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Alfred Paul Szesny, 83, Beloved Father And Grandfather
Alfred Paul Szesny, 83, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in Shawano, Wis.
He was born on April 20, 1929 in Milwaukee, son of the late Paul and Marie Szesny. He was united in marriage to Marlene (Karolus) on June 21, 1952 at St. Martini's Church in Milwaukee.
Al was formerly employed at the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. for 35 years at which time he retired and moved to live at Shawano Lake. He was an avid gardener and accomplished wood carver. Al loved to sing and was a member of the Men's Barbershop Harmony Society for over 50 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Marlene (Karolus) Szesny.
Survivors include son Kirk (Jayne) Szesny, Louisville, Ky.; daughters Karla O'Leary, Richfield; and Kim Parrish, Germantown; grandchildren, Derek (Christine) and Tyler Szesny, Andrew, Adam and Haley Parrish; nephew, Rev. David (Shelly) Karolus; nieces, Lynn (Rev.Jim) Kroonblawd and Mary (Chuck) Volm.
Funeral services were held Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Schroeder-Mickelson Funeral Service of Shawano. Visitation was from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Service followed at 2:30 p.m. Entombment took place at Forest Home Cemetery of Milwaukee on Monday August 20, at 11:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers please donate to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association in Al's memory.
Lonald Ray "Lonnie†Barbour, 48, Operations Manager For Mala Trucking Company
Lonald Ray "Lonnie†Barbour, 48, passed away August 14, 2012.
He was an operations manager for Mala Trucking Company and coached football for over 30 years in various leagues around Louisville.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Danielle DeSensi; father, Arthur Barbour; and brother, Mike Young.
Survivors include his mother, Deanna Reynolds Barbour; son, JD DeSensi; loving companion, Lisa DeSensi; sister, Roxanne Rogers; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was 11 a.m. Saturday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway with burial following in Louisville Memorial Gardens, West. Visitation was Friday from 1-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of Danielle DeSensi.
Online condolences to www.owenfuneralhome.com.
Elizabeth Anne Morse "Betty†Coffman, Teacher's Aid For Anchorage Independent Schools
Elizabeth Anne Morse "Betty†Coffman lost her courageous year-long battle with leukemia on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 3:45 a.m. at her home in Louisville.
She was a survivor of two previous battles with cancer and never gave up her positive attitude! She has now gone to join her Heavenly Father – free of pain and discomfort.
She was born on June 25, 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia to Dr. Erskine V. Morse, DVM and Lucy H. Morse. She was a 1964 graduate of W. Lafayette High School in W. Lafayette, Ind. and graduated with her bachelors' degree in 1968 from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. On June 22, 1968, she married Robert E. Coffman, "Bobâ€, in W. Lafayette, Ind. During their 44 years of marriage, they have had homes and raised their family in Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Kentucky, where she still has family and many close friends today!
Betty most recently worked as a teacher's aid for the Anchorage Independent School Corporation in Anchorage, Ky. She loved to travel, take cruise vacations and play bunko and bridge with her neighbors and friends. Her small flower garden and her three cats were her pride and joy! She is survived by her husband, Robert E. Coffman; her three sons, Patrick D. Coffman and wife Jill of Cranberry Township, Pa., Christopher E. Coffman and wife Holly of Charlotte, N.C., and Kevin R. Coffman and wife Kristen of Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was the loving Grandma, "Nonny,†to her six Coffman grandchildren: Savannah, Cassidy, Tyler, Lauren, Connor, and Caleb. She is also survived by her three brothers, William Morse and wife Valarie of Cedarburg, Wis. and Thomas and William Morse and their wives and families. Other survivors are her sister-in-law, Florence Pogue and husband Dennis and their family.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father.
A memorial service was held at the Ratterman Funeral Home, 10600 Taylorsville Road Jeffersontown on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 2 p.m. Visitation was from noon until 2 p.m. The service followed at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Kokomo, Ind., on a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Animal Care Society, 12207 Westport Road, Louisville, Ky. or online to the American Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Donation envelopes will also be available at the Ratterman Funeral Home.
Boyce "Boo†Nunnally D.M.D., Retired Dentist
Boyce "Boo†Nunnally D.M.D. passed away on Saturday evening, August 11, 2012 at his home with his entire family around him.
Boo was born on November 15, 1924 in Alexandria, La. He grew up in Baton Rouge, La., and attended Gulfcoast Military Academy before enlisting in the army in 1941.
He was a first lieutenant demolitions officer with the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. He made two combat jumps and fought in the Battle of Anzio. In September of 1944, Boo was wounded and captured by the Germans in Southern France near the mountainous town of Isola. He spent seven months as a POW at Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland. After several escapes and recaptures, Boo was liberated on April 13, 1945 by the 106th Calvary. Boo earned two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.
After the war, Boo attended Tulane University and LSU where he earned his degree in chemical engineering. Boo married his wife Catherine in New Orleans, La. in 1948, and they had three children. Boo spent several years as a chemical engineer before moving to Louisville where he attended dental school at the University of Louisville. He practiced for 35 years before retiring.
Boo's love and devotion to his family was incomparable. Everyone that knew Boo loved him dearly and highly respected him as man of outstanding character and genuine kindness. His life is an inspiration to all who loved him.
Boo is preceded in death by his father, Boyce Nunnally, of Gulf Port, Mich. and his mother, Minnie Milburn Nunnally, of New Orleans.
Boo is survived by his wife of 64 years, Catherine Keeney Nunnally, of Louisville; his three children, Judi Christopher, David Nunnally and wife Barbara, and Greg Nunnally D.M.D. and wife Lisa Bauman D.M.D.; his brother Richard Milburn Nunnally M.D. of Baton Rouge; his five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The family held visitation on Thursday, August 16, 2012 from 4-7 p.m. with a memorial service immediately following at Highlands Family-Owned Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Road, Louisville, Ky. 40205.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Boo's name to the Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org or mail to P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, Kan. 66675) or the Louisville Ballet (www.louisvilleballet.org or mail to ATTN: Development Department at 315 E. Main St. Louisville,
Ky. 40202).
Joanne M. Katzman, 57, Special Education Teacher
Joanne M. Katzman, 57 of Louisville, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2012 with family by her side.
She was born October 5, 1954 in Louisville, the daughter of Dorothy (Hellman) Wohlleb and the late George Wohlleb.
She was a special education teacher for the Jefferson County Public School System, having taught for over 30 years at Ballard High School and Westport Middle School.
Joanne was a member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Don Katzman; two daughters, Anne Elizabeth and Maria Leigh Katzman; mother, Dorothy (Hellman) Wohlleb; two sisters, Nancy (Tim) Day and Janet Wohlleb and nieces, Lindsey, Kristy, Amy and Grace.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, August 20, 2012 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 7813 Shelbyville Road. Visitation was held 12-8 p.m. Sunday at Pearson Ratterman Funeral Home, 12900 Shelbyville Road.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to Cedar Lake Foundation, 7984 New Lagrange Road, Louisville, KY 40222 or to the Joanne Katzman Ballard PTSA Student Scholarship Fund at PTSA Ballard High School, 6000 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40222.
Thomas Eugene Prendergast, 90, Self-Employed Woodworking Machinery Sales Representative
Thomas Eugene Prendergast, 90, of Owensboro, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at the Camel Home.
He was born in Casey, Ill. to the late John and Mary (Loftus) Prendergast who immigrated from County Mayo, Ireland. He graduated from St. George High School in Evanston, Ill. and obtained a B.S. from Northwestern University. He married Mary Angela Baker Prendergast and lived in Oshkosh, Wis, until moving to Owensboro in 1965. He was a self employed woodworking machinery sales representative for 44 years. He was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church, enjoyed golf when he was younger, was an avid sports fan, especially football, was a member of Immaculate Parish Men's Club, Forest Products Research Society, OCHS Gridiron Club and Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association.
His wife, Mary Angela, preceded him in death in 2003 as well as sisters, Peggy Little, Catherine and Tessie Prendergast and Patsy Hendricks; and a niece, Joan Little.
Surviving are his children, Lisa Prendergast of Owensboro, John Prendergast (Sandy) of Louisville and Geri Prendergast-Jones of Owensboro; a sister, Ann Brown (Ron) of Des Plaines, Ill.; and grandchildren, Daniel Jones of Bryan, Texas, Natalie Jones of Owensboro and Sean and Tess Prendergast of Louisville.
Funeral services were 11 a.m. Friday, August 17, 2012 at Immaculate Catholic Church with Fr. Tony Jones officiating and burial following in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation was from 3-8 p.m. Thursday with prayers at 6 p.m. and after 9 a.m. Friday at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Carmel Home Building Fund or St. Vincent DePaul Society at Immaculate.
