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by Lou Mancinelli
Germantown resident, opera singer and high school senior Christian Eason is on the brink of discovering his voice. It's something he's been working on for six years. He's got the knowledge of a veteran singer and a fresh but old sound.
In November, the 18-year-old performed alongside the Philadelphia Orchestra at this year's Marian Anderson Award Gala Performance, which celebrates the arts. There he shared the Kimmel Center stage with his idol Lawrence Brownlee and celebrated this year's honoree, James Earl Jones.
(Lawrence Brownlee is one of the most consistently sought-after operatic tenors on the international scene. He was named the Seattle Opera's 2008 Artist of the Year, received the Opera Company of Philadelphia's 2007 Alter Award for Artistic Excellence, and was the winner of both the 2006 Kennedy Center Marian Anderson Award and Richard Tucker Foundation Award, a feat never before achieved by any artist in the same year.)
Eason also shared the stage with his cousin and accompanist, Jason Ikeem Rodgers, a pianist and conductor. As a baby, Eason listened to Rodgers play Beethoven and Rachmaninoff on the piano until the hours well past midnight. That's where his opera singing is rooted, though it's something that blossomed later. (Both cousins grew up in depressed areas of Philadelphia, where involvement in classical music is rare.)
Eason is a two-time recipient of the Marian Anderson Young Artist Study Grant (first one, $2000; second one, $1800) given to young performers to help them further understand their craft. Past recipients of the Marian Anderson Award include Maya Angelou and Harry Belafonte.
"Christian's talent is a testament to the power of the grant initiative, which was created to support high school-age artists with financial challenges with funds raised through the annual Award Gala and the Lenfest Foundation," explained Laura Feragen, vice-president of
Star Group Communications, which handled publicity for the Marian Anderson Gala.
"In the early 1900s, Marian Anderson did not have the means to foster her music education, a situation that still holds true today with students like Christian," she said. "His mother could barely make ends meet, let alone afford music lessons. The grant money helped pay for voice lessons and transportation as well as enabling him to rent a tux for performances, so he could look like a serious artist."
For Eason, who has applied to schools like Juilliard School for the Performing Arts and New York University, his craft, his instrument, is his voice. Raised in Philadelphia, he has lived in various neighborhoods across the city. His singing career started when he was 10. His family is also a musical group, The Eason Singers, which started in gospel and switched to pop when they signed with Atlantic Records.
Christian got his early musical training from his mother and aunts, all musicians.
But when he was 12, he moved to suburban Georgia to live with his sister, Coolta. She was 16 years older than he, and she had moved out of the house when he was a baby. His sister listened to lots of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer of "Phantom of the Opera," "Cats," "Sunset Boulevard," "Jesus Christ, Superstar," etc.), and she helped him develop a taste for more highbrow music than he was used to.
When he returned to Philadelphia three years later, Eason knew he wanted to pursue classical singing. His cousin suggested that he attend Girard Academy Music Program (GAMP), a piece of advice strengthened by the recommendation of his mentor, Virginia Lam, a talent mentor for the Philadelphia School District.
"Music is the root at the school," said Lam about the fifth through twelfth grade GAMP. "The root starts with vocal music and then branches out into other areas. He (Christian) is in an atmosphere where every step he takes there is music."
"It's like my home," said Eason about GAMP. "Everyone is a musician. Everyone has their own style … I sing opera in the hallways." At GAMP, Eason dabbled in his first studies in operatic technique.
"He actually started to realize his voice in our summer music program," said Lam. "He did not know the depth and breadth of his voice." She said every step of the way he's been supported by family, school, institutions that give awards and others who recognize "he is a star on the stage."
In 2010, while a sophomore, he enrolled in his first vocal lessons at the Settlement Music School. He learned things like how to cover his voice so it isn't brassy. Opera singers want to release all tension in the throat and mouth. "I never knew that there was so many things about singing," Christian said.
For example, learning to keep the larynx down. To do that, yawn and try to breathe out with sound, and sing the scales, he explained. Place your fingers on your Adam's Apple and recognize how low in the throat it is. Open up your throat. You want nothing in the way of your voice. It's like a wind tunnel or a circular conduit of energy.
"It was really hard for me," he said about practicing the technique. "I don't know if it's really hard for other people just starting out."
Eason now studies with Jesus Garcia, an internationally acclaimed professional opera singer who's been on Broadway and who has won Tony Awards for his performances. Eason himself wants to pursue the life of a professional opera singer. He's prepared for its transient character, a lifestyle he's familiar with.
"I said this is a new path, and I want to take it," said Eason about pursuing classical and opera singing as opposed to the gospel and pop roots he first learned as a young singer. "It makes me unique for where I come from."
Eason has learned that it is important to practice but not to over- practice; to challenge yourself but not strain yourself. More than two-and-a-half hours a day might do just that. He learned from watching Brownlee rehearse how to hold back. It has been said that a key element of good art is knowing when to stop.
The young Germantown singer has indeed learned the right time to stop a practice session, but he is not likely to stop his overall pursuit of excellence until he overcomes the almost impossible odds against achieving a successful career in the world of operatic music.


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Drive-Thru Textbook Buy-Back
I continue to be astonished by how efficient the used textbook market has become. This week, at the end of the spring quarter at Ohio State University, a drive-thru textbook buy-back service popped up on the site of a long-closed gas station. It is a tent on a parking lot that truly does allow someone to drive through to drop off books (see the third image down). The operation is run by Budgetext, a national textbook wholesaler from Fayetteville, AR. I spoke with company representative Jerry Mohr about the service.
