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A mother has said she faced a police investigation after her newborn baby suffered a heart attack that investigators later concluded was probably caused by excessive magnesium in a hospital feed.
Frances Blacklock's son Mason was born by Caesarean section in February 2012 and needed surgery to reposition his bowel and correct a birth defect.
After the operation, he was transferred back to University College London Hospital, where he was born, and began to breathe on his own.
But Ms Blacklock said she received a call saying his condition had worsened.
"I was told to come to the hospital as soon as possible, as Mason was back on an incubator," she said. "When I got there, he was also on a ventilator and looked grey. It was horrific but no one could tell what had happened."
Irwin Mitchell, which is acting for the mother of two from Barnet, north London, claimed she was told Mason had suffered a cardiac arrest and also that police would be investigating, amid concerns that he could have been poisoned.
A year-long investigation by the hospital, Metropolitan Police and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) eventually concluded that the illness was caused by excessive magnesium found in the intravenous feed given to the baby, according to the law firm.
Ms Blacklock has now instructed lawyers to obtain redress from the manufacturer of the feed.
She said: "The investigation was awful, even my partner and I had to be eliminated from suspicion. To be involved in something like that was just heartbreaking, especially when all we cared about was Mason getting better."
Mason survived and is now two and a half and his mother said she hopes he is on his way to a full recovery.
Ms Blacklock and her legal team called for a review of safety regulations after recent, separate, cases which saw several babies struck down with blood poisoning from a suspected contaminated drip.
She said: "We want to know how these problems happened and what is being done to prevent them from happening again. No one else should have to face what we have been through and lessons must be learned."
David Body, a partner at Irwin Mitchell who is representing the mother and her son, said the recent reports have "shone a spotlight on this issue".
He said: "Understandably, parents also expect that the safety of the medical products with which their children are treated in hospital will be of the highest standard, which is why it is vital that the MHRA takes steps to regulate these products as closely as possible in future and ensure that the highest safety standards are upheld - parents of children in neonatal intensive care need that reassurance."
An MHRA spokesman said it takes such incidents "very seriously" and confirmed it carried out an investigation with police.
He said: "The investigation concluded that the most likely cause of this incident was a manufacturing error that saw excessive magnesium included in the product. We oversaw the implementation of a thorough corrective action plan by the manufacturer to minimise the risk of this happening again."
A Scotland Yard spokesman said specialist detectives investigated the circumstances of an incident involving "abnormal readings" taken from the baby's blood samples.
He added that the investigation concluded last year that there had been no criminal offence, no one was arrested and no further action was taken.
The manufacturer of the feed was not available for comment.
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Ten-year-old Emma Marie Siebert wowed the judges at Cheyenne Frontier Days when she took first place during the preshow of a nationally known country band.
"They were blown away because of her age and her singing skills," said Cindy Siebert, Emma Marie's mother. "They said put 10 years on her and just watch out."
Emma Marie of Loveland won alternate in the Northern Colorado Big Country's Got Talent competition at the Greeley Stampede and placed first in the finals at Cheyenne Frontier Days. The top three contenders from Greeley and the top three from Big Country's Cheyenne competition competed for first place July 23, before the Florida-Georgia Line concert attended by 18,000 fans.
"I just love doing it," said Emma Marie, a rising fifth-grader at Loveland Classical Schools, about singing. "I could do it all day. It's so fun."
The judges evaluated the contenders on their voice, appearance and stage presence, Cindy said.
"When she was singing, the whole crowd was going nuts. To hear all these people roaring, it was crazy," Cindy said. "She's got a good stage presence. She's able to show emotion in her singing."
Emma Marie sang a song she wrote, "Whispers of Love," about a poem her birth mother gave her when she was few months old. She began writing music when she started playing guitar last fall and has written three songs so far.
"It's about her whispering to me that she loves me," Emma Marie said.
Emma Marie's younger sister, Mia, 5, also adopted, liked the song Emma Marie wrote.
"She wrote a song, and it's beautiful because it's called 'Whispers of Love' and that's a beautiful name," Mia said. "She has a beautiful voice, and I want to join in."
Following Emma Marie's performance, a woman in her 20s came up to her in tears and told her the song touched her because she also is adopted.
"That just means more than anything because Emma Marie really wants to touch people's lives with her music and inspire people," Cindy said.
Cindy, a music teacher, recognized Emma Marie's talent right away, she said.
"I could tell she had a voice in her by the time she was 18 months old," she said. "She was born with it. It's just a gift."
Emma Marie is a member of the auditioned Centennial Children's Chorus in Fort Collins and has been in several local musicals.
In October, she plans to record the songs she's written, plus additional songs she plans to write, at a Fort Collins recording studio to help promote her singing, Cindy said.
"I want to keep touching people with my music," Emma Marie said.