Online condolences may be left at www.glennfuneralhome.com.
Ruth Mary (Miller) Ratterman, 91, Founding Member Of The St. Leonard Book Club.
Ruth Mary (Miller) Ratterman, 91, born to Jennie (Gast) and Alex E. Miller in Ottoville, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on August 13, 2012 from Nazareth Home, where she loved living.
She was a fulfilled and beautiful woman whose deep and everlasting love for God, her husband and family was the strength behind her beautiful smile. She always said, "There is nothing better than family.†Ruth loved to learn. She was a graduate of College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, and an involved member of Queens Daughters, Bellarmine Women's Auxiliary, the Cursillo movement in Louisville, Greentree Homemakers Club, bible study groups, Jewish Catholic Dialogue, and St. Leonard Catholic Church, where she was a founding member of the St. Leonard Book Club.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 68 years, Emmett A. Ratterman in May of 2011; her sister, Jane Koty and brothers, John and Alex "Bud†Miller.
Those left to cherish her memory, and life, are her five children, Emmett A. "Tony†Ratterman, Jr., Jennifer A. D'Arenzio (Denny), James A. "Jim†Ratterman (Pam), Margaret M. "Peggy†Lemberg (Steve) and Mark B. Ratterman (ReAnn); 17 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren with one on the way; her sister and soul mate, Irene Miller; sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Miller and Rose Marie Ratterman; brothers-in-law, Cletus and Clarence Ratterman; and many nieces and nephews.
Her funeral Mass was celebrated 10 a.m., Saturday, August 18, 2012 at St. Leonard Catholic Church, 440 Zorn Ave., with burial to follow in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation was 2-8 p.m. Friday at Ratterman & Sons Funeral Home; 3800 Bardstown Road. Vigil service was 5 p.m. Friday.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to either Nazareth Home or Hosparus of Louisville, each who gave her exceptional care.
Online condolences may be left at www.Ratterman.com.
Pauline Sauer Glotzbach, 90, Retired Nurse's Aide
Pauline Sauer Glotzbach, 90, died Wednesday August 15, 2012 at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany.
Pauline was born July 10, 1922 to the late Carl and Veronica Daming in Rockport, Ind.
She retired from Floyd memorial Hospital as a nurse's aide and was a lifetime member of Holy Family Catholic Church, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Marian Guild and the Legion of Mary.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Sauer and Bernard Glotzbach; a daughter, Veronica Sauer; a son, Nick Sauer; step-sons, Paul and Ricky Glotzbach; and 11 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include: daughter, D. Joan Sauer; son, Tom Sauer (Jane); granddaughters, Leslie Sauer and Erika Moorman (Luke); great-grandson, Thomas Moorman; sister, Dorothy Patten; step-sons, Joseph Sauer (Laura), B.J. (Pam), Larry (JoAnn), Steve (Marilyn), Tom and David Glotzbach; step-daughters, Rosalee Flanigan (Dave), Carolyn Olds (Ralph), Janet Zoeller (Rick), Judy Grant (Dutch), Mary Wright (Terry), Cathy Kruer, as well as many nieces, nephews, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren .
Visitation was from 2-8 p.m. Friday with a rosary service at 4 p.m. Friday at Kraft Funeral Service, 708 E. Spring Street, New Albany, Ind. Her funeral mass was celebrated 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church with burial following in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to VistaCare Hospice, or St. Vincent DePaul Society at Holy Family Parish.
Online condolences may be made at www.kraftfuneralservice.net.


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"Wherever by sea or land they go,
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King Henry II of England made Thomas Becket, a low born clerk, his Chancellor. He and Becket were friends and the king thought they were in agreement. The Kings of England and The Church of Rome were in a continual power struggle (culminating in King Henry VIII's breaking from the Catholic church 3 centuries later). In the late 1160s the Archbishop of Canterbury seat became empty and Henry decided to fill it with his friend, Becket, thinking then he would have some power. Becket didn't want to take the position and fought against it but finally stepped into the position. Here is when the story really starts. Once Thomas became an Archbishop he suddenly believed his loyalty was to the Church and the Pope. This made Henry angry. And Henry was known to fly into rages and throw actual physical temper tantrums. They fought for several years about whether churchmen should be above the state laws – should be tried separately from regular citizens. Thomas at times had to flee for his life. In late 1170 Henry forgave Thomas, thinking that Thomas would become more flexible but soon found out just the opposite and in a rage he yelled, "A curse upon all the false varlets I have maintained! They have left me long exposed to the insolence of this low-born cleric and have not attempted to relieve me of him."
Four knights heard this exclamation and took it upon themselves to kill the priest.
Reginald FitzUrse, William de Tracy, Hugh de Morville, and Richard Brito. They rode to Canterbury and in the wee hours of December 29th, 1170 they found Thomas Becket in the sanctuary and brutally murdered him. William de Tracy struck the first blow, then each of the others in turn.
Henry, upon hearing the news was filled with remorse and terror. He soon realized that Becket was now a martyr and he was the villain and no amount of penance would change that. Beckets body was entombed at Canterbury. He was named a saint and the people began pilgrimages to his shrine. This is the shrine Chaucer speaks of in "Canterbury Tales."
The church put upon each of the knights a "miraculous penance". A forever kind of penance. And they each tried to make a pilgrimage of repentance to the Holy Land. Other than this they weren't really punished as the King acknowledged his fault and that they believed they were acting on his orders. The miraculous penance given to William de Tracy and his descendants was, "Whether they go by land or water, the wind is always in their faces.

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Last Word Cocktail
In this episode, join Robert Hess as he shares with you his secret on how to build up a properly stocked liquor cabinet. He then helps you get started in your journey by showing you how to make the "Last Word" cocktail.
1 oz gin
1 oz maraschino liqueur
1 oz Chartreuse
1 oz fresh lime juice
Shake with ice.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Rachel 16 Aug 2007
10:55 pm
This clip is great. I recently turned 21, and I've been thinking about how to start stocking my bar. The suggestion to buy the ingredients for one cocktail at a time is very smart, especially for a budget-conscious college student like me.
Char 6 Sep 2007
1:12 pm
Excellent site - The last Word is close to another old cocktail that I enjoy - the Aviation - all the same ingredients except the Chartreuse…but I have Chartreuse - so I'll try The Last Word!!
Brian 6 Sep 2007
4:33 pm
Hi Char-
Thanks for the positive feedback! Did you get a chance to check out one of the videos on Jamie Boudreau's spin on the Aviation?
Perry 15 Sep 2007
6:16 pm
Tremendous cocktail! Splurged and added Chartreuse ($40) and maraschino liqueur to my home bar. So many delightful flavors in perfect balance. I usually want to tweak the amounts, but this one is dead on. Used Beefeater gin which is my "house" gin, but am going to try it with Boodles. Thank you for sharing this cocktail recipe.
Robert Hess 16 Sep 2007
5:43 pm
Glad you like it! It's always great when an old and forgotten cocktail can return to the scene and perhaps even introduce folks to some new ingredients and flavors.
arnold de asis 4 Oct 2007
6:25 pm
you know im very glad that you share your idea. The cocktail that you show is good il try already in my small bar at home it nice good conbination i like it.
Thomas Ufer 27 Oct 2007
12:23 pm
I've been reviewing all of your webisodes. I've noticed that for every other shaken cocktail you use a Boston Shaker instead of the cocktail shaker featured here. Do you have a preference and if so, why?
Robert Hess 29 Oct 2007
2:26 pm
Thomas, I love the "Parisian" style cocktail shaker you see me using in this episode. It has a graceful elegance to. You'll see me using in in several other episodes, but yes, you will normally see me using a Boston Shaker. Part of the reason for this is that the Boston Shaker is the more common "workhorse" behind the bar. And since the mixing glass is clear, it provides a better on-screen visual of what is going into the drink.
walter bauer 29 Jan 2008
4:51 pm
Since we import Inca Gold Pisco as incaspirits.com we were delighted with the recognition of pisco sour as an international favorite by Robert Hess. Perhaps he will follow with pisco punch, an American classic of the late 1800's in San Francisco. Recently a book titled "The Wings of Cherubs" has been written detailing the history of pisco punch. Walt Bauer
NIels 1 Feb 2008
2:05 pm
Wonderful cocktail, many thnx for highlighting it!
I found the recipe for 'the last word' in a Danish cocktail recipe book from 1968, simply called 'Cocktails and Drinks' and featuring many original winner cocktails from european and international competitions. Just in case you didn't know already, the book mentions that 'last word' was invented in Detroit Athletic Club.