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Budgetext is partnered with Student Book Exchange (SBX) to bring this first-in-Columbus service to Ohio State. Budgetext services the textbook wholesaling needs of SBX. Since Budgetex has the list of textbooks through SBX that are needed for the next school term, it can more intelligently buy back the books that will be needed. Jerry said that most of the books bought back through the drive thru service will stay in the area, with the remainder wholesaled through their national network.
It is hard to beat the convenience. One literally drives up, hands the books over, and gets the cash back (or the book back if it is not needed by Budgetext). On a day like today in Columbus -- with the downpour this morning and this afternoon -- that process certainly seems to beat lugging the books to a desk inside a bookstore.
Although this is the first drive-through in central Ohio, it is not the first such setup in the state. A drive-through program was set up at Owens Community College in northwest Ohio two years ago. Jerry told me that in its first 4 1/2 days of operation, 500 cars came through. The following term 1,500 cars came through. All kinds of people come through -- parents with kids, handicapped individuals, even multiple students in one car. Jerry said that one car last year had three students: one each from Owens Community College, the University of Toledo, and Bowling Green State University. It is still too early to tell how well the service will do in this location.
The impact of these improved efficiencies in the used textbook market makes the textbook ecosystem even more complicated. It is capitalism at its finest, but I'm not sure this present trajectory is sustainable.

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Lake Austin Spa Resort in the Texas Hill Country was recently ranked the No. 4 destination spa in world by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine and as the #1 Resort in Texas and the Southwest in Condé Nast Traveler. "We've got casual Austin style but also the luxury accoutrements people expect," says program director Robbie Hudson. With just 40 rooms, the resort is geared to offer each guest a highly individualized travel experience.
The lush Hill Country setting offers both privacy and outdoor peacefulness, where robes are acceptable attire—in the cooking school and even at dinner.
The spa resort offers all-inclusive vacation packages, which feature lakeside accommodations, three gourmet meals daily, indoor and outdoor fitness activities, Culinary Experience classes, and a selection of luxurious spa and body treatments. Packages range from three to seven nights and start at $1,720 per person. For more details, visit lakeaustin.com.
Recipes from Lake Austin Spa:
Poached Pears with Blue Cheese and Brandy
Candy-Striped Beet and Goat Cheese Napoleons
Grilled Tuna and Green Tomatoes with Creamy Bacon Vinaigrette
Grilled Tuna with White Bean Salad and Black Olive Tapenade
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A popular feature of Lake Austin Spa is the weeklong Culinary Experience. "We're the most food-focused spa going," says executive chef Stephane Beaucamp (seen here). He and other amiable staffers entertain 20 to 30 guests during each Culinary Experience week's 20-plus activities, which include a tour of the resort's organic garden, classes on entertaining or remaking recipes, a wine seminar, a cheese-tasting, and sessions with some of the country's top chefs. Also included during the week are six 90-minute cooking classes. Outside of Culinary Experience week, cooking classes are scheduled at various times each week.
"Spa cuisine doesn't have to mean sparse cuisine, you know," Beaucamp says. "I'm not into diets. I'm just into clean, seasonally fresh food. Good food, period." Beaucamp's classes are always a draw (he teaches regular cooking classes at the resort both during and outside of Culinary Experience week), but so now are visiting guest chefs—think Gail Simmons (Top Chef/Food & Wine), Hugh Acheson (Top Chef/James Beard Award Winner), Ellie Krieger (Food Network personality) and Sara Moulton (TV personality and cookbook author)—each featured one day a month during Culinary Experience. The chefs aren't there to preach on losing weight or eating light, Beaucamp says. "They're there to help us embrace the finer foods in life, which can be prepared and served sensibly and in a low-pressure setting."
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Poached Pears with Blue Cheese and Brandy
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 small bay leaf
- 6 black peppercorns
- 2 Bosc pears, peeled, halved, and cored
- 2 tablespoons Calvados apple brandy
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 2 ounces Cabrales blue cheese or other blue cheese, crumbled
In a 3-quart saucepan combine wine, sugar, apple juice concentrate, bay leaf, and peppercorns. Add pear halves; heat to boiling. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until tender, turning pears once.
Remove pears to a bowl and set aside. Discard bay leaf and peppercorns from cooking liquid. Stir in apple brandy. Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat about 10 minutes or until syrupy (mixture will be reduced to about 1/3 cup). Cool slightly (8 to 10 minutes). Whisk in butter until melted. Stir in whipping cream.
To serve, place one pear half in each of four dessert dishes. Fill each pear cavity with cheese; spoon sauce over and around pears. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes 4 servings.
Grilled Tuna and Green Tomatoes with Creamy Bacon Vinaigrette
Prep: 30 minutes Grill: 8 minutes
- 4 fresh or frozen tuna steaks, cut 1-inch thick
- Olive oil
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 4 strips nitrate-free bacon
- 1/2 cup minced shallots
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup fat-free half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, cut up
- 1/2 cup fat-free dairy sour cream
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh chives
- 2 medium green tomatoes, sliced
Thaw tuna if frozen. Rinse tuna; pat dry with paper towels. Brush steaks with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. In a charcoal grill, place fish on the greased rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium-hot coals. Grill for 8 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, turning once halfway through grilling. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place fish on grill rack over heat. Cover and grill as above.)
Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon, and discard drippings. Drain bacon on paper towels. Crumble the bacon and set aside. In the same skillet cook the shallots in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 3 minutes or until tender. Whisk together half-and-half and cornstarch. Carefully add to the skillet. Stir in cream cheese, and cook and stir over medium low heat until cream cheese is melted. Stir in sour cream, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper. Stir in chives and reserved crumbled bacon. Cook and stir until heated through (do not boil).
To serve, spoon some of the vinaigrette mixture on a serving plate. Top each plate with 3 slices of tomato. Placed grilled tuna steak atop tomatoes. Drizzle with any remaining sauce. Makes 4 servings.
