects include lectures, events, information stands, and the annual communal banquet, "Am Tisch" ("One Table"). Apart from its standard range of educational programmes, the Evangelical Family Education Workshop also organises special projects, such as the Christian-Islamic Family Day. Some protestant congregations enjoy strong contact to their local Islamic communities, and mutual invitations are now common. These contacts have grown in importance over the years. People now visit each other and exchange greetings on Holy Days and Feast Days (such as "Erntedankfest", the German Thanksgiving), while street festivals and Round Table meetings play an important role in improving the climate of tolerance in the city. Christian-Islamic school parties are now quite usual, because of the high number of schoolchildren from non-Christian backgrounds. In some primary schools, up to 60% of the pupils are children of immigrants.
By 1996, a great deal had been worked for and accomplished. That year, however, a heated dispute broke out in Duisburg; and as it carried on into the following year, the affair received a great deal of media attention. The Islamic community's controversial desire to broadcast an amplified call to prayer showed that the dialogue between the religions would have to be broadened and deepened. Since then, communication has focused more strongly on the social aspects of a multi-faith society. Central questions include the following: "How can Christians and Muslims best use the strength of their respective religious convictions to cooperate in fostering peaceful co-existence in their shared communities? How can we extend our communication to broader social groupings and involve people at all levels of society?" In order to answer these questions, the Protestant and Catholic churches, the mosque communities, the Alevite cultural associations and the International Center of the City of Duisburg have launched a joint project at a high local level. Its motto is "Aufeinander zugehen, miteinander leben" - "Come together, live together". In 1999, as part of this initiative, Nigar Yardim and Hauke Faust published a detailed analysis of the process of inter-religious dialogue in Duisburg. A year later, the city of Herne's Third World Information Center organised an exhibition of headscarves: when shown at Duisburg's Museum of Municipal and Cultural History, this exhibition attracted 10,000 visitors in three months - a model of successful networking on a large scale.
In our experience, a city can promote peaceful co-existence in a number of ways: at a local level through simple good-neighborliness, and on a municipal scale by means of wide-ranging cooperation.
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The case is made out plastic but feels sturdy enough to cope with the occasional bump in a backpack, and the overall build quality is very good given the cheap £480 price tag – that's less than half the price of the 13-inch MacBook Air.
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It's no speed-demon, producing a very modest score of just 1445 points with the PCMark 7 benchmark test.
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What do you get when a long time race car driver is introduced to a biomechanical crash injury expert? If the two men were Jim Downing and Bob Hubbard, the answer would be the HANS® Device.
The development of the HANS® Device with head and neck support stems from a long time association between Bob Hubbard and Jim Downing. After Hubbard married Downing's sister, the two men forged a friendship in their common appreciation of racing and their interest in how the safety in the sport can be improved. In the early 1980's, Downing had initially identified the severe injuries that were occurring when a restrained torso and an unrestrained head were involved in a swift deceleration impact. With the problem identified, he turned to Hubbard to help him design a system that would eliminate or protect against these types of injuries.
Bob Hubbard has had extensive experience as a biomechanical crash engineer, most notably is his work for General Motors and their safety program. While at GM, Hubbard led the development team that created the Hybrid III crash test dummy head. Being advanced and accurate, the Hybrid III is still used world wide for crash testing. Hubbard drew from that experience and ran Downing's question through his mind. The question was simple enough, but what was the solution? Because of his crash test experience, he knew people move a great deal during a crash even when properly restrained with safety equipment. The solution was to design a piece of equipment that would move with the torso and restrain the head in relationship to the body. He eventually came up with a design that would fit over the shoulders and attach to the helmet. As Hubbard explained, "It was a simple, but a conceptually robust concept, and it works in a wide variety of driver positions and restraint conditions."
In the early 1980's before starting the arduous task of designing the HANS®, Hubbard consulted with Dr. John Melvin, his longtime friend. As Hubbard explains, "If you were going to name one guy in this world who was the leader of racing injury biomechanics, it's John Melvin". Melvin has extensive crash injury experience with General Motors, working with their combined racing safety program. Melvin worked on upgrading the cockpits of open wheel cars, installing the CART and IRL crash data recorders and is also on the Formula 1 safety review group. Currently retired and working as a consultant, Melvin thought Hubbard's concept was viable. Hubbard went to the drawing board and eventually came up with a design that "looked sort of like a life vest" that would attach to the helmet and then fit around the neck and over the front and back of the shoulders. While this design was close to what Hubbard envisioned, it was not perfect. One of the problems was that the straps down the back of the shoulders would pull away from the torso during impact and they would also be uncomfortable to wear. One night sitting at his dining room table doodling with what Hubbard termed his "CAD/CAM of the brain"; he came upon the idea to remove the back straps, revealing what is essentially the current HANS®. Hubbard was elated at this "discovery" and had his then 12-year-old daughter help him construct the first model of the HANS® with cardboard and duct tape right there at the dining room table.
Hubbard created the first prototypes of the HANS® in the late 1980's, and now that he had a working model, how could it be tested? Jim Downing was quick to volunteer, as a firm believer of the product he had helped to create. Downing started wearing the untested prototype of the HANS® during his IMSA sports car races. But as Hubbard points out, they had one small problem. Downing didn't crash very often, so they were never actually able to crash test the HANS® in an actual race with Downing as the driver.