Roy Wagner 20 Mar 2008
7:01 am
I just recently ordered the ingredients (Green Chartreuse and Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur) just to make this "intriguing" drink. They arrived today and then I discovered I didn't have any limes. (Off to the store!)
The limes were small so I squeezed one and let it be the deciding measure for the equal portions of ingredients. The drink was truly a masterpiece of mixology; such a complex aroma and diverse contrasting of flavors. And I so much appreciate the even proportions of ingredients making it so easy to make as small or big a drink as meets to occasion and also easy to "tweak" the portions to one's desire.
A perfect cocktail of significant interest. Enjoy!
Robert Hess 20 Mar 2008
7:21 am
Glad you took the time to order the ingredients for this drink, and even happier that you liked it after going through all that trouble! :->
Stevi Deter 24 Mar 2008
9:19 pm
Thanks for a great site; I've made several recipes that I've really enjoyed.
And the Last Word is one of those cocktails that lives up to the hype!
I hadn't watched this video before splurging on a half bottle of chartreuse today (seems like all the Eastside stores carry halves), but I admit I was happy to see my decision to try a bottle of Plymouth this time reaffirmed in your selection. Do you think it makes the best gin for the Last Word?
Robert Hess 25 Mar 2008
7:05 am
Plymouth is a great gin for virtually any gin-based drink. I would never go so far as to say it is the "best", because that really depends on your on personal tastes.
I always try not to overly specify individual spirit brands when they aren't the "only" product I recommend. I remember myself early on not really knowing if I had to use "the" brand of whiskey which was listed in a recipe.
I think the only time that I specifically try to promote 'a' brand in a broader category is in the case of Cointreau, which is a triple sec. In most cases when a recipe calls for triple sec, it will be SO much better with Cointreau that it is worth the added expense.
But for gins, play around, try different brands. As your Plymouth starts to run low, buy something besides Plymouth as a replacement, and do a taste comparison between the two. In this way you'll figure out which brands work best at this time for your tastes.
Stevi Deter 29 Mar 2008
9:07 pm
Thanks for the feedback. A recent gin I was experimenting with was Van Gogh. On first taste, I thought I'd made a bad decision to buy it, but soon grew to love it, and is my current favorite for a Martinez, especially when paired with Vya's sweet vermouth. Definitely going into high rotation. I finished that first bottle, and I suspect its particular spiciness would clash with the Chartreuse in this drink. Of course, I will test to verify next time I pick up a bottle!
With regard to Cointreau, have you tried Harlequin yet? I'm really quite enjoying it. A couple people I've had taste it think they like it even better than Cointreau. Given the price differential, at least here in Washington, it's great to have a choice that's high quality *and* more affordable. At the moment, it's my new go-to orange liqueur, at least until the results of the orange liqueur taste-offs happening on various blogs are in and persuade me to try something different!
Robert Hess 30 Mar 2008
10:19 am
Haven't tried the Van Gough gin yet, I'll give it a try.
I have tried Harlequin however, and it is quite good, but I still think I prefer Cointreau :->
dshenaut 26 Aug 2008
12:20 am
The Last Word is my favorite of all classic era gin drinks. From the rich color to the slightly sweet herbacious finish there is nothing like it .
Rob McMahon 4 Jan 2009
7:38 am
I had a question about stocking the bar. Anytime i make ice cubes at the hose they always come out dense and opaque. Since i come from an area that has hard water, is there a special way to make clear ice cubes at home? I have looked at several different theories and none of them have panned out, short of spending a lot of money on an ice maker any suggestions?
Robert Hess 5 Jan 2009
7:50 am
Home ice is cloudy primarily due to air trapped in the water as it freezes, since it freezes from the outside in. Clear ice is typically made by essentially building up the ice cube layer by layer, and thus not trapping air on the inside.
I personally don't worry about trying to make clear ice at home, if I am in a situation where I need it, it is far easier to simply buy a bag of clear ice at the supermarket.
I've heard that to attempt to get clear ice at home, you should buy distilled water (thus free from any contaminates or minerals), then bring it to a boil, allow to cool, bring to boil a second time, allow to cool, then pour into icecube trays.
Rob McMahon 5 Jan 2009
8:53 am
thanks for the tip. I had tried that method with out the distilled water, and it did work somewhat but it is very intensive and laborious process and having the time to make it and not forget about it. My question stemmed from with impurities in the ice that might affect the flavoring in the drink that you are making. I guess though that is really a preference or presentation thing. At bars i would imagine they have ice makers where they don't worry about those things.
Garretto 1 Apr 2009
2:16 pm
Great episode and your advise on building up the bar drink by drink is right on.
I started this hobby/endeavor about a year ago and also found another way to get more miles out of an ingredient, like say, Luxardo maraschino, is to search recipes on websites, such as yours, drinkboy.com and cocktailsDB. I bought the bottle for the Aviation Cocktail, then searched by "maraschino liquor" and found many others.
Finally, I've got around to buying the expensive green Chartreuse and I plan on making The Last Word this weekend. Sometimes the little 2oz bottles are a good way to test a drink before committing to a full and expensive bottle. I did this with St Germaines. And that's the next biggy on my list. Great show.
Oscar Malek 13 May 2009
4:36 pm
Good stuff as usual Robert!
Lawrence Spies 20 Aug 2009
11:56 am
Great video Robert! Love the idea of stocking your bar one drink at a time, perfect the drink first, then move on to next drink, etc…
Plymouth Gin is my favorite…
Georges Remi 20 Aug 2009
10:01 pm
Great drink, complex flavors. I like the concept of building a bar a cocktail at a time but even that becomes a bit difficult without some guidance. You could spend a fortune, for example, trying out a variety of different gins alone. At least in your clips you show what you're using so someone can say to themselves "I think I'll buy a bottle of Plymouth for my next gin". Personally, I like Plymouth for cocktails like this where the other liquors overpower the gin in their complexity, while I prefer Tanquery Ten or Junipero for cocktails where the gin is the centerpiece (but that took years and a lot of money to help me decide on that). Therefore, I always appreciate when a "cocktail pro" discusses a specific brand so that I have a little more info on whether I want to lay down the money or not on a particular item.
One minor criticism I would have to make is that I think this is a horrible cocktail for someone getting into cocktails to start with and use to stock a bar. I adore maraschino and Chartreuse but they are very specialized in their use, require a bit of a complex palate that many "beginners" don't have and are certainly on the more expensive end of the spectrum.
Ian Picco 15 Jan 2011
10:28 am
Funny that now, 3 years after this video, this old "unknown cocktail" is now on the menu at not 1 but 2 bars in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I'm glad people are finally catching on here.
Robert Hess 17 Jan 2011
5:38 am
That's great news Ian! Hopefully those two bars also strive at making other well crafted drinks too!
Elyn 25 May 2011
6:45 pm
Thanks for the video. If I were to search out one of those juicers, is there a specific name or description? I'm not loving the handled juicer we have at home and that reservoir looks like it would be neater.
Ben Golden 21 Jun 2012
4:56 pm
Robert, have you ever tried the aged version, green chartreuse VEP? I have not, but I wonder how it would work in cocktails like this?
Robert Hess 22 Jun 2012
9:56 am
Ben, it's been a while since I've tried VEP in a cocktail, and it does work very well. It would almost certainly require a little bit of adjustment to the recipe to dial it in properly. Chartreuse is already not a "cheap" product, and VEP even more so. If a bar wanted to use VEP in a cocktail it would be important to keep this in mind so they don't blow their drinks-costs out of the water, as well as make sure that the VEP cocktail really illustrates the special character of the product. I would consider it inapproriate to have a VEP cocktail that wasn't that much different from the normal Chartreuse one, only cost more.
Neil Donnelly 23 Jun 2012
12:23 am
Hey Mr. Hess, I love those jiggers you use. Who are they made by and where do you get them? Thanks.
Robert Hess 25 Jun 2012
11:03 am
The jiggers I am using here are by OXO, and are called "Mini Angled Jigger". Most kitchen stores seem to carry them these days, and should cost about $3.99.
cbreets 14 Dec 2012
2:34 pm
Do you have any recommendations on finding a quality parisian style shaker? I've been eyeing a few but there doesn't seem to be much information out there as far as feedback and reviews. I noticed in a different forum your mentioned that WMF makes a nice one. Any thoughts are much appreciated.
Robert Hess 14 Dec 2012
9:47 pm
Of the Parisian shakers I have, the WMF one is perhaps my favorite. There are some others available which are less expensive, but I always have problems with them sticking a bit. You can get a WMF shaker here: http://www.cocktailkingdom.com/product-p/sha_wmfparisix_0000_stl.htm
cbreets 15 Dec 2012
11:05 am
Thanks for the info. You rule!