Grilled Tuna with White Bean Salad and Black Olive Tapenade
Prep: 20 minutes Grill: 8 minutes
- 4 4- to 5-ounce fresh or frozen yellowfin tuna steaks, 1-inch thick
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 anchovy fillet
- 2 teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel
- 2 cloves garlic, quartered
- 1 teaspoon capers
- 1/4 teaspoon snipped fresh oregano
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 15- to 16-ounce can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained, or 1-1/2 cups rinsed and drained cooked white beans
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons truffle oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish; pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
For tapenade, in a food processor or blender combine olives, 1 tablespoon olive oil, anchovy, lemon peel, garlic, capers, oregano, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cover and process or blend until a coarse paste forms.
For bean salad, in a medium mixing bowl combine beans, onion, lemon juice, parsley, 1 tablespoon olive oil, truffle oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
Lightly grease or coat with nonstick cooking spray an unheated grill rack. For a charcoal grill, grill tuna steaks on the greased rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 8 to 12 minutes, or until fish flakes when tested with a fork and center of fish is still slightly pink, gently turning once halfway through grilling. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place tuna steaks on a greased gill rack directly over heat. Cover and grill as above.)
Serve tuna steaks on a mound of bean salad topped with a dollop of tapenade. Makes 4 servings.
Candy-Striped Beet and Goat Cheese Napoleons
- 2 small golden beets (about 2 oz trimmed)
- 2 small chioggia (candy-striped) bets (about 2 oz trimmed)
- 1 cup baby arugula
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon champagne vinegar
- Dash kosher salt
- Dash freshly ground black pepper
- 1 6-oz log goat cheese
- 2 tablespoons strawberry preserves
- 1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
- 1/4 cup walnut halves, toasted
Trim and scrub beets. In covered medium saucepan, cook beets in enough boiling water to cover for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Drain; set aside to cool. When cool enough to handle, peel and cut each beet into 3 slices.
In a medium bowl, toss arugula with oil, champagne vinegar, salt, and pepper. Divide among 6 small plates. Cut log of cheese crosswise into 12 slices. Place a cheese slice atop arugula on plates. Top cheese with golden beet slices. Top beet slices with a second slice of cheese. Top with candy-striped beet slices.
In a small bowl combine preserves and raspberry vinegar. Drizzle over each salad. Garnish with walnuts. Makes 6 appetizer servings.


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About the Author: David McKeeby serves as a Public Affairs Specialist in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Estonia, the home to Skype and one of the world's most wired-in nations, is globally renowned for its spirit of technological innovation. In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense, our Bureau's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement recently provided an Estonian civilian demining group with a little hi-tech of our own -- cutting-edge mine detection equipment -- allowing our NATO ally to join us in helping protect post-conflict communities from Afghanistan to Georgia by safely clearing landmines and unexploded munitions.
The detector systems we donated are not your father's mine detector, and light years away from what that guy looking for change and lost jewelry on the beach is carrying around. I'm no engineer, but according to the experts, here's the deal: unlike traditional detection devices, which pick up all kinds of false positives from stray bits of metal littering a battlefield, these devices employ multiple sensors to pinpoint unique magnetic anomalies left by buried explosives. In addition, the detectors can be customized to local soil conditions and are linked with software that helps calculate size and depth of hidden explosives. Need to then take that data and map it for your demining team? There's an app for that, too.
After the State Department donated the new detection systems, a team from the U.S. Army's 702nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company traveled to Estonia to train civilian technicians from the Estonian Northern-Regional Bomb Group team so they can find and safely clear unexploded artillery shells, landmines, and unexploded bombs, saving lives faster than ever.
Estonia has some serious expertise dealing with unexploded ordnance left over from World War II, which was discovered at a significant rate during the former Soviet republic's post-independence construction boom. The United States has shown its support through $3 million in funding for training and equipment like the new detection systems and other tools to help Estonia tackle the problem, as detailed in our annual report, "To Walk the Earth in Safety."
Since then, Estonia has taken this hard-won expertise on the road, using their new skills and equipment to help others, including Georgia after the 2008 conflict with Russia, and in Afghanistan, as a member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
As in many countries struggling to recover from conflicts, such as Angola, Iraq, Mozambique, Sudan, or Sri Lanka, unexploded ordnance inhibits development, disrupts markets and production, prevents the delivery of goods and services, and generally obstructs reconstruction and stabilization efforts. By removing these deadly hazards, we can enable the socio-economic development needed to further the larger goal of promoting stability and security.
The United States is proud to be the world's single largest financial supporter of conventional weapons destruction programs such as humanitarian demining, and helping other countries such as Estonia seeking to build their own expertise and take a leadership role in solving the problem. Under the Conventional Weapons Destruction Program -- a partnership among the State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the United States has provided over $1.9 billion toward landmine clearance and conventional weapons and munitions destruction in more than 80 countries. Initiatives funded include:
- Mine clearance projects by 63 partner organizations, such as the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and The HALO Trust;
- Mine-risk education to help endangered residents avoid injury by identifying potential hazards;
- Research and development into new demining technologies;
- Training local demining technicians in affected countries; and
- Supporting rehabilitation programs serving those injured by landmines and unexploded munitions.
As Secretary Clinton noted following her January 20 meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, "Estonians have expanded their role as champions of freedom, security, and humanitarian assistance and prosperity from Georgia and Moldova to Haiti and Gaza." We are pleased to do our part to encourage this trend, and look forward to working closely together with our Estonian allies to continue building on our shared success for many years to come.


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Royals enjoying their success, not looking too far ahead
DENVER -- It's been 29 years since the Royals last enjoyed baseball's postseason.