Contact Reporter-Herald Staff Writer Shelley Widhalm at 970-669-5050 or email@example.com. Follow her at twitter.com/ShelleyWidhalm.

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The advanced manual controls and features are accessed via a graphical menu system on
the color LCD. The 4-way rocker switch and the buttons above and below it are used to
navigate menus and select options.
This is the Mode menu, it's activated when in record by pressing the Mode button on the top of the camera. Unlike other cameras that have a physical dial selector the QV-3000EX uses an onscreen menu to select the desired operational mode.
This is the Picture menu the user is presented with when in Record mode when the Menu button is pressed. Options are clearly marked and easy to navigate using the 4-way rocker switch next to the LCD.
Image size of 2048x1536 or 1024x768 can be selected and your choice of
three JPG image compression levels (Fine, Normal, Economy). You can also
select the desired amount of image sharpening (Hard, Normal, Soft), color
saturation (High, Normal, Low) and contrast (High, Normal, Low).
This is the Functions1 menu screen, here you can select the Drive Mode (Single or Continuous), Metering (Multi, Center, Spot), White Balance (Auto, Manual, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Flourescent), Flash Intensity (Normal, Strong, Weak), Sensitivity (Normal, +1, +2, +3).
The variable sensitivity relates to ISO values of 100, 180, 300, and 500. When using the higher ISO values the images are visibly noisy especially if used in conjunction with longer shutter speeds.
The variable flash output intensity is a nice feature that allows you to use
any amount of flash desired for fill or macro operations. The QV-3000's
redeye reduction mode emits the usual pre-flash which I find to be good only
to make sure your subjects have their eyes closed when the actual picture
is taken.
Speaking of white balance, here's that menu screen including a manual white
balance setting option -- which all digicams should have but few do. And
a really neat feature is the live onscreen preview so you can "see" what
the different white balance values do in realtime.
This is the Functions2 menu screen, here you can select Movie mode
(Normal, Past), Digital Zoom (Off/On), Color (Color, B&W, Sepia),
Grid (On/off), Time Stamp (Off, YMD, D H:M, YMD H:M).
This is the Options menu screen, here you select the power saving
settings for the camera or select the user-configurable Mode1 or Mode2
This is the Setup menu screen, here you can select the type of Card Browser you want generated (Off, Type 1, 2, 3, 4). This is a really neat feature as the camera generates HTML-formatted pages to display the index of your pictures. You can use Netscape or IE to "browse" your stored images, see my QV-2000 sample pictures page, this was created in the camera itself.
The other options are: Format a memory
card. Specify the format of the Date information. Set the Video Out
signal for NTSC or PAL. Set the menu language (English, Japanese).
And turn the Beep tone On or Off.
Note: All photographs and page content
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Nothing on this page may be used, distributed or
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For anyone who has ever wanted to ride a train with a dinosaur, meet a vampire or write a book, Sunday is the day.
The eighth annual Orange County Children's Book Festival will bring authors, storytellers and illustrators together from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road.
The free event will feature Grammy Award winner Bunny Hull for a story and music at 10:50 a.m.; Robin Preiss Glasser, the illustrator of the bestselling series "Fancy Nancy" at 11:45 a.m.; David Horvath, the co-creator of Uglydoll, at 12:30 p.m.; and comedian Molly Shannon, author of "Tilly the Trickster," at 1:20 p.m.
Kids can ride the Dinosaur Train with Buddy the Dinosaur at 12:25 p.m.; Whiplash Kids Band will perform 80s music at 1:45 p.m.; "Beautiful Creatures" author Kami Garcia will read from her new book at 1:45 p.m. and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress and author of the Calliope Reaper Series Amber Benson will take the stage at 4 p.m.
There will also be exotic animals and a petting zoo.
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Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane have split again, a rep for the "Hung" star told People.
"The split is completely amicable and their prime focus is their daughter," the rep told the magazine. "They ask that their privacy be respected at this time."
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While the couple looked loved-up on the red carpet at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards back in January, in recent weeks, Jane had hit the red carpet solo, including at June's "Hung" premiere and late last month at the Los Angeles premiere of "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," a film in which he has a cameo.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Arquette had originally filed for divorce from Jane in January 2009, but court records showed in July 2009 that the "Medium" star was granted a dismissal of the divorce case.
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The couple married in May 2006 and have a daughter together – Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane — who was born in 2003.
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Identifying the Myths About Google+
You may feel overwhelmed by the amount of social media channels that seem to come at you from all directions. You may feel that you have chosen those social media channels that make the most sense to you and you don't really need any others. Well, Google+ is well worth reconsidering.