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Rex E. Martin, 81, North Manchester, died April 30, at his residence. He was born in Wabash County on Feb. 22, 1932 to Guy and Freda (Grossnickle) Martin.
On Aug. 25, 1951 he married Patricia A. Schenkel. She died Aug. 10, 2006. Surviving are two sons, Jerry Martin, Roann, and Terry Martin, North Manchester; four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Two sisters and his parents are deceased.
Rex was a press operator at Bendix Abrasive in North Manchester, retiring after 32 years.
Services will be held Tuesday, May 7, at 10 a.m., at McKee Mortuary. Pastor J.P. Freeman will officiate and burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery, 600 Beckley Street, North Manchester.
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text: On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Ramiro Alba Queipo wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:08 -0500, Don Holmgren wrote: >> Ramiro - >> >> You might want to also consider buying just a single 24-port switch for your 22 >> nodes, and then when you expand either replace with a larger switch, or build a >> distributed switch fabric with a number of leaf switches connecting into a >> central spine switch (or switches). By the time you expand to the larger >> cluster, switches based on the announced 36-port Mellanox crossbar silicon will >> be available and perhaps per port prices will have dropped sufficiently to >> justify the purchase delay and the disruption at the time of expansion. > > Could you explain me this solution? I did not know about it As far as I know, all currently available commercial Infiniband switches are based on the Mellanox 24-port non-blocking silicon switch chip (InfiniScale III). The 96, 144, and 288 port modular switches from the various companies use a number of these individual chips in a layered (3-hop) design that provides full bisection bandwidth. One can also construct a full bisection bandwidth 144-port (say) switch out of twelve 24-port switches: out of the total 288 switch ports, 144 ports connect to nodes, and 144 ports connect to other switch ports. The latency should be identical to that of a 144-port chassis, as both would use three hops (disregarding the negligible ~ nanosecond per foot of extra cable length delay when using 24-port switches). Usually the per port cost for a large switch is less than the per port cost for a bunch of 24-port switches. When you don't need a full 144-port switch, you can either buy the large chassis and only buy a limited number of blades, or go with a set of 24-port switches. For smaller networks a set of 24-port switches is cheaper. The next generation switch silicon will be 36 ports (InfiniScale IV), rather than 24. Obviously I can't predict for certain that the large switches to be built out of this silicon will be cheaper than the current models, but it is reasonable to guess that this will be the case. > >> >> If your applications can tolerate some oversubscription (less than a 1:1 ratio >> of leaf-to-spine uplinks to leaf-to-node connections), a distributed switch >> fabric (leaf and spine) has the advantage of shorter (and cheaper) cables >> between the leaf switches and your nodes, and relatively fewer longer cables >> from the leaves back to the spine, compared with a single central switch. > > > What do you mean with a distributed switch fabric? > What is the difference with a modular solution? > > Thanks for your answer > > Regards I think both of these questions are answered above. But to be clear, by "distributed" I mean that instead of one large switch chassis one would use a number of 24-port switches. In this case it is very natural to put the individual switches next to their nodes. See, for example, the "A New Approach to Clustering - Distributed Federated Switches" white paper at the Mellanox web site. When the switches are next to the nodes, the cable plant can be a lot easier to deal with. Don't underestimate the pain of having 144 fairly hefty Infiniband cables all terminating into a 10U chassis. One additional item of note when using a distributed fabric: if your typical jobs use a small number of nodes, then it is quite possible to configure your batch scheduler so that the nodes belonging to an individual job all connect to the same leaf switch. This means that your messages only have to go through one switch hop, so latency is reduced compared with going through three hops in a large modular switch chassis (although I seriously doubt that the quarter microsecond of latency difference here matters to many codes). Perhaps of more significance, though, is that you can use oversubscription to lower the cost of your fabric. Instead of connecting 12 ports of a leaf switch to nodes and using the other 12 ports as uplinks, you might get away with 18 nodes and 6 uplinks, or 20 nodes and 4 uplinks. As core counts are increasing, this is becoming more and more viable for some applications. Don


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The Master of Arts in Psychology program at Governors State University consists of two sequences: clinical and theoretical. You will acquire a strong theoretical base as well as learn assessment and research skills. Both sequences prepare you for advanced graduate degrees in psychology, and sensitivity to cultural and individual differences.
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The Theoretical Psychology sequence provides you with a strong theoretical background in traditional areas of psychology. You will be well-prepared to pursue advanced graduate degrees in psychology. You may be employed in research units in business or the social sciences. Teaching opportunities may be open at the community college level. With a teaching certificate and a M.A. in the theoretical sequence, you may also be eligible to teach in high school.
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The Theoretical Sequence in Psychology provides students with a strong theoretical background in the traditional areas of psychology. The program also engenders sensitivity to cultural and individual differences. Students with this sequence will be well-prepared to pursue advanced graduate studies in psychology (the Ph.D. or Psy.D. degrees). They may also be employed in research units in business or social services. There are teaching opportunities for persons with a Master's degree in general psychology at the junior or community college level. With the addition of a teaching certificate, those with an M.A. in Psychology Theoretical sequence may be eligible to teach in a high school. The M.A. in Psychology (Theoretical Sequence) is not an applied degree.
While an undergraduate major in Psychology is strongly recommended, students without a psychology background may be admitted to the major and enroll for courses. Students must show evidence of having completed the following prerequisites (or their equivalent): Personality Theories (PSYC 3310), Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 3520), Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 3430), Social Psychology (PSYC 3345), Developmental Psychology (PSYC 3201), Research Methodology (PSYC 4750), and Statistics (STAT 4720). These courses may not be used to fulfill degree requirements for the M.A. in Psychology and may be taken at another institution.
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It's 4am and I have insomnia. I went to sleep at midnight but woke up at 4am bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I believe it was because I fell off the wagon last night. I indulged in 2 beers, Michelobe Ultra Light or whatever. In other words: the weakest beer in the world. I thought I was safe. I passed my 90 days and decided, hey I'm going to have a couple of beers with dinner. I thought doing it "light" would help, especially since my tolerance was at an all time low.
The verdict: I HATE DRINKING! Every sip was uneventful and the buzz was more like a zombie-like 'bout to hit coma stage. It got me tired and nothing else. But, I did find out one thing: I'm allergic to alcohol. This is what I believe, anyway. Anytime I have more than one drink, I can never sleep a full night. And I've been sober for over 90 days now and each night slept like a baby. I can definitely say without a doubt that I do not enjoy the effects of alcohol any longer. I'm actually glad I fell off the wagon a tad, to discover that I wasn't missing much.
(I know my friends are going to laugh their butts off when they hear, "two beers"...they're going to call me, "Two Can Sam".) Go ahead...mock away!
I've decided to stay sober for life! Sometimes, things happen for wonderful reasons!
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In 24 hours, doctor, husband, and father Henry encounters more than one kind of violence
By Ian McEwan
Doubleday, 289 pp., $26
Ian McEwan, winner of the 1998 Booker Prize for his novel ''Amsterdam," wields his pen as if it were a scalpel, creating precision sentences, carving out graceful passages of transcendent prose, and, upon occasion, endowing his characters with razor-sharp intelligence. No wonder then that the central character of ''Saturday," McEwan's latest offering, is a London neurosurgeon of exceptional intuition and skill. Henry Perowne is also that rarity in modern fiction: an essentially happy man. Excited by his work, still in love with his wife of more than two decades, and slightly baffled by but enormously proud of the achievements of his grown children, Daisy and Theo, Perowne lives a rich and rewarding city life, taking pleasure in good food, music, wine, and sport. It is only lately, since 9/11, that Perowne has begun to understand that his comfortable world is in jeopardy. Awaking at dawn on a Saturday in February 2003, when thousands will take to the streets in London for Britain's biggest-ever peace demonstration against the impending war in Iraq, Perowne perceives a palpable threat to his family and his way of life.
The day begins ominously. Perowne is summoned from his bed by what appears to be a waking dream, a kind of surreal observation: a plane, heading into Heathrow, is flying low over the trees and will almost certainly crash. He is too far away to see or hear the explosion, and he begins to wonder if he has been the only one to observe this bizarre phenomenon. Putting on his dressing gown, Perowne descends to the kitchen, where Theo has just returned from his evening out. Perowne turns on the television but at first finds no mention of the event; hours later, he will hear that the plane safely crash-landed and that its occupants, two supposedly radical Islamic pilots, have been taken into custody. A copy of the Koran has been found in the cockpit. A suicide mission gone wrong? A demonstration of terrorist power on a day when it seems that all of London is agitating against the war?