At the same time that Downing was wearing the HANS® on the track, plans were being made with Wayne State University to test the HANS® using crash sleds. Dr. Paul Begeman conducted the initial tests in 1989, using crash sleds and biomechanical safety dummies. These were the very first crash tests conducted in the United States using a racing harness, seat and helmet. As the test results for the crash tests became available, it was apparent to Hubbard that the HANS® was everything they had hoped for, and more. The amount of stress on the head and neck of the dummy wearing the HANS® was reduced to about 20% of the levels of the dummy not wearing the HANS®. The crash tests had reinforced what Hubbard and Melvin had predicted; the HANS® not only reduced the forces on the neck, but also reduced them to a point where injury would no longer be commonplace or life threatening.
According to Hubbard, one of the earliest users of the HANS® included actor/driver Paul Newman. "Paul Newman borrowed one once when he was driving a GTP car and he couldn't hold his head up. He had a neck injury. He had a pinched nerve in his neck, and because of the high ground effects and cornering forces he wasn't able to drive. He borrowed a HANS®, actually a pre-crash tested one. The original HANS® had this system of sliding tethers that would help hold your head up in corners, and he tightened this thing up and said this is great. That was probably in 1989".
So Bob Hubbard and Jim Downing created Hubbard Downing Inc, to develop, manufacture, sell and promote the HANS®, selling the first unit in 1991. After the first units were offered for sale, Hubbard surveyed the users of the HANS® and was amazed at the stories he was told. Time after time he was given accounts of drivers who had survived horrendous accidents and yet received no head or neck injury. But that is not to say the HANS® is a cure all, as Hubbard added, "Don't give the readers the impression that the HANS® is some magical protection thing. No, we don't use the word protect, but it helps people. There is a lot of good buzz about the HANS®, and there are a lot of good war stories, but we haven't had any head or neck injuries with HANS® that we know of."
In 1996, Charlie Whiting, who runs Formula 1, called Hubbard to set up a meeting to discuss the HANS®. After the death of Arton Senna in 1994, FIA was making a concentrated effort to improve driver safety. One of the people who were taking notice of the HANS® was Dr. Sid Watkins, the chief medical director for Formula 1.
Hubbard decided to arrange the meeting at General Motors with Jim Downing and John Melvin. Formula 1 would respect Melvin's opinion, and his experience with testing the HANS® would convey more than anything Hubbard could say. Also in attendance at the meeting were Peter Wright, retired head engineer for Lotus and a prominent technical consultant for Formula 1, and Hubert Gramling who was from the Mercedes Benz research department. Needless to say, that meeting started a long cooperation between Hubbard Downing Inc. and Mercedes Benz to make a HANS® that would fit in a Formula 1 car.
It seems that Mercedes Benz had gotten hold of a broken original HANS® from FIA in England and wanted to test it for their selves. Mercedes Benz had been working on an elaborate air bag system for their F1 cars, but it was very expensive. When they crash tested the HANS® against their own air bag system, the results were amazing. The broken and repaired prototype of the HANS® provided as much protection as their elaborate air bag system, and in some areas the HANS® was better. One problem inherent with air bag systems is that, as Hubbard likes to say, "You only have one bullet in the gun, it only works on that initial impact", but the HANS® works impact after impact, time after time. The tests at Mercedes Benz proved once again the value of the HANS®. Working with Mercedes Benz, Hubbard Downing, Inc worked to reduce the HANS® into a smaller unit, primarily working to restrain the head in a forward motion impact, since the cockpit of the Formula 1 cars could be reconfigured with padding to minimize the side-to-side and backward motion of the head. These advancements led to the development of the current HANS® that is offered for sale today.
Hubbard has presented several papers to the Society of Automotive Engineers, once at the Motorsports Safety Conference at Dearborn Michigan in 1994 and again in 1998 with the assistance of Herbert Gramling. This year they are presenting two papers at the conference. One on the air bag and how the HANS® Device compares to the airbag, and the other with the HANS® with different test conditions. Hubbard will also give a talk on driver fitting and usage of the HANS® Device.
In 1998, Mercedes announced that they were no longer developing their air bag system for Formula 1, even though it showed great promise. The decision was made to use the HANS® for a number of reasons. It was simpler, it worked, and it was currently available.
The Mercedes effort to test the HANS® was such an extensive undertaking; it was instrumental in Formula 1 mandating the use of the HANS® for the 2001-racing season.
One thing that Hubbard speaks of is the extraordinary cooperation of the medical officials for the major racing organizations and the sanctioning bodies of Formula 1 and CART to share information. After the loss of Gonzolo Rodriguez and Greg Moore last year in CART, they too mandated the HANS® for all oval track circuits on the 2001-racing season. This was in part to the shared information and cooperation between the two series.
Part 1 of this series, Should NASCAR Mandate the HANS® Device
Part 3 & 4 of this series, The Future of the HANS®.
HANS® with head and neck support, is a registered trademark of Hubbard Downing, Inc.
Available for sale at Hubbard Downing, Inc, the HANS® Device is available in different models for different race vehicles. At a cost of around $2,000 the HANS® Device is portable and can be used in nearly any type of racing vehicle. Please visit their website or call Hubbard Downing, Inc directly at (770) 457-1046 at their Atlanta, Georgia location, or for technical information, please contact Robert Hubbard in Michigan at (517) 353-5013.
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