The value of Google+ and the myths that surround it
No matter which social media channels you have chosen to use (and interact with other members), you should definitely try to make room in your repository for Google+. Google+ has been referred to as a social layer that highlights many of its best online features. If you have heard "some talk" about Google+ but you don't really know it well at all, it is time for you to not only get to know Google+ but also to become well acquainted with the truth and the myths about that particular social media tool. Unfortunately, there are several myths surrounding Google+ and if you know what those are, in turn, you will be able to use the tool effectively and successfully for your business.
Google+ is a run-of-the-mill social media network: The truth of this is that Google+ is an extremely strong and effective social media network, not to mention the fact that it is paired with Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Analytics, Google Images, Google Search, Google Finance, Google Docs, and Google Wallet. Google+ pretty much gives you an extremely comprehensive way to do anything you want to do and you can find everything in one place. It is a self-contained unit.
Google+ is going nowhere: The fact of the matter is that Google+ has millions upon millions of people who are using it on a regular basis. Additionally, that number is only increasing.
Google+ only hold an interest for technical people: This myth could not be further from the truth. Google+ serves an extremely wide variety of people and communities with a huge amount and variety of wants and needs. It allows everyone who is connected to access influencers and subject matter experts in every imaginable field. Google+ serves as a wonderful resource for people who wish to connect with just about anyone they can think of.
Google+ is not user-friendly: This is just not true. In fact, Google+ has a large number of extremely user-friendly features (at no cost to the user), which can do all sorts of incredible things. Those features can help you to bring your business to the next level quite easily. A large number of those tools can only be found on Google+ and they are totally integrated with the platform. It is extremely user-friendly.
There is nothing unique about Google+: The reality of this is that Google+ is totally unique and, in fact, has many features that you can't find on any other social media platform. If you compare it to Facebook or LinkedIn, the resounding difference is that they are independent platforms (without integration) whereas Google+ is fully integrated with all of the different parts of Google (which means a lot). Additionally, it is all free. Your online connections can have access to everything and your audience has the potential to grow in so many different directions. With Google+, you can connect with both public and private social communities. However, if you want some of your posts to stay private, you can control that and they won't show up in everyone's searches. On the other hand, your search engine rankings will remain solid. In other words, your content will be properly and appropriately optimized.
If you are on the fence about whether to connect on Google+, you should bear in mind that you will be doing yourself and your business a disservice if you don't get involved with it. One of the main motivating factors for this is the search results that other people will receive. Of course, when it comes to connecting with other people, you should think about how you want to do that most effectively; however, Google+ gives you many effective options for doing that. It is definitely worth reconsidering!
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His expertise includes business analysis; project management; management of global cross-matrix teams; systems engineering and analysis, architecture, prototyping and integration; technology evaluation and assessment; systems development; performance evaluation; and management of off-shore development.
Mr. Cohn earned a Master's degree in project management from George Washington University in Washington, DC; and a Master's degree in computer science and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ.


text: The GranTurismo is a singular blend of the heritage of the Tridente, of Pininfarina's great design tradition and a modern look. As long as the Quattroporte but with only two doors, a real 2+2 and not just a car with 2 front seats and 2 minimalist r ear seats. It's so impressive that, looking forward from the front of its imposing nose, the sides, roof or rear end are hidden from view. It skillfully blends a soft, flowing sculpture with sharp, angular details to create the most extreme, luxurious three-dimensional GranTurismo.


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Australian Airline REFUSES Woman To Board A Flight
Australia's budget airline TigerAir won't apologise for refusing to allow a distressed woman who was rushing to see her sister who was in a hospital, just three minutes after check-in had closed.
The Melbourne woman booked a flight straight after learning her sister had been hit by a truck in Sydney and might have her legs amputated.
After being unable to check-in for her flight, Lenny was told TigerAir would not allow her onto the flight, even though it was not taking off for 42 minutes.
"I could barely speak because I was crying so much, but all the [Tiger employee] said was: 'Do you want to pay $92 for the next flight?'," Lenny told The New Daily.
A spokesperson for the airline said that their policy was not flexible: "We aim to be efficient and cut complexity in the right areas to pass on the most competitive fares to our customers," they said.
Lenny told the website that she had become very stressed by the whole experience as "The website wouldn't let me to check-in online, so I had called Tiger on the way, and they said I would have to do check-in when I got there," she said.
Lenny was told she was three minutes too late, and the system had locked her out.
"I was getting more and more upset and worrying about what was happening in Sydney," said Lenny, who only knew that her sister had gone into emergency surgery.
"I said my sister had been in an accident, and I was trying to get to Sydney, but [the employee] wouldn't even acknowledge what I was saying."
"She just kept asking if I wanted to get on a later flight."
Lenny paid the extra $92 fee, but once she had passed security, her first flight had still not boarded at all.
TigerAir has not apologised for the incident saying "Our check-in desks close strictly 45 minutes before departure.