Checking for bulletins throughout the morning, Perowne makes plans for his day: a squash game with his colleague; a trip to the market for the ingredients of his famous fish stew; a visit to his mother in a nursing home; and a quick stop by Ladbroke Grove to listen to a rendition of a blues tune his son's band has newly created. The day will culminate in a kind of family reunion at dinner. His daughter has been away in Paris and will return with the galleys of her first collection of poetry. His wife's father, Grammaticus, a crusty poet who has offended Daisy's tender sensibilities by criticizing her work, will also be there: Perowne hopes for a reconciliation. Late for his squash date, Perowne gets behind the wheel of his silver Mercedes 500, a car he unabashedly cherishes, and almost at once finds himself broadsided by a fidgety, amoral, and decidedly violent man named Baxter. Confronted in an alleyway by Baxter and his two minions, Perowne is manhandled and pressed up against a wall. He knows that he is about to be beaten, possibly killed. Perowne's medical acumen saves him, however, when he instantly diagnoses Baxter as having Huntington's disease, a debilitating neurological constellation of tics, trembling hands, and volatile emotional states that will one day end in death. This correct diagnosis -- accompanied by reckless promises of a cure on Perowne's part -- impresses Baxter enough to let Perowne go. Perowne knows that he has outed Baxter in front of his thug friends and worries about the repercussions of having used his physician's skills to save his own skin, but he is grateful enough for the reprieve. It is that incident in the alleyway, which Perowne believes he has successfully put behind him as he makes his way to his squash game, that will explode later in the day when a perceived threat will become suddenly and horrifying real.
The announcement that a novel takes place in a single day is usually a recipe for literary disaster. In the wrong hands, such a conceit can be deadly: Few fictional lives can withstand an hour-by-hour analysis; fewer writers can carry it off. McEwan, however, is a master of the minutely observed moment: ''Perhaps down at the molecular level there's been a chemical accident while he slept -- something like a spilled tray of drinks, prompting dopamine-like receptors to initiate a kindly cascade of intracellular events." In McEwan's work, small cities are contained within mere sentences; whole universes are contained within single paragraphs. ''And the Perownes' own corner, a triumph of congruent proportion; the perfect square laid out by Robert Adam enclosing a perfect circle of garden -- an eighteenth-century dream bathed and embraced by modernity, by street light from above, and from below by fibre-optic cables, and cool fresh water coursing down pipes, and sewage borne away in an instant of forgetting." McEwan means to show us the before and after of a life, how a contented and placid existence can change in an instant. Others of McEwan's most recent and best works, ''Atonement" and ''Enduring Love," have also pivoted upon a single moment, and has there ever been a more brilliant demonstration of this notion than ''The Child in Time"? (Read it for its harrowing first chapter -- surely among the best in all of contemporary literature.)
McEwan has done his homework: Perowne is a believable neurosurgeon. There is perhaps more medical data here than the lay reader will be able to absorb, but the technique of creating layers upon layers of reality is tremendously effective: One thoroughly believes in Perowne, so much so that when McEwan's character is forced to make an extraordinary fictional leap, the reader is more than willing to go with him.
Henry Perowne is not a perfect man. We are given to understand that he is something of a philistine. He likes music but simply doesn't understand literature; he is ignorant of even the best-known literary works, a device that allows his poet-daughter to expound upon poetry and to quote her own -- McEwan's only misstep in an otherwise exceptional novel. The daughter's verse is at times laughable. We are meant to appreciate this budding poet, but what are we to make of lines that compare a man's tumescence to an ''excited watering can" or that observe a man in a shower shampooing ''both beards"? This particular subplot would have been considerably strengthened had McEwan created for Daisy credible lines, a task of which the versatile novelist is surely capable. Perowne's politics will not please many readers either -- he delivers an impassioned argument in favor of war -- but then again, they aren't meant to. What is intended here is an intimate rendering of contemporary Western civilization under threat.
Few literary events are today met with as much enthusiasm as the publication of a McEwan novel. ''Saturday," a brilliant and graceful hymn to the contented contemporary man, will be greeted with cheers.


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The New York Jets won't let Jeff Cumberland wade into the free-agent pool.
The Jets announced Saturday that they've agreed to retain the tight end. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports that Cumberland signed a three-year, $3.7 million deal, with $1 million guaranteed. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News was first with the news, reporting it as a three-year deal.
The Jets love Cumberland's upside and firmly believe he'll take the next step in his development. Cumberland erased Kellen Winslow Jr. from the Jets' game plan as the 2013 season progressed, finishing with 26 catches for 398 yards and a career-best four touchdowns. He'll turn 27 in May.
Ranked No. 6 in ATL's tight end free-agent rankings, Cumberland possesses soft hands and familiarity with Geno Smith. It remains very possible the team invests in another tight end, potentially in the middle rounds of the draft.
Mehta reported that the team also has "interest" in free agent tight ends Brandon Pettigrew, Ed Dickson and Scott Chandler, according to two team sources.
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On Wednesday military prosecutors in the case of former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning said they would introduce evidence that WikiLeaks materials Manning is accused of passing to Julian Assange were found at Osama bin Laden's safe house, Scott Shane of the New York Times reports.
The evidence is the clearest indication yet of how the government intends to link Private Manning's alleged leaks to aiding al-Qaeda and terrorism.
Manning, 25, is accused of the largest unauthorized disclosure of confidential documents in history and charged with "aiding the enemy," which refers to "knowingly giving intelligence to the enemy through indirect means."
From Kevin Gosztola of Firedoglake:
The government indicated to Judge Army Col. Denise Lind that it had "digital media found during the UBL raid." There was a "letter from UBL to Al Qaeda requesting a member gather [Defense Department] information." A response to that letter had CIDNE reports—war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan—and State Department cables attached. Bin Laden had these in his possession "at the time of the raid."
The timeline of events makes the scenario plausible: Manning was arrested in May 2010, WikiLeaks published the "Afghan War Logs" in July 2010 and the "Iraq War Logs" in October 2010, the Times and other news organizations began publishing State Department cables obtained from WikiLeaks in November 2010, and Navy Seals raided Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad safe house in May 2011.
The potential damage to U.S. national security likely contributed to the harsh and illegal pretrial detainment of Manning. But defense witnesses will argue that the material Manning allegedly gave WikiLeaks was relatively low-grade and outdated information that could not "aid the enemy" as the government alleges.
Shane notes that the Justice Department is carrying out an investigation of WikiLeaks to determine whether Assange or his associates can be charged with a crime such as "aiding the enemy." He adds that prosecuting WikiLeaks would set a "dangerous precedent for news organizations like The Times that frequently obtain and publish information the government considers classified."
Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian argues that the government's "aiding the enemy" argument "applies to virtually every leak of classified information to any media organization, thus transforming standard whistle-blowing into the equivalent of treason."
Manning's trial, which is expected to take about six weeks, has been postponed until at least June 3 to allow consideration of classified information that may be used. Manning would likely face life without parole if convicted on all 22 charges.
SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Compelling Insights From Bin Laden's Secret Documents


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Gluten Free French Toast
Breakfast is my absolute favorite things to make. Since we have been married we have gotten up and cooked breakfast almost every Saturday or Sunday and cooked breakfast, either together or taking turns. (I will admit it is hard for me to let my wife serve me here, because I really love to cook breakfast!)
So in my new gluten free adventure I have set out to conquer the most missed breakfast foods. French Toast was near the top! So hear is my recipe for delicious gluten free french toast!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15-20 minutes
You'll need:
- 4 slices of gluten-free bread (we use Udi's Gluten Free Whole Grain Sandwich bread – AMAZING!!)
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup milk OR dairy free substitute
- 1 teaspoon sugar or honey (we use Madhava's Agave Nectar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Oil for frying
- 1 tablespoon GF powdered sugar for dusting (always use more of this!) (we use Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Powdered Sugar)
- Combine the eggs, milk or dairy substitute, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and whisk until thoroughly blended.
- Use a shallow pan or plate to lay slices of homemade breakfast bread in the egg mixture. Allow both sides of bread to soak up as much egg mixture as it will hold (like a sponge!).
- Heat oil on medium high in a large, heavy skillet and fry coated bread slices. When golden brown, flip and cook second side until golden brown.
- Serve with butter and a LOT of powdered sugar.


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Got Gas?? Be the biggest and baddest on the block with the raging monster buggy called the Redcat Rampage TT. This high powered beast runs on mixture of unleaded gasoline and 2-stroke oil, and packs an enormous adrenaline-filled punch with a powerful 23cc CY gasoline engine, beefy yet lightweight aluminum alloy chassis, aluminum body oil filled shocks, generous 700 cc fuel tank capacity, oversized air filtration and 4 wheel adjustable camber/toe-in suspension. Reining in this powerful buggy is assisted by two aggressive fiberglass brake pads, 3 steel disc brakes and bead locked wheels, all set on huge block tread soft compound RC off road meats. The Rampage TT poses a formidable threat both on and off the track, and is sure to impress the most hard-core 4x4 RC buggy enthusiast.