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DENVER -- It's been 29 years since the Royals last enjoyed baseball's postseason.
No sense getting in a hurry right now.View Full Game Coverage
Manager Ned Yost certainly isn't. He is enjoying what has happened in the past month, but he knows better than to start thinking about what could transpire in the next month.
"I am extremely happy with where we are," Yost said.
He should be.
The Royals fell 5-2 to the Rockies at Coors Field on Wednesday night, but they have still won 22 of their past 28 games. And they are still sitting atop the American League Central. They are just a game in front of the Tigers, but just a month ago, they were in third place, eight games back of the Tigers.
The Royals also are two games up on the Mariners, who are mixed up with the top two AL Central teams in a battle for the second AL Wild Card.
On paper, it would seem that Kansas City has an edge in claiming at least one of the postseason spots.
"I don't think too much farther than our next game," said Yost. "Anybody can [beat] you at any time. You better stay focused on the task at hand."
OK, so for Yost, all that matters is that after taking Thursday off, the Royals play three games in Texas against the Rangers. Right now, the Rangers and the Rockies share the distinction of the worst records in the big leagues. They are both 49-77, and, well, Colorado did just knock off Kansas City thanks to a Matt McBride grand slam.
But what fun is the anticipation of a mad dash to the postseason without taking a peek at where the primary contenders for the October opportunities stand?
And from afar, the early edge goes to the Royals. They have a slight edge in the schedule, both in terms of opposition and the home/road breakdown, and their roster seems to be in better shape in terms of injuries.
The schedule
After the three-game visit to Texas this weekend, Kansas City plays 20 of its next 26 games at home before a season-ending road trip that includes three games with Cleveland and four with the Chicago White Sox. The Royals have 20 of their final 36 games against teams with losing records, and the only serious contender they have left to face is the Tigers, who they play three times at home and three times in Detroit. The Tigers did win the first five games the two teams played this season, but they have split the past eight.
Detroit not only has 19 games remaining at home and 19 on the road, but it has makeup doubleheaders on the road the next two Saturdays, at Minnesota this weekend and at Chicago against the White Sox on Aug. 30. The Tigers have 19 games remaining against teams with winning records, and in addition to the home-and-away series with the Royals, they also host the Giants for three games Sept. 5-7.
The Mariners, meanwhile, play 21 of their remaining 36 games on the road, and before they close the regular season by hosting the Angels in a three-game series at Safeco Field, they have an 11-game road trip that takes them from Seattle to Anaheim (four games) to Houston (three games) and to Toronto (four games). The Mariners have 20 games against teams with winning records, including home-and-away three-game series against the A's, three games at home with the Nationals, and seven games remaining with the Halos -- four in Anaheim and the three in Seattle.
The roster
The Tigers have reason for concern. Fingers are crossed that right-hander Justin Verlander not only will benefit from a 12-day layoff because of a cranky right shoulder and return to the rotation in one of Saturday's two games against the Twins, but also that he can snap out of a season-long funk that has him 10-11 with a 4.76 ERA.
Verlander did play catch on Tuesday, threw long toss on Wednesday and will have a limited bullpen session on Thursday before an official decision is made, but he doesn't leave much doubt in telling the media during Detroit's current visit to Tropicana Field to face the Rays, "We need to make the playoffs. We need to get back in that routine, the starting routine. So I'm going to be out there."
Unfortunately for the Tigers, there is less certainly about reliever Joakim Soria (left oblique) and Anibal Sanchez (right pectoral), both of whom can only hope they will return by the start of September. Their time on the disabled list, along with the 12-day stretch between starts for Verlander has had Detroit mixing and matching, including signing and then calling up former Baltimore bullpen ace Jim Johnson, who was released by Oakland last month.
To fill recent rotation voids, they brought Robbie Ray up from Triple-A Toledo to start twice in place of Verlander. And to fill in for Sanchez, they brought up Buck Farmer, who has made 18 of his 21 Minor League appearances this season at low Class A West Michigan.
While the Royals were forced to move designated hitter Billy Butler to first base because Eric Hosmer suffered a broken hand, general manager Dayton Moore did find needed lineup protection with the July additions of Raul Ibanez and Josh Willingham, who will platoon in the DH role. The added bonus is that Butler, in a four-month funk, has returned to a middle-of-the-lineup force due, he said, in part to the fact that playing in the field doesn't allow him the time to dwell on his offensive struggles.
Mariners rotation ace Felix Hernandez did have his streak of 17 consecutive starts of at least seven innings and with no more than two runs snapped Saturday at Detroit, taking a line drive off his hip, but all indications are he will make his scheduled start at Boston on Friday. Seattle also addressed concerns about a lineup filled with too many left-handed hitters with the July additions of center fielder Austin Jackson, outfield swingman Chris Denorfia and switch-hitting DH Kendrys Morales.
Of late
Kansas City is the hottest team in baseball. The Royals have won 22 of 28 games thanks to an offense that has taken pressure off a pitching staff that has been among the game's elite. The Mariners are 17-13 since the All-Star break -- winning 15 of their past 23. The Tigers, meanwhile, are 15-18 since the All-Star break and have scored two or fewer runs in 12 games.
Postseason spots aren't won on paper. They are won on the field.
And Yost knows that.
"It comes down to doing our job at hand," he said.
Lately, the Royals have been able to handle that challenge.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Hi Matthew,
There are a number of people who have asked this question here, and the truth of the matter is simply that we cannot know what your family relationships are like, your reasons for needing to tell your Mom, or indeed enough about you as an individual, to be able to comment helpfully.
What I can suggest are a couple of modifications to your letter.
I do not believe in god. Not in the same sense that you do in any case.