"We encourage customers to aim to arrive 90 minutes before their flight to provide ample time to check-in and to allow for unforeseen delays on the journey to the airport."


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Who is responsible for defining these objectives? Often times, I find that clients have minimal knowledge of the web and it's full capabilities. Therefore, their suggested objectives and calls to action seem flawed. Obviously, they know their product best, but in terms of marketing it on the web, they're experience is limited.
Where should the line be drawn between helping them establish these objectives and simply planing, designing and developing their site?


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Author Notes: Amanda and I were recently in Boston and dropped by one of my old stomping grounds, Flour Bakery and Cafe in the South End. I worked there for a short while when I lived in Boston and was eager to catch up with the owner, Joanne Chang. Radiant, and generous as always with both her time and her baked goods, Joanne chatted with us for a bit and then sent us on our way with a box chock full of various sweet treats. Tucked in among the chocolate was one of my longtime favorites, Flour's cornmeal lime cookie. As Amanda and I were munching away, I thought about trying to replicate the cookie's bright, warm flavors, along with the delicate crunch that you only get from cornmeal. Since I've made Claudia Fleming's recipe for Cornmeal-Nut Biscotti (with orange zest, rosemary and anise) from The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern many times successfully, I thought that would be a good place to start. Joanne's cookies are much softer than biscotti, but I thought I'd be able to achieve the same basic mix of textures and flavors. By keeping to Claudia's technique but removing the nuts and replacing the other flavorings with lime zest, I'd keep the biscotti simple, finishing them off with a nice, tart glaze. —Merrill Stubbs
Makes: about 24 biscotti
tablespoons unsalted butter
zest of 2 limes, divided in half
cup all-purpose flour
cup coarse yellow cornmeal
Pinch salt
cup sugar
teaspoon baking soda
large eggs
cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat, then remove from the heat and stir in the zest of one lime. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and baking soda. (You may want to use an electric mixer on low speed for the next few steps.)
- Stir in two of the eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add the cooled butter and combine thoroughly. Let the dough sit for a few minutes.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment. Divide the dough in half, and with wet hands, mold each half into a long, thin log about 1 inch wide. Place one log in the center of each cookie sheet (the dough will spread significantly while cooking).
- Lightly beat the remaining egg with a tablespoon of water. Brush the top and sides of each log with the egg and bake until golden brown, 20-30 minutes. Let the logs cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes, and lower the oven heat to 200 degrees.
- Using a serrated knife, cut the logs on the diagonal into 1/4-inch slices. Arrange the slices on the parchment-lined cookie sheets and bake for about an hour, until crisp. Cool completely on wire racks before making the glaze.
- For the glaze, stir together the zest of the second lime, the confectioners' sugar and the lime juice. Drizzle this over the biscotti while it is liquid (it will start to crust if you let it sit for too long).
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Choosing to forgo a legal career and instead blog about motorcycles for a living, I of course have to comment on an interesting case that is about to hit a federal court in South Carolina, which concerns whether motorcyclists have a constitutional right to perform a burnout on their motorcycles. Before we all have a collective eyeroll on legitimizing squidly behavior on city streets, consider the central fact of this case is that the behavior in question was not preformed on a public road, but instead on private property.
The issue here stems from a biker hangout know for its burnout competitions, as Suck Bang Blow of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina found its permit for hosting biker parties to include an interesting outright ban on motorcycle burnouts for the 2012 rally season. This differs a bit from previous years, as past permits from Horry County simply limited the hours and locations that such activities could occur (from noon to 9pm, at the back of the building).
Calling the noise from the burnouts a nuisance, the county has banned all burnouts within its borders, stating it has the right to do so under state law (presumably that reasoning stems from basic nuisance analysis in tort law). SBB disagrees however, and after winning an emergency injunction, has taken the case to federal court. Arguing that burnouts are a protected form of speech that display male machismo (our words, not theirs), the biker bar hopes that federal judges will find that the act of performing a burnout is an action protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.


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The Hope women's basketball team has been picked to repeat as Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion during the 2013-14 season.
The Flying Dutch topped the preseason coaches poll announced today.
Hope claimed all eight possible first-place votes to top the poll with eight points. Coaches could not vote for their own teams. The Flying Dutch shared the MIAA regular-season championship with Calvin last season.
Calvin is second in the poll with 15 points, while Olivet is third with 21. Both teams split a first-place vote.
The rest of the MIAA preseason poll features Adrian (38), Albion (41), Trine (42), Alma (43), Saint Mary's (51) and Kalamazoo (64).
Coach Brian Morehouse's Flying Dutch tip off the season on Nov. 15-16 when they played at the North Central (Ill.) Tournament.
The Flying Dutch start league play on Nov. 19 when they travel to Calvin.