- Massive 1/5 scale buggy
- 23cc CY gasoline Engine
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- Full Adjustable Suspension (4 Wheel Adjustable Camber/Toe-In, and adjustable suspension)
- 2 Aggressive fiberglass brake pads and 3 steel disc
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- Wheels are 7" in diameter and bead-locked with a total of 24 screws per wheel.
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Find Out Which Major Celebrities Lost Out on Starring Roles in The Hangover Movies
Bradley Cooper , Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis have become huge stars in The Hangover franchise, films which follow the antics of the hard-partying Wolf Pack as they hit the road on wild adventures. Today it's hard to imagine anyone else playing Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, Alan Garner or any of the other characters in the film—but it almost happened.
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The Georgia Institute of Technology and the experimental GPU-focused Keeneland project will host a two-day tutorial conference later this month to examine developer issues relating to GPU clusters and high-performance computing. Held from April 14 to 15, the Georgia Tech NVIDIA CUDA Center of Excellence will present speakers with expertise in GPU heterogeneous processing for computational science.
The sessions at this event are targeted at developer/users of Georgia Tech's new GPU cluster called Keeneland, as well as any interested GPU computing developer. Research being conducted on the National Science Foundation-funded Keeneland cluster is described as an A-Z of sciences, including: astrophysics, behavioral and neural science, cryptography, fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, nuclear physics, protein folding, turbulence simulation, and more.
The full agenda is as follows:
- Keeneland architectural overview and motivation
- Introduction to CUDA
- Introduction to OpenCL
- Application case studies
- Overviews of GPU enabled libraries, correctness and performance tools and compilers
- High-level language interfaces, such as MATLAB, R and Accelereyes, to GPUs
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The USU CARD is the official ID card of all Utah State University students as well as faculty and staff. It functions as a library card, meal card, activities card, recreation center card, computer access card, and copy card as well as declining balance accounts and meal plans.
Student Spouse Cards and Faculty or Staff Spouse Cards allow different access and are obtained in different ways.
- A picture ID (driver's license, passport, or student ID card) will be required when acquiring your USU ID Card
- Proof of a marriage certificate (an original or photo of marriage license/certificate must be shown one time)
Where do I get my card?
Student Spouse Card
You must be married to a registered USU student to get your card.
You will need pay the $40 spouse fee at the Registrar's Office and present your receipt at the USU Card Office (TSC 212). It takes 24 hours after your fees have been paid to activate your card.
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You must be a spouse of a benefited USU Faculty or Staff Employee to get your card.
After filling out your paperwork in Human Resources, please allow 2 to 4 business days before visiting the USU Card Office (TSC 212). You can contact HR at (435) 797-0216.
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Former President Thomas Jefferson once said, "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." Now, Jefferson was not talking about Tim Tebow or the 2011 Broncos and their current six-game winning streak, but his quote is applicable to both.
There is nothing wrong with admitting a team has been a little fortunate. This takes nothing away from the quality of the wins. We all know winning in the NFL is not easy and often requires being in the right place at the right time. And no team has been in position more than the Broncos the past six weeks. The Broncos have won their past three games by just three points each, and the past four by a combined 13 points. They have overcome incredible obstacles to finish on top -- doing it as if it were written for a movie. How many screenwriters in Hollywood are pissed right now that they did not come up with the idea of a player who is beloved nationally and yet doubted by so many -- including by some in his own organization -- coming off the bench for a 1-4 team and leading them to the playoffs? Get ready for the Tim Tebow movie; it is coming soon.
Have they been lucky? A little. But more than luck, the Broncos are fighters and their number one fighter, Tebow, keeps proving -- some way, somehow -- that he is the quarterback of the present and future in Denver.
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a high-level NFL executive who told me, based on talking directly with the Broncos, that the team's original plan was to play Tebow a few weeks for the fans, and then start with the rebuilding process. Tebow was former coach Josh McDaniels' pick and the Broncos, according to this executive, wanted to move on. They wanted nothing to do with the McDaniels' regime. However, with each win the past six weeks, Tebow -- as well as other McDaniels' draft picks -- has proven the Broncos brass wrong. Each week, Tebow has done more in the passing game to prove that he can lead a team to victory with more than just his feet. And Sunday's performance had to seal his fate as the Broncos quarterback for 2012 and on.
There is no stopping Tebow now (sorry, Charles Barkley), especially after Sunday's improbable win against the Bears. The Broncos played their worst game offensively on this six-game win streak. They dropped too many passes, did not run the ball well, and even messed up a chip-shot field goal. But their defense was once again solid, limiting the Bears to 12 first downs for the game, and allowing just two conversions in 15 third downs. This win was different than any other win on the current streak, as the Broncos looked like the better team, but trailed by 10 points with less than four minutes to play. But then it became Tebow Time.
At one point in the game, Tebow was 2-of-15 passing, but a bad play -- or bad quarters -- never seems to deter his belief as he keeps fighting. Once he found his rhythm passing and the Broncos receivers held onto the ball, the offense looked effective. No one was criticizing his passing release as he drove the ball down the field for their first touchdown. On that drive, Tebow showed he could make all the throws from the pocket with accuracy. The Bears got beat with Tebow's arm, not his legs, on the drive that put the Broncos in position to have a chance.
For a brief moment, the Broncos were unlucky, as they failed to recover a perfect onside kick. Once the Bears had the ball, holding onto a 10-7 lead, it seemed like the game was over. The two-minute warning was Denver's only way to stop the clock ... unless they got lucky. And they did, as Bears RB Marion Barber ran out of bounds to give the Broncos one last chance to tie the game.
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Yes, they were lucky that Barber ran out of bounds, but luck is only worthwhile if taken advantage of. And this is where Tebow proved to any of his doubters that he can win with his arm. With no timeouts, Tebow had to throw the ball down the field; he had to be smart, not take the sack, and keep the ball in play but not risk losing too much time. He had to tie the game with his arm, not his feet.
Tebow operated the two-minute drill as if he were Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, using the sideline to his full advantage and making sure he did not take a sack. No matter what point in a game, Tebow's ability to run always scares the defense. Even though everyone knows the threat of the run is not viable at that point, defenses still are a little concerned he might take off on a big run, so playing zone coverage with all defenders' eyes on the quarterback is a smart call. The last thing the Bears wanted to happen was what happened to the Jets, when Tebow broke containment and ran untouched to the end zone as the defenders were covering their own man and not watching Tebow. Playing some form of zone, the Bears allowed Tebow to gain 39 yards passing, which was enough for Matt Prater to tie the game with a 59-yard field goal.
Once the game reached overtime, was anyone thinking the Broncos were not going to win? Even after losing the coin toss? Of course not. Six games of Tebow fourth-quarter heroics have made us all believers, including team president John Elway, who mentioned this week they were getting closer to a final decision on Tebow. Really? What decision does Elway really have now? Tebow is beloved in the locker room, his teammates believe in his ability, and he has made the Broncos relevant for the first time in a long time. There is no decision to be made, just continue to let Tebow play and continue to win games. The playoffs await.
Things I loved about Week 14
» I loved all the come-from-behind wins that took place in the league. The Falcons trailed the Panthers by 16 points and came back for the win behind Matt Ryan and his four touchdown passes. The Falcons could ill afford to lose to the Panthers, and even though they were down at the half, they showed true character and fought back, not allowing the Panthers to score again. The Jags trailed by 14 to the Bucs, but stormed back for an easy win -- scoring more points in one game than they had in their previous three combined. The Cards, behind backup QB John Skelton, came from 12 down to defeat the 49ers, dropping them into a tie with New Orleans for the NFC's second-best record. The Cards are 5-1 over their past six and have beat quality teams like the Cowboys and 49ers. Their defense has really improved, in part because rookie corner Patrick Peterson is a star.
But the best come-from-behind win was the last game of the day, when the Giants overcame a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cowboys, ending their four-game losing streak and taking over first place in the NFC East. The Giants never quit, and with defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul showing the world he is a star, the Giants made the plays they needed to make to leave Dallas with a win.
» I love watching Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski play the game of football. He dominates with his incredible size, ability to run with power, speed and soft hands. With two TDs against the Redskins, Gronkowski now has 15 receiving TDs and one rushing score this season, most ever by a tight end in league history. And he still has three games to go. He is a matchup nightmare for any safety in the league. Getting him on the ground is hard -- just ask the Redskins. In the Patriots' no-huddle offense, Gronkowski moves all over, finding the right matchup that favors the Patriots, and then Tom Brady exploits it. Even when Gronkowski is covered, he is open because he has a long wingspan to go and get the ball. Clearly, Gronkowski is going to the Pro Bowl, but right now he is the best tight end in football.