Try to take the "you" out of anything 'negative'. In this line, you could replace it with the word "others". So it would say, "not in the sense that others do in any case". And "the story that you try to prove" becomes, "the story that people try to prove". Doing this, lessens the 'you versus me' position.
The other thing you desperately need to do is put in a bunch of paragraph breaks, because this block of text is really hard to read without them.
Lastly, and its just a thought, you might try just telling her first, and leaving the letter for her as a follow-up.
Anyway, good luck in your endeavors, and I wish you the best possible outcome.
Also, here is a link to another current TA forum discussion on the same topic, in case it helps.
Break it into readable paragraphs. One big block of text wil intimidate any reader.
Really good advice from previous responses.
I would personally try to edit this down to be more direct. Just as Elon Johnson said, you don't want to leave them unclear on your most important point, which is to communicate that you do not believe in God. While you do state this directly in the middle section, I feel like the overall tone is nevertheless equivocal and apologetic, rather than clear and informative.
Obviously, you mean to be sensitive to your parents' feelings and thankful to them for how you've been raised, which is great...but judging by my own parents, yours will probably latch onto this part: "This is where I am in my life. There are many things that I am uncertain about and many things that will change." To religious parents, this will scream "it's just a phase!" I simply want you to be able to communicate to them that you truly and honestly do not believe in God, based on everything you know about the world, and that having undergone this intellectual journey, you are unlikely to "grow out of it" barring some kind of miracle.
And do break it into paragraphs!
Best of luck!
I've been meaning to get to this, I don't know why I haven't yet and if it's too late then disregard the following!, but I'd make a few points and reiterate that everyone else so far has good suggestions.
My suggestions, mostly editorial:
Paragraphs are your friend. In case you weren't taught for whatever reason or other wise didn't know, when a topic changes, start a new paragraph.
The very first line would worry me if it were my child saying, "I am at a place in my life where nothing is certain." I think the first idea that would pop into my head is: does he even know if he wants to keep living?
The word "thing" is very ambiguous and you use it 13 times, which is a lot. "Thing" can quite literally mean anything and that can cause confusion for the reader. Specify whenever possible. This sentence, "So i looked at all things, and considered all things, as objectively as possible accounting for the natural bias that is a part of the human condition," makes me wonder what it was that you considered and looked at. By all things, did you mean everything that has existed ever, because that's what "all things" would imply? Or did you mean to say something more along the lines of, "I considered and looked closely at many of the world's major religions and histories as objectively as possible accounting for the natural bias that is a part of the human condition." It narrows it down and it's easier to tell what it is that you are talking about. Otherwise, I'm left wondering if you considered the mating habits of the Greater Short-horned Lizard in your search for understanding the world and finding your place in it. Now, not to mock you, but to give evidence to what I'm saying, I'm going to change some "things" to other words so you can better see what I'm saying.
"I have much to guide me in choosing these paths, i have my experiences and the sum of the microwaves I have [used] both through what I have been taught, what I have studied, and what I have seen with my own eyes. I have confirmed many delicious TV dinners that I had long held to be true but had never experienced personally, and I have changed my mind on many breakfast burritos I had been told were true. These were dinners that I took for granted when I was younger because they were meals that I would not experience for a long time, or were culinary travesties that were of no concern to me then."
This all serves to give me absolutely no idea what you are talking about until I get half way through when you say, "So in my attempts to create a more accurate understanding of the world, I have changed many long held beliefs, principle among those beliefs is my faith in god. I do not believe in god." The writer always knows what he or she is saying, but I as a reader and given only this letter, have zero idea that this is what someone is trying to tell me. Throw all that on top of a opener that has me worried about suicide and now I'm really concerned.
As Strega mentioned, toss out the "you." Using second person pronouns can put people on the defensive. It's a psychological mechanism that can get in the way of someone understanding what is being said. Use it when necessary as in the case of giving advice, criticism, commands or purposefully directing comments towards someone, but otherwise it should be avoided because it unintentionally directs comments at someone that they might find offensive or not relatable at all.
Over all, the second half is pretty good. It gives a brief overview of why without being disrespectful or giving an impression that she's dumb for still believing and ends on a personal and appreciative note. Clear up the first half and consider your wording so that the reader understands what is being said, make some paragraphs as necessary, and it'll be pretty excellent.
Good luck!
I have changed many long held beliefs, principle among those beliefs is my faith in god. I do not believe in god.
I know it's a nit... but it's principal when it's the most important or first item, and principle when it's a rule.
I also agree with pretty much everything that's been said up to now.
Despite the authoritarianism in the Catholic schools my dad sent his kids to, nuns again and again described faith as a gift. When I was able to shrug off the hellfire they'd promised, I started telling people no one had given me that gift.
I ignore the painstakingly crafted definitions I see on atheist websites.


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In 1967 the surgeon general of the United States, William Stewart, declared that it was time to "close the book on infectious diseases." At that time— thanks to vaccines, drugs, and improved sanitation— we seemed to have won the war against germs. Although many infectious diseases have indeed been conquered, the last few decades have brought new threats.
The microbial world is continuously evolving and producing new infectious agents, and with an increase in travel and the shipping of goods worldwide, the new agents can spread like wildfire.
To meet these challenges, scientists have developed powerful new techniques in molecular biology and genetic engineering. Improved understanding of disease processes has led to new vaccines and drugs—as well as entirely new ideas about the fight against disease.
To develop new vaccines, scientists identify protective antigens, which are parts of microbes likely to stimulate immunity that will protect against disease. Then, using genetic engineering, they make many copies of the corresponding genes (DNA). That DNA can be used to make DNA vaccines and vector vaccines, which may soon be available for use in humans.