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A dinner with 22 whiskiesPosted by Martin Field on 21 August 2012 in Food and Wine
Everybody has wine and food matching favourites but I have not come across a whisky and food matching dinner before. Until that is, Hobart-based writer, Greg Stanton reported on one he hosted.
We're all doing well down here in Hobart although the cooler weather has hit with a vengeance. One of the things we decided to do to keep us warm was have a whisky-inspired dinner at home.
A few months back I bought a recipe book from the Laphroaig distillery online shop – The Whisky Kitchen: 100 Ways with Whisky and Food by Sheila McConachie and Graham Harvey.
I was hard-pressed to whittle down the diverse choice of recipes to a manageable three-course dinner.
The original idea was to match the dishes with the whiskies that were used in the cooking, but then there were some other fantastic choices in the cabinet that were difficult to leave out. It's like choosing a favourite child, but then again an Edradour 10 year old doesn't cry out in the middle of the night like a four month old.
There were eight of us and I pulled out 22 bottles of single malt, hoping that people would help me deplete stocks but also to taste ones they've never tried. Read the rest of this entry


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INDIO>> English electronic-inspired quartet Rudimental packed the Mojave Tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday with their electronic interludes, melodic lyrics and choreographed dance. The crowd surrounded the tent from all sides and even during their performance, more people kept attempting to push inside to see the group.
This was the group's first time at Coachella and all the members of their group danced around the stage during the performance, with the exception of their drummer, who waved his sticks wildly instead.
During the middle of their set, the speakers blew out on one side of the stage, plummeting an entire side of the venue into muffled sounds carried over from the other speakers. Some people tried to push to the other side where the speakers still worked, but others stayed put and never missed a beat, still dancing to what they could hear from the other speakers.
After a while, the sound was restored and the audience's patience was rewarded by Rudimental announcing, "This is our brother John Newman!" to which John Newman, who is featured in the song "Feel the Love," came on stage as a special guest. While the crowd threatened to drown out his voice by their own screaming and clapping rendition of the song, he performed with an explosive amount of energy, running from one side of the stage to the other. Chants of "One more song" were heard after the band played their final number, and the audience began to chatter about how "amazing" they were.


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Thursday, March 31, 2011
23 comments:
I must admit, while it isn't the nicest, it does have some dignity to it, unlike most of the ones you post.
I think it's not terrible, but not the greatest either.
- March 31, 2011 at 7:13 PM
I'm forgiving on this one too. I sense no disrespect nor ill intent.
- March 31, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Don't really see something terribly offensive.
- March 31, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- David Ould said...
not only that, Chris, but I have a curious hankering to buy some retro Adidas gear
- April 1, 2011 at 1:49 AM
- Albert Herbert Hawkins said...
blanka is all in
mehdi is all in
b.o.b. is all in
messi is all in
beckham is all in
katy is all in
jeremy is all in
rose is all in
il papa is all in
- April 1, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- The Underground Pewster said...
Ya'll don't get it.
I saw my old Aurora H.O. scale Lola GT the minute I laid eyes on this one. Old style, you know, just the racing stripes, no ssponsorship decals stuck all over it.
I found a picture of one at this link, MrConey slot cars.
- April 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM
- .....CLIFFORD said...
Needs frets.
- April 1, 2011 at 9:56 PM
- TLF+ said...
It's like the kid left the freezer door open, the mint-chip ice cream tipped over, thawed and flowed on down...
- April 2, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Well you can't expect better from priests that celebrate "bartender" instead of "facing the east". What's the back look like? lol.
- April 2, 2011 at 10:14 AM
This is a photo from ebay.
- April 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- TLF+ said...
I'm hearing the late Richard Harris: "someone left the cake out in the rain..."
- April 3, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Daniel Latinus said...
While this is not great, it's not bad, either.
- April 3, 2011 at 7:45 AM
I can't put into words why, but I find this one disturbing.
- April 3, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- The Reverend Steven P. Sabin said...
When it comes to vestments there will always be "better" and "worse" but that will be a subjective aesthetic assessment. On the other hand, many of the garments on this site fall, in my opinion, into the "unacceptable" category. I think this should not be an aesthetic judgement but rather based on violation of more objective criterion (many of which are often articulated here as well).
Personally, I think this a rather poor example of a green chasuble, but I cannot call it a "bad vestment."
- April 3, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Vroom! Introit to Dismissal in 1.97 seconds!
- April 4, 2011 at 10:08 AM
looks like something made by adidas.
- April 5, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Cantor Nikolaos said...
It's not an inspriing chasuble, but it does make me wonder if adidas ever toyed the idea with making vestments.
Maybe a priest was also a race car driver and made a chasuble to celebrate his racing. Has to be somewhere in the Deep South!
- April 6, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Steve Martin said...