» I loved that the Texans came from behind on the road in Cincinnati, with third-string QB T.J. Yates making every throw he needed, and buying himself more time with his athletic ability. A huge scramble on third-and-15 to avoid a sack might have been the play of the game. Nothing bonds a team more than a come-from-behind win on the road, and the Texans are now finally in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Congratulations to owner Bob McNair for having patience with his current staff. Congratulations also to GM Rick Smith, coach Gary Kubiak and all the passionate Texans fans. The game is not too big for Yates, as Sunday he led the Texans to more than 400 yards of offense, the most the Bengals have given up all year. And with each week, he will gain more confidence as will the coaching staff in his ability to make plays. The Texans will be a tough team to beat come playoff time.
Things I hated
"NFL Replay" will re-air the Giants' 37-34 win over the Cowboys on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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» I hate the Cowboys' four-minute offense. The Cowboys love to play conservative late in games and their four-minute offense has cost them at least two games this year -- Sunday night's game and the Week 6 loss at New England. Failing to get one more first down allowed the Giants to have one more chance. And naturally it came back to kill them. Two weeks in a row, the Boys have had a chance tie or win the game on a last-minute field goal, but they missed both. The real problem, however, is their approach to the four-minute offense and their unwillingness to attack. They play not to lose, and they end up not getting first downs and giving the ball back to their opponent. When this season is over, the Cowboys are going to hate to watch their four-minute tape.
» I hated watching the Raiders play in Green Bay. It looked like they were not into the game, getting down 31 points halfway through the second quarter. The Raiders are fighting for the AFC West title as well as the final wild-card spot, but the the game appeared too big for them in Green Bay. Oakland's defense, which has been suspect all season, was really bad. And Carson Palmer keeps looking like the Carson Palmer of old. Not enough zip on the ball, does not protect the ball and cannot carry a team. When the Raiders cannot control the pace of the game with the run, they cannot win. Palmer must complement their offense, not carry it. I realize they paid a king's ransom to acquire Palmer, but he is not Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or even Matt Ryan. The Raiders need to get healthy and they need to play better on defense, or else their season will end short of the playoffs.
» I hated watching the Bucs play and this is the last time I am going to write about them all season. They played like a team that does not care about giving up 41 points to Jacksonville. The Jags have not scored 41 points combined in their past three games. Does this offensive outburst indicate the Jags have really improved or the Bucs stink? I'll take the latter. Bucs coach Raheem Morris has babied this team all season, failing to address the flaws, wanting to be a player's coach. Now, based on the way they are playing, I cannot imagine his job will be safe at the end of the season. Some teams cannot handle winning. Winning 10 games last year went to the Bucs' heads. They think they accomplished a great deal, when in fact they accomplished nothing. Making the playoffs is the first step, not coming close. The Bucs right now are bad and it will only get worse from here on out.
Things on my mind
» I love how Patriots offensive coordinator Billy O'Brien and Tom Brady were competing on Sunday. Loved how Brady proved he wasn't too good to take a little criticism. Both men were competing, both men want to win, and both respect each other, or else they would not have hugged after it was all over.
» The 49ers better keep their edge. They must play their style because if they have to throw the ball, like they did in Arizona or when they played the Ravens, they fail miserably. The 49ers must run the ball and control the tempo of the game, or else they are in trouble.
» Is Kevin Kolb a "China Doll" or "Bust" in Arizona? You make the call! He cannot stay on the field for any extended time and this has to worry the Cards.
» The loss of safety Jim Leonhard in New York -- the only guy they could trust catching punts and the quarterback of their defense, especially the secondary -- will hurt the Jets as they make their final push into the playoffs. The Jets played their most complete game in the last month against the Chiefs.
» The Eagles finally played a good game on both sides of the ball, and they have to be kicking themselves right now based on what has happened in the NFC East. The Birds could be right in the middle of the playoff race had they not given games away when Mike Vick was injured. Based on how the Birds played Sunday, they might not get in the playoffs, but they might keep other teams from getting in.
» The Lions found a way to win, in spite of allowing the Vikings to move the ball up and down the field on them. If the Lions get into the playoffs they are going to have to play much better than they did Sunday.
» What will the Vikings do with Joe Webb? He looks too good to sit on the bench.
» I was impressed with Jake Locker coming off the bench to make solid throws. I've always been weary of his accuracy, but with little work with the first team Locker looked comfortable running the Titans offense. He will need to play well down the stretch as the Titans can get in if they win out.
» I wonder if the Bills have buyer remorse on giving Ryan Fitzpatrick a big contract? If I am in Buffalo, I still think they need to draft a quarterback high next year.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vendors looking to capitalize on the barrage of tourists coming to town to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg are hawking commemorative T-shirts, hats and other trinkets as a re-enacted war rages on nearby.
More than 200,000 people — including 20,000 re-enactors — are expected to visit the small south-central Pennsylvania town for events through Fourth of July weekend.
Re-enactors and shoppers seeking more authentic trinkets head to the 19th-century-style tent city where shopkeepers offer items appropriate for the period or to re-stock the soldiers — just like traveling suppliers did in the 1860s.
A few visitors say they aren't comfortable with the consumerism, especially downtown.
"I don't like the commercialism. I think they can do a lot less of it," said Richard Gow, 65, of Binghamton, N.Y. Dressed sharply in a gray uniform, Gow was portraying noted Confederate Gen. Lewis Armistead outside the American Civil War Wax Museum.
Then Gow — himself a U.S. Army veteran who served during Vietnam — looked toward the battlefield, just down the road.
"It's the grounds," he said reverentially, referring to the fields and hills where up to 10,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War's pivotal conflict. "It's an honor to be here."
Federal forces turned away the Confederates during fierce fighting on July 1-3, 1863, ending with the South's ill-fated Pickett's Charge across an open field against Union soldiers.
Many other visitors say modern Gettysburg strikes the appropriate balance between capitalizing on its notoriety and paying reverence to the Civil War's pivotal conflict.
"This kind of brings history alive," said Dave Gish, 54, a pastor from Wilton, Conn., who took photos of a re-enactment between Union and Confederate cavalry featuring hundreds of horses.
He noted there were attractions such as water slides or roller coasters in town, venues that would be out of place with the period.
"It's the kind of thing where this is pretty much what you're coming for," he said.
The National Park Service events start Sunday night. In recent years, park officials said they have made an effort to rehabilitate major areas of the battlefield to make it better resemble the territory soldiers encountered in Gettysburg.
One of the changes involved removing a motel that that once stood across the street from a monument for Ohio soldiers. The battlefield rehabilitation process grew out of a master plan in 1999 that didn't set the 150th anniversary as a deadline — though park officials say it was a welcome and timely coincidence.


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From Pump Gas To Corn Juice, This Blown Ls Engine Makes Big Power On A Trio Of Fuels.
Ron Strayhorn is an ambitious hot rodder. By day he's a mild-mannered executive running GM's western region service and parts operations, but when he's not on the clock, he's scheming new and more creative ways to go fast.
A few years ago, Strayhorn teamed up with Pro Mod champion Harold Martin and his company, Martin Motorsports, to build a pro-style, big-block-powered first-gen Camaro that used an early version of the GM Performance Parts Ram Jet intake (Martin's company helped develop it) and a custom, tri-blade throttle body. The fuel-injected combination helped propel the F-car into the 8.50s at more than 160 mph.
Strayhorn called on Martin again to assist with his latest project: revamping a tired, Chevy II former drag machine into a contemporary street/strip competitor. The heart of the renewed beast would be a supercharged and electronically fuel-injected LS engine, but with a twist.
Make that several twists.
First off, Strayhorn wanted the classic, through-the-hood style of a GMC-type Roots blower rather than the typical centrifugal, screw-type, or Eaton-style blowers seen under the hood of most late-model LS vehicles. And while such a huffer is a rare sight atop an LS engine, it's not unprecedented.
However, we're willing to bet there's not another supercharged LS combination that is tuned for three specific fueling options. Strayhorn's is, and with the flip of a switch, his blown LSX-based engine alternates among 93-octane pump gas, 108-octane C12 racing gas, and–corn lovers take heart–E85 ethanol (with an octane rating of about 100).
"I've always been fascinated with blower cars and the menacing look of one poking through the hood–and that distinctive whine," Strayhorn says. "In light of the success we had with the injection system on the Camaro, I was encouraged to see what we could do with this project."