DNA vaccines are often "naked" DNA (not associated with a cell or a virus) that carry instructions for making protective antigens. When the DNA is injected into tissue, nearby cells take it up and produce the antigens. The immune response against the protective antigens will defend the body against future infection with the living organism.
To make vector vaccines, the genes for the protective antigens are inserted into or recombined with the genetic material of otherwise harmless bacteria or viruses (vectors) and injected into people. As the vectors multiply in the body, they expose the immune system to the protective antigens, stimulating active immunity against the harmful organism.
Dendritic cell-based vaccines are also being developed, notably to fight cancer and infectious diseases on a large geographic scale. Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells, able to show or present bits of foreign proteins to the immune system. In addition, dendritic cells are the body's sentinels and sensors, performing dozens of other tasks that lead to the initiation and control of most immune responses. To harness the biology of dendritic cells in vaccine design, two approaches are being developed. In treating cancer, and recently AIDS, dendritic cells removed from the patient's blood are stimulated to reproduce in the laboratory, "loaded" with protective antigens, and then returned to the body. In another approach being developed for HIV and malaria, vaccine proteins are being directly guided to dendritic cells in the body, making antigen presentation hundreds of times more efficient. Vaccine designers are now turning to principles of immunology to devise better and more effective strategies.
Preventive vaccines thwart infections and diseases a person might get in the future, but researchers are also working on vaccines to fight diseases a person already has. These are called therapeutic vaccines. For example, several experiments are under way to develop vaccines that may help stimulate the immune system to fight the long-term effects of HIV infection. Therapeutic vaccines against hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and malaria are also under investigation.
A promising experimental vaccine can help prevent shingles, a painful condition caused by reactivation of latent chicken pox virus. After a bout of chicken pox, the virus may not be completely eliminated from the body, remaining latent in nerve cells for decades. When the body ages, and the immune system starts to decline, the virus may reactivate. The reactivated virus spreads along the infected nerves to the skin, causing shingles, a painful rash that may result in permanent, painful nerve damage. The shingles vaccine, a stronger version of the children's chicken pox vaccine, has been shown to decrease the incidence of shingles or result in milder disease with fewer complications.
Researchers also hope to use therapeutic vaccines to treat Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and some allergic and autoimmune diseases. These vaccines can target specific cells and molecules (rather than an infectious organism) to interrupt the disease process.
Cancer is one of the most active areas of research into therapeutic vaccines, and researchers hope their findings will lead to the development of preventive vaccines as well. Current therapies for cancer, such as radiation and chemotherapy, can damage healthy cells and cause severe side effects. Researchers hope to develop vaccines that teach the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells more effectively, without damaging healthy cells. This can be tricky, because cancer cells are not foreign invaders but the body's own cells gone awry.
Tumor cell vaccines use killed cancer cells that are altered to make them better at stimulating the immune system. Tumor antigen vaccines use tumor-specific proteins to stimulate immune responses against living tumor cells. To make them, scientists identify proteins that are present in cancer cells but not in normal cells. They then must find ways to use these proteins or antigens to stimulate a strong immune response from the patient's immune system, in other words, by targeting them to reach appropriate dendritic cells. Additional exciting strategies include drawing on the ways the tumor suppresses an immune attack; these evasion mechanisms can be neutralized, allowing for more effective immunity.
Dendritic cell vaccines against cancer have shown promise in clinical trials. DNA vaccines are also being developed to treat cancer. Some of these vaccines use naked DNA, like the vaccines described above. Other DNA vaccines use a more complicated approach: cells taken from the patient are engineered with appropriate genetic material to make tumor-specific proteins and then returned to the patient. DNA vaccines against some human cancers, including melanoma, leukemia, and prostate cancer, are being tested in clinical trials
Another new threat to our health has come not from infectious organisms or cancer, but from our own immune systems. Since the 1950s, Western industrialized countries have seen a doubling of allergic diseases (such as asthma, hay fever, and eczema) and autoimmune diseases (such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn's disease, a disease of the small intestine characterized by diarrhea, cramping, and loss of appetite and weight). The reason for this increase is not well understood.
Some scientists say these diseases have been around all along, but doctors are diagnosing them more often. Others blame pollution, stress, or the presence of more allergens in our homes. It may be all of these, but it may also be because we are, in fact, too clean.
Life for most people in the developed world has changed dramatically in the last century. Fewer people live on farms, our water supply is safer, and people are having fewer children. Researchers, noting that people who grew up on farms, with many siblings, or with serious childhood diseases are less likely to develop allergies and asthma, have proposed the "hygiene hypothesis," which states that the absence of childhood diseases might somehow increase the likelihood of developing allergies. Others have proposed that harmless microbes found in the soil, on farms, and in our intestines teach the immune system to react appropriately to the antigens it encounters. Researchers are attempting to identify the "friendly bacteria" or other environmental factors that might help prevent allergic disease.
To keep us healthy, the elements of the immune response must be carefully controlled. Too little immune activity leaves the body susceptible to infections and cancer. Too much activity may result in autoimmunity or allergic diseases. A special group of T cells called regulatory T cells, or Treg cells, are attracting significant attention because of their critical role in keeping the immune system balanced. They seem to be able to dampen harmful immune responses in a selective way. Regulatory T cells are part of the immune tolerance system mentioned previously, but unlike the T cells discussed earlier, they do not generate protective immunity. Instead they suppress immunity, particularly immunity to self and harmless proteins in the environment. Without Treg cells we would all suffer, and could even die, from autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.
Research is under way to prevent or treat allergic and autoimmune diseases and to improve the success rate for organ transplants by improving Treg cell function. Without effective Treg cells, the immune response is more likely to overreact to harmless antigens (resulting in allergy) or react against the body itself (causing autoimmunity).