It needs a big number '8' right in the middle of it.
(and maybe some STP stickers)
- April 6, 2011 at 6:08 PM
This is the most sane vestment in the collection on this blog! I don't know what the problem is. It's not exactly the most beautiful chasuble, but it's not bad. Just inexpensive and probably within some priest's or parish's budget at one time.
- April 6, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- priest's wife said...
It's fine- sometimes a vestment is just a vestment
- April 7, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- TLF+ said...
I still think CJ is onto something. There's liturgical dissonance here. Green is the "life color" as we grow in Christ through the lessons of Common Time. Black, seldom used anymore, was the vestment color of mourning. "Blessed are those who mourn," I guess. We can grow through grief. Is that the theme here?
Really, on a deep green vestment, one normally looks for gold or other lively colors representing the glory to which Christian growth leads.
- April 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Cunjo said...
The little cross reminds me of the Pallium crosses...
- April 14, 2011 at 4:48 AM
She's at it again. In this article in the Pittsburgh Tribune, we see Katherine Jefferts Schori sporting an amazing new vestment complete with flames.
- April 20, 2011 at 1:46 PM


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Within 36 hours, the Astros said three different things about Jarred Cosart's short-term future and the club's open fifth-starter spot.
An hour before the League City native made his MLB debut against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday, assistant general manager David Stearns brought clarity to the organization's immediate plans for one of its top pitching prospects and how the club intends to handle a spot opened when No. 2 starter Lucas Harrell was sent to the bullpen.
Cosart will return to Class AAA Oklahoma City on Saturday, re-enter the RedHawks' rotation so the 23-year-old righthander remains on schedule, and participate in the Class AAA All-Star game in Reno, Nev.
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Cosart, who held Tampa Bay to two hits in eight innings in his debut, will be a candidate, as will everyone from Harrell and major league relievers Jose Cisnero and Brett Oberholtzer to minor league starter Brad Peacock, who began the year with the Astros.
"No one's been excluded. … The list goes on and on and all these guys have starting experience, and it's just a question of what's the right fit and we'll mull it over," Stearns said.
As a result, the Astros likely will enter the break with only four starting pitchers: righthander Bud Norris, righty Jordan Lyles, veteran lefthander Erik Bedard and lefty Dallas Keuchel.
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After a detour into a basement that was dark, dank, and shared with an artist who kept 16 cats, the search was on to find an inexpensive, long-term lease where the partners could build their business. "I had a friend who owned a warehouse in the first ward, a very scary locale at the time but almost affordable," Rusty says. "It had been an auto-repair shop for the prior tenant; we would need to clean the space thoroughly to produce textiles. By leasing the entire 40,000-sq-ft facility and parceling it out to other artists, we earned a greatly reduced rent. We had inadvertently started another artist community away from the downtown. A dozen additional art studios were eventually rented. This studio was to be our home for 20 years. It was demolished three years ago. I vowed never to rent again, found a large parcel of land with an existing metal structure, and am happily not planning on moving 100-ft-long print-ing tables again!"
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Alas, poor readers, I have been negligent in my writing. Forgive me, but know that more delays will likely occur in the future as I make my way through summer. Here is the final installment of Wheels........
Like all of us, I can recall a few stand-out tales from my early driving experiences, like travelling west on a family vacation. My dad let me have the wheel of our Old's Cutless Supreme, which would do 40 mph just by taking your foot off of the brake, while travelling in the sticks of Utah. I only had my learner's permit at the time; and when I got stuck behind a long caravan of wide-load motor homes, I put the blue rocket in passing gear, punched it to 110, and overtook them. During this little maneuver my dad leaned over, glanced at the speedo, and settled back without comment. I figured he was either feeling a sense of pride--thinking to himself, "that's my boy--"or he was trying to avoid making me nervous. My mother was less cautious saying from the back seat, "Don't EVEN think I don't know how fast you're going." Or was it, "Don't even THINK I--" My memory is a little vague on that point.
Growing up in Colorado, where you're either travelling up or down, the thought of using a manual transmission (I was going to call it a standard transmission, but manual transmissions are no longer standard issue) was, well, terrifying. My father decided I would learn in a white Ford pick-up, circa 1963, that had been used to haul water for the highway department during the first twenty-five years of its tortured life. It had three on the tree without synchronizers, and a clutch the disengaged about the point at which your knee met your chin. So my dad thought it would be the perfect classroom for learning to use the clutch. I think that the term, crucible, works for me better than classroom. Every time we would take her out, I'd pray to make all the lights. But invariably I'd end up in the middle of a string of cars on the mean part of a hill, waiting for the lights to change. I knew I had about three inches and maybe ten seconds grace period to find the engagement point and get up the hill without stalling. Well, after four or five stalls and bevies of honking horns, my dad would quietly go around the truck, ask me to slide over, and get us going again. I'd mutter to myself, "One of us is going down, truck, and it ain't going to be me!" It must have heeded my threat for soon I was happily double-clutching my way around town.