Deciding to build his blown, tri-fuel engine on the LS-engine platform was triggered when he discovered Blower Drive Service (BDS) offered manifolds and blower kits to fit GM's 21st century V-8 platform.
"A couple of years ago, I'd already purchased a 496-inch rotating assembly for a big-block blower combo when I saw a story on the BDS system for LS engines," Strayhorn says. "I decided right then and there that it would take the project to a higher level of distinction."
Putting the core engine package together was mostly straightforward. It consists of easily attainable forged aftermarket rotating parts. The 8-71 blower, intake manifold, and basic injection system were all off-the-shelf parts from BDS. No problems there. Martin Motorsports fabricated a few parts, however, including coolant crossovers that run between the heads and unobtrusively beneath the intake manifold, as well as a SuperChiller-style charge cooler similar to those used on supercharged offshore racing boats.
The E85-compatible hard parts were carefully integrated by Martin to add a unique element to the project. They include the injectors and fuel lines, but they're nothing that isn't readily available to racers.
The project's magic is in the engine controller's instantaneous changeovers for the different tunes. For that, Martin developed three distinct engine calibration maps and relied on a FAST XFI controller to hold and administer them. (FAST also supplied its XIM ignition controller to drive a set of GM coil packs.) To switch fuels, Strayhorn simply selects a tune by turning a dash-mounted selector and, if necessary, manually changes the fuel tank source. A laptop is only required if fine-tuning of a particular fuel table is desired–but the calibrations are each tuned for street/strip performance.
The Chevy II even has separate fuel tanks for the gasoline and ethanol. Beneath the trunk floor is a modified original tank that features baffles to suit the requirements of the EFI's requisite high-pressure fuel system, while inside the trunk is a 5-gallon fuel cell for the alternate fuel–and it doesn't matter which tanks holds which type of fuel.
A pair of hand-operated valves in the trunk directs the fuel delivery from one tank or the other. A power-operated setup was considered, but Strayhorn felt the manual option was the safest way to go, especially at the dragstrip.
E85 Surprise
The basics of the engine's rotating assembly and cylinder heads comprise nothing exotic. It's an easily duplicated formula that includes: 4.130-inch x 4.000-inch stroke (428.6 ci), an all-forged rotating assembly, Profiler cylinder heads, a 9.5:1 compression ratio, and a Comp Cams custom blower grind with 0.651/0.646-inch lift, 239/248 degrees of duration at 0.050, and a 114-degree centerline.
The engine is built using GM Performance Parts' LSX cylinder block. Because it's cast in iron, it can be bored–unlike the aluminum production blocks–and it's designed to support big-boost combinations (see "LSXasaurus," HOT ROD, Nov. '08). In addition to the assembly work at Martin, Engine Systems in Tucker, Georgia, also contributed to the short-block buildup.
The engine combo, combined with the trio of fuel setups, was proven on Martin Motorsports' engine dynamometer–with surprising results. The relatively high octane rating of E85 enables more aggressive timing than premium pump gas, so nobody was surprised when the dyno pulls on the E85 tune produced greater results: about 805 hp and 670 lb-ft versus 750 hp and 640 lb-ft on 93-octane pump gas–although 750 streetable horses on pump gas are certainly nothing to apologize for.
The eyebrow raiser was the E85's trumping of the 108-octane C12 racing fuel's performance. It delivered approximately the same peak numbers as the premium pump gas but with a stouter power curve. It should be noted that the charge cooler was not activated during the dyno tests. Harold Martin suggests the natural cooling attributes of the alcohol-based E85 contributed to its significant performance boost over the higher-octane C12.
"That's one of the benefits of running alcohol at the dragstrip," he says. "The engine runs cooler, so you get a denser charge, even without an intercooler."
There is power to extract from the engine with more tuning time. Martin suggests there is perhaps 15 to 20 percent more power to be had from the gasoline tunes when their charges are blown through the functioning cooler–and more from the E85 tune, too.
By the way, boost pressure for this combination was about 8 to 10 psi for all three fuel types.
Strayhorn plans to put this triple-threat LSX to the test on the dragstrip as soon as the car's assembly is completed. He'll also hit the streets in his alternative fuel-powered Chevy II, undoubtedly blow-ing minds and turning heads when he does.
Nip And Tuck
Building the supercharged LSX engine–and even tuning it for three distinct fuels–was a lot easier than installing it in the Chevy II.
Fitting the LS within the Chevy II's chassis involved obtaining an aftermarket, racing-style, sheetmetal oil pan and modifying it to make the front section fit around the car's old-school, recirculating ball steering linkage. The result is, essentially, a notched pan that works very well. Fourth-generation F-car LS1 oil pans have a fairly straightforward, low-profile oil pan design, but they won't work in all retrofit applications (and stay away from the winged Corvette production pans).
While numerous aftermarket suppliers now make bolt-in engine-swap mounts for LSX conversions, for Strayhorn's Nova, Martin Motorsports fabbed up a set of mounts as part of a chassis-clearancing initiative required to make room for the headers.
Likewise, Martin fabricated custom undercar headers for the Chevy II rather than using one of the many small-tube engine swap header kits that are available today. Martin Motorsports fabricated the bends before sending them out for coating. The result looks great, and Martin can replicate the swap parts for others.
With more than 800 hp so easy to achieve in a thoroughly streetable project, it looks like E85, a Roots blower, and the LS engine are the cornerstones of a powerful homestead.
|Blower Drive Service (BDS)
|GM Performance Parts
|Whittier, CA
|Warren, MI
|Comp Cams
|T&D Machine
|Memphis, TN
|Carson City, NV
|CompStar/Callies Performance Products
|Martin Motorsports
|Fostoria, OH
|New Hudson, MI
|Fuel Air Spark Technology (FAST)
|Street & Performance
|Memphis, TN
|Mena, AR


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Victory and Success Theme
A victorious fanfare piece with full orchestra, cinematic flavour, and big bravado in the brass!
This piece would be ideal for movies, TV series, presentations or award ceremonies (perhaps a medal ceremony), giving a feeling of uplifting pomp and mood-enlightenment to any event or production.
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Novel paclitaxel formulation encouraging for treating advanced lung cancer
The June edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology features a study aimed at determining the optimal dose of the chemotherapy drug nab-paclitaxel with carboplatin as a first-line therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Results will provide researchers with a data needed to guide a phase 3 trial.
The most commonly used combination treatment for patients with NSCLC is carboplatin plus solvent-based paclitaxel. However, this current treatment has major safety and efficacy concerns, such as severe toxicities, nerve damage. As lung cancer is the leading cause of lung cancer death worldwide, there is a critical need for safe chemotherapy treatments to curb this disease.
In this multi-center study, researchers sought to determine the optimal dose of a chemotherapy treatment using a novel paclitaxel formulation, nanoparticle albuminbound (nab-), which can be administered safely at higher doses than the solvent-based paclitaxel and has performed well when treating breast cancer patients. One hundred seventy-five previously untreated patients were enrolled in the study and received treatment with nab-paclitaxel either on a weekly or every-three-week basis. Dosing levels were also investigated.
Overall results showed response rate was greater in weekly doses than in every-three-week doses. Median progression-free survival was similar between both schedules and ranged from 4.8 to 6.9 months in the every-three-week cohorts and 5.6 to 6.4 months in the weekly cohorts. Overall survival was also similar in both groups and ranged from 8.3 to 14.6 months in the every-three-week cohort and 11.3 to 15.0 in the weekly cohort. Most favorable of all the cohorts was the group receiving 100 mg/m2 weekly nab-paclitaxel. This group achieved a 48 percent response rate with 6.2 and 11.3 months of progression-free survival and overall survival, respectively.
In addition to improved anti-tumor activity, nab-paclitaxel administered weekly was associated with less serious adverse events than when administered every three weeks, with significant reductions of nerve damage and muscle and joint pain. More specifically, it was found that a 100 mg/m2 weekly nab-paclitaxel produced less serious adverse events than other doses.
|Weekly dose
|Every-three-week dose
|Response rate
|Progression-free survival
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|4.8-6.9 months
|Overall survival
|12.0-15.0 months
|8.3-14.6 months
Researchers concluded that nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin is an effective therapy for advanced NSCLC and recommend a phase 3, randomized, multi-center study comparison 100 mg/m2 weekly nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin to solvent-based paclitaxel plus carboplatin.
"Given the high cumulative dose delivered and the excellent safety and efficacy profile of the patients who received 100 mg/m2 weekly nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin, we believe this to be the optimal dosing and schedule for phase 3 comparison in patients with advanced NSCLC," confirms lead investigator Mark A. Socinski, MD of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.