Many current treatments for allergic and autoimmune diseases suppress the immune system in a nonspecific way, leaving patients more susceptible to infections. The aim with Treg cells is to reduce harmful immune functions specifically, leaving disease-fighting functions intact.
In contrast, scientists are also researching ways to inhibit or destroy specific Treg cells. This might stimulate the immune system to fight cancer or infectious diseases, or make vaccines more effective.
Modern technologies have allowed new insights into health and disease. New understanding may also allow us to control the immune system, preventing and treating allergic and autoimmune diseases. New strategies to strengthen the immune system may help us at last "close the book" on cancer, infectious diseases, and even autoimmune diseases.
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A series of case studies by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has revealed the economic contribution of drylands needs to be revalued
Drylands are not wastelands. That is the message from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which is calling for the contributions of drylands to national and international economies to be revalued.
Recent case studies have shown that pastoralist economies need to be better accommodated in national development planning. In the vast dry region of Agadez in Niger, for example, pastoralism represents the main source of cash income to households (46%). Almost half of this value, in turn, can be attributed to wild fodder from extensive grazing. The value of some other non-timber forest products collected from drylands is estimated at more than 7% of national GDP, almost double the value reported in official national accounts.
Joshua Bishop, IUCN's Senior Economic Adviser, said: "Many direct use values, such as the provision of fuel wood, fodder and traditional medicines, are either not estimated or are seriously under-valued in official economic statistics, leading to neglect by policy-makers and under-investment in sustainable management".
In another example, Kgalagadi District, in the southwestern corner of Botswana, constitutes about 10.5% of the country's total area. The district has an average annual rainfall of 150mm in the south to 250mm in the north, however the rain is very erratic and the region is subject to periodic drought.
Based on the study results, dryland ecosystem services in the Kgalagadi District contributed a 191,260 USD to Botswana's Gross National Income in 2006. This is a significant contribution considering the low population density and the levels of poverty in the district. Of this, almost 50% came from wild plants, such as the medicinal plant Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum spp). In terms of net annual private profit, the largest contribution to household incomes was from livestock production (1,124 USD per household) followed by the utilization of wild plants (USD 270 per household). However, it was found that livestock production contributed little to the asset value of the study area, since it generates minimal economic rent.
Masego Madzwamuse, Regional Development Officer for IUCN Southern Africa, said: "The Botswana study raises some fundamental challenges for national and economic planning. Local populations, for instance, derive no formal benefits from their knowledge on medicinal plants through patents or royalties. At the same time, veldt product markets are not formalized and remain underdeveloped and invisible in formal land use and investment plans at national and district levels.
"Our study also revealed a failure to pay attention to gender roles. Village institutions generally support male dominated livelihood strategies such as cattle farming thus contributing to greater poverty of female headed households."
In Kenya, the national livestock herd has been estimated at 33.4 million head, with 46% of this herd (or 15.2 million livestock) kept by pastoralists. Pastoral livestock holdings have a capital value of approximately USD860 million with an annual off-take for meat and hides worth about USD69.3 million for both subsistence and sale. As pastoralists in Kenya generally manage livestock for milk not meat, the total value of the milk production from the drylands (approximately USD134.6 million per annum) is nearly twice that of the value of slaughter off-take.
Edmund Barrow, Forest and Dryland Conservation and Social Policy Coordinator for IUCN Eastern Africa, said: "The Kenya study shows the need to better accommodate pastoralist economies in national development planning. For instance there is a need to strengthen local livestock markets and to add value to dairy products. Fuel wood and charcoal contribute 99.3% of the energy in the Turkana District in Kenya, representing nearly 80,000 tons of fuel wood with a value of about USD2.9 million per year. These figures are similar for other dryland areas. Realistically it will take some time (even decades) for alternative energy sources to replace fuel wood. We thus have to provide adequate policy and development interventions that provide incentives for sustainable dryland restoration."
Joshua Bishop, IUCN's Senior Economic Adviser, said: "Given that the majority of the people living in drylands are among the poorest of the world, there is a need to better account for the value that dryland ecosystems contribute to national and international economies and to plan development interventions accordingly:"
Marc Garreau, Regional Programme Coordinator, IUCN West Africa, said: "Some of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, like the one in Niger, make already an explicit link between poverty and the environment. The challenge is now to act accordingly – so far only 2% of the funds for the PRSP are earmarked for the environmental sector."
Edmund Barrow said: "This is especially important given that we cannot expect a green revolution in drylands. Dryland ecosystems are constrained by erratic and variable rainfall, but if we build on the traditional knowledge and risk strategies of local people and reward them for their contribution to maintaining nationally and globally important ecosystem services such as soil conservation, climate regulation or carbon sequestration, we can improve their livelihoods and fight poverty while improving their risk management strategies."
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Link to full case studies:
- "The Real Jewels of the Kalahari: Drylands Ecosystem Goods and Services in Kgalagadi South District, Botswana" by Masego Madzwamuse, Brigitte Schuster and Bertha Nherera. The World Conservation Union (IUCN); South Africa 2007.
English [PDF - 534 KB]
- "Kenya's Drylands – Wastelands or an Undervalued National Economic Resource" by Edmund Barrow and Hezron Mogaka. The World Conservation Union (IUCN); Kenya 2007.
English [PDF - 861 KB]
- "A preliminary assessment of the economic value of the goods and services provided by dryland ecosystems of the Aïr and Ténéré (Niger)" by Abdoulaye Zonon. The World Conservation Union (IUCN); Burkina Faso 2007.