I loved that truck for what it wasn't. The tappets, and probably every other part of the engine, were loose. So the engine sounded like a menacing Hemi when idling. One sunny afternoon, my friend and I were sitting at a red light when a tricked-out Camero, complete with a chromium supercharger pushing through its hood, rumbled alongside us. I looked over at the other driver and revved my engine. The Camero, as if impressed, answered back; only its reverberations nearly set us on our side. Unruffled, I dipped deeper into the throttle so as to say, "Who's your daddy?" At which point the light turned green. The Camero had already sped three blocks down the street by the time my white water truck, whining, sputtering, rattling, and coughing its way through the cloud of dust and exhaust fumes left in the wake of the hot rod, reached the other side of the intersection.
I finally achieved the point in my life where I had the means—at least numerically—to purchase a sports car; so I bought myself a 2002 Honda S2000. The latter was a beautiful piece of machinery. My S2K came in silver with a black interior. The car fit like a glove; one entered it like a fighter pilot does an F-16. I know this because it was winter when I bought the car, and I spent a lot of time getting in and out of it while it sat in my garage. The S2K was nearly perfectly balanced, and had a 2L engine putting out 240 ponies (a record for its day). Its Achilles' heel was its low-end torque which was just that, low. So the S2K was by no means a drag racer. But it was fast once you took it above 5000 rpm, which it was quite content to do right up to its red-line near 9000 rpm. It was night when I first drove the car out of the show room. The salesman had finished reviewing all the features when I started her up by pressing the red button for that purpose. I turned on the lights and the salesman said, "Whoa." Neither of us had seen the new halogen lamps Honda had fitted the S2000, but when we did, we realized the car had a soul.
I frequently took my sports car out into the country back roads, where I could run it through its paces; I was a bad boy. My favorite story to showcase the outstanding handling of my S2K recounts the time I took my wife to a rehearsal at church. There is a long sweeping on-ramp to the interstate near our house. I would try to run this as fast as possible by finding the most efficient racing line. With my wife in the passenger seat, I ran the ramp. The optimum line required that I bring the car tight to a wall on the right side—a point I usually reached at a speed of around 95 mph. Then I would shoot across to an opposite curve and over a rise to the last long straight stretch to the highway; at the time of this story I crested the curve at about 110 mph. By the time I entered the highway I reduced my speed to the legal limit, and we cruised sleepy down the interstate until we came to the exit ramp. This particular ramp is a tight circle with a recommended speed limit of 25 mph; I took my wife around the loop at 60 mph. The car stuck like glue even though our stomachs didn't. Finally, I wound us around to the back lot of the church at 45 mph, and set us neatly into a parking spot, decelerating to zero nearly instantaneously. My wife's palms were sweating as I, with a broad grin on my face, went around the car to open the door for her. In short, my S2K was a gas.
But not everyone liked the S2000. Even though it frequently bested all the sports cars of its class in track competitions, many preferred the raw power of the vet, or the over-steering of the 350Z. I must admit that I quickly tired of having to apologize for my car's lack of low-end oomph; especially after weeks of my father-in-law boasting of how his '65 Mustang convertible handily beat my newfangled foreign sports car off the line. I would eventually sell my S2000 to buy my wife a new Acura TL. The reason was mostly to see my wife's smiling face as she drives her very own sports sedan; although, it doesn't take a car to make her smile. But certainly part of the impetus in abandoning my S2K was its lackluster torque. And my realization of this caused me to consider a deeper meaning behind all of these matters automotive.
My experiences with that ol' truck and my S2000 have taught me something about relationships. Human beings tend to approach each other with a list of expectations. The latter have come largely from outside us; we gather and develop our expectations from the various voices of the media or our friends and family. Our expectations also develop from within us as the outside influences color and shape our fears, desires, insecurities, and alike. All our expectations ultimately converge within us as a formula; and this formula is nearly always self-serving to the exclusion of others. At the outset of a relationship, we tend to assess the other person by plugging them into our formula, and we wait to see if we obtain a favorable outcome. Some fail the test immediately; the number and frequency of such cases is proportional to how exacting our formula is. Others pass the test, some with flying colors; it's like the computer in our mind, after being programmed with the formula, spits out a response, "Oh, this is the one," or "strike while the iron is hot," or "you're in love, you're in love, you're in love." The trouble is that the data given to this computer are usually cursory at best, and really nothing more than first impressions; like with my ol' truck or sports car, the factors we judge others with according to our formula are all the sounds, style, looks, and carefully crafted endorsements. It isn't until we have driven them around the block a few times that we discover how well the performance actually agrees with the image and promises. When we do finally quantify the gap between the two—and the gap is usually large—we become disillusioned and frustrated; and our first reaction is to back out and look elsewhere. This happens because we have based our happiness and contentment on fulfilling our expectations, which, as I said earlier, are ultimately self-serving. So we will never be happy because our expectations will never be satisfied because they are founded on an inherently flawed principle.