English [PDF - 481 KB]
For more information or to set up interviews, please contact:
Currently at the UNCCD COP8, Spain:
Edmund Barrow, Coordinator, Forest & Dryland Conservation, and Social Policy, IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi; Mobile: +353-870-540797,
Email: [email protected]; Web: Ecosystems
In Switzerland:
Sarah Halls, IUCN Media Relations Officer, Tel: +41 22 999 0127; Fax: +41 22 999 0020;
Email: [email protected]; Web: www.iucn.org
IUCN at the UNCCD COP8
IUCN is organizing a side event on this topic on Tuesday 11 September 2007 at 6pm at the UNCCD COP8 in Madrid.
About the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Created in 1948, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, 800 plus NGOs, and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
The Union is the world's largest environmental knowledge network and has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. The Union is a multicultural, multilingual organization with 1,000 staff located in 62 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.
More information can be found at www.iucn.org


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OK, so I couldn't actually say this phrase in Portuguese, but I sure asked to look at plenty of European's refrigerators — in English.
I spent the last couple weeks in Portugal visiting a friend (we also traveled to France and Italy), and along the way I invaded the privacy of every kitchen appliance I came across; Rita's friends wondered why I was so interested in their dishwashers. Why wouldn't I be?
My apologies for the lack of photos, but I don't own a camera and decided snapping cell phone pictures of near strangers' kitchens could wear out my welcome.
So here's what I learned about Europe, through the lens of appliance blogger.
"Dryers are for emergencies"
That's what my friend Rita said when showing me the Bosch laundry pair installed under the counter in the kitchen of her house, which would be considered a condo in the states. Nearly all the clothes I washed during my trip were hung on the balcony to dry and later ironed — even the towels! All over Lisbon, clothes hung from lines strung out windows and across balconies. It was quite the sight.
In my world of Midwest blizzards and crumpled clothing, irons are for emergencies and a steam Electrolux dryer a lifesaver.
Food must be fresh
Rita's mother went to the market nearly every day for produce, bread, fish and queijo fresco ("fresh cheese"). The 24-inch wide refrigerator gave little space to bottom freezer compartment, which contained frozen vegetables and soups used — again — "only for emergencies."
At least in the houses I visited, going to the market often was part of the culture. (Then again, so was double parking on busy metropolitan streets.) But without a built-in icemaker (one Siemens brand refrigerator had smart vertical ice cube trays built-in to the front of the freezer drawers) or water dispenser, there's more room in the refrigerator for eggs. The Portuguese cook with A LOT of eggs, I learned. My favorite use of egg yolks? Pastel de nata.
I often feel like I eat more out of my freezer than my fridge. I love frozen veggies and meats for stir-fry that don't have to be prepared within days of a grocery shopping trip. Plus, I grew up in a house freezer jams, soups and casseroles. Most of my fruit sits on the counter.
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"Standard" American cooktops and ranges are 30 inches wide. Proud owners of pro-style cooking products, however, enjoy a cooking space up to 60 inches (yes, that's 5 feet).
Most of the cooktops and ranges I saw were a slim 24 inches, or "apartment-sized" in Warners' Stellian store speak. Still, I enjoyed multiple-course dinners that — had I not already given the kitchen a good up-and-down — I would've never guessed was prepared in such relatively cramped surfaces.
I regret now not asking whether a whole turkey could fit in the oven, easily the benchmark for cooking capacity concerns here in America. Then again, being blond-haired and blue-eyed got me enough strange looks in Portugal.
I do have a devoted love to the kind of appliances I grew up with — the kind my grandpa and dad and aunts and uncles sold. But I can appreciate the way that Europeans do things differently, sometimes even better, maybe.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Tombstone Tuesday: John & Emily (Morgan) Kilpatrick
John Milton Kilpatrick headstone, Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, October, 2011. (Photos courtesy of John Hinton; see bottom of post for copyright info.)
John Milton Kilpatrick and Emily Coleman Morgan are my 3rd-great-grandparents, the great-grandparents of my maternal grandfather Alvin Jasper Stevenson. In a bit of genealogical serendipity, posting their headstone photos has led to the discovery of a new cousin.
A few months ago, I was discussing Kilpatricks via e-mail with a couple of cousins, and I noticed that that John & Emily were listed on Find a Grave, so I thought I'd request photos of their headstones. A wonderful volunteer, John Hinton, posted photos within only a couple of days! (This is not necessarily typical or even expected.) Click the name within each photo caption here to go to their Find a Grave pages.
Anyhoo, when I contacted John again to ask if I could post these photos on my blog, I noticed he had added some surname interests to his Find a Grave contributor page. One of them was Stevenson (my mom's family). John was posting photos from North Louisiana (where Mom's from), so I had to ask. Yes, we're cousins! Fifth cousins, I think. Our common ancestor is James Stevenson, Jr.
But back to the Kilpatricks:
John was born 6 Feb. 1824 in Franklin County, Tennessee, and married Emily there on 28 Dec 1843. He died 3 Apr. 1863 (according to his headstones; one researcher I trust has 18 Apr, so I will have to ask about the source), probably in Arcadia, Louisiana, where he lived. Granddaughter Loda Duckworth said his father's name was Tom Kilpatrick, but I don't think this has been proven as of yet. (If you're up on the current research of this family, let me know. I have not done in-depth research on the line.)
Emily Coleman Morgan Kilpatrick headstone, Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, October, 2011.
Emily was born 28 Dec. 1820 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to John William Morgan and Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Coleman. She died 14 May 1899 in either Arcadia or Athens, Louisiana.
John Milton Kilpatrick headstone (older broken stone), Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, October, 2011.
Thanks to "Tombstone Tuesday" prompts at Geneabloggers (which prompted me to "inventory" my direct line for grave info), my Kilpatrick cousins, Find a Grave, and especially cousin John, I've now "virtually" visited my 3rd-great grandparents' graves, and met a new cousin. Happy dance!
Want more sources? See my preceding post here.
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