The joy I experienced with my white Ford pickup or my Honda S2000 grew out of an appreciation of their intrinsic character, not what I hoped to get out of them. The truck was old, worn, and tired, sure; but the challenges that resulted from this reality engendered a sense of accomplishment that would have been missed had everything been slick and easy. As I met those challenges, I grew increasingly fond of that truck, and looked forward to the next encounter. Its personality, crude yet genuine, got under my skin. I quickly forgot about what it wasn't as I celebrated what it is. Once I discovered the true nature of my S2000, a whole new world of opportunities, experiences, knowledge, and skill opened up for me that I would have lost had I abandoned it right away for the glamour of something else.
Trucks and cars are machines, of course, and can only be improved to a limited extent by our investment in them--not so with people. We forget that the other person in our burgeoning relationship is also tormented by fears and insecurities, and so carry their own raft of expectations. When we abandon them for failing our formula, we not only forfeit the joy and wisdom that comes from celebrating their real self, we rob them of an opportunity for the same discovery of themselves. When this happens, the expectations in the minds of both parties become increasingly unattainable because they become increasingly self-serving. We will never find what will make us happy, which is never what we believe will make us happy, until we help the other person discover their inherent beauty, value, and strengths.
My life on wheels has been froth with metaphoric overtones. One of the great gifts of walking with Christ is the ability to find wisdom in everything, even the most unlikely places. For this reason we do ourselves a disfavor when we confine our lives to tiny little boxes. Jesus taught us that He is Truth and the Truth will set us free.
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Wheels: Part 4
Alas, poor readers, I have been negligent in my writing. Forgive me, but know that more delays will likely occur in the future as I make my way through summer. Here is the final installment of Wheels........
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The Bengals' cornerback depth is one of the numerous strengths of their defense.
In Leon Hall, Terence Newman and Adam Jones, Cincinnati has three proven veterans at this key position. The Bengals also have 2012 first-round pick Dre Kirkpatrick waiting in the wings.
However, the more quality cornerback play a club has, the better, and fourth-year pro Brandon Ghee is aiming to grab one of the remaining roles at a position where several spots are already taken.
"I fit right in there," Ghee told Sammy Batten of the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer of his place in the Bengals' secondary. "This is the NFL, so you've got four- and five-receiver sets all the time. You're going to get playing time in the nickel and dime formations, which are used a lot."
A third-round pick out of Wake Forest in 2010, Ghee played a combined 13 games in his first two NFL seasons, all as a reserve. However, he missed all of last season with a wrist injury that necessitated surgery. Making matters worse, Ghee contracted an infection in the wrist six weeks after the surgery, the Observer reported.
"It was still a good four months before I felt normal," Ghee said, per the Observer. "It was still kind of weak, but I started strengthening it and now it feels better than ever."
At 26, Ghee is not exceptionally young by NFL standards. If he shows well in the summer, he could stick on the Bengals' roster. If he doesn't, he could be vulnerable. The Bengals have 10 cornerbacks, and Ghee is the last year of his contract.
There are scores of stories like Ghee's entering training camp, a proving ground for players trying to make it at pro football's highest level.


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This morning we conclude our preview of the Spring issue of the Claremont Review of Books (subscribe here) with an essay on that most American of American novels, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The essay is by Power Line 100 member Paul A. Cantor, the Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Professor Cantor begins by noting the distance between the popular perception of Huck Finn as a children's novel and its deeply disturbing content:
In popular culture, Huckleberry Finn conjures up images of the fresh-faced All-American boy, played by cute child stars like Mickey Rooney, Ron Howard, or Elijah Wood. Yet in terms of the events and characters it portrays, the book has all the warmth and sweetness of a film noir. It seems like a cross between Johnny Appleseed and Dial M for Murder. For years I puzzled: how could such a classic story of America be so dark and misanthropic?
By working through this paradox Professor Cantor sees the novel as Twain's meditation on the fruit of democracy:
If you are going to give people freedom, you are going to have to live with how they misuse it. If a nation is dedicated to giving people fresh starts, a lot of them will make false starts. A country based on political idealism will end up with a lot of people cynically exploiting the idealists. Huckleberry Finn portrays both the American dream and its nightmarish underside.
Professor Cantor presents Huckleberry Finn as a deeply political work, plumbing the depths of American society to discover what is good and bad about the rambunctious democracy. It does so by presenting a fantastic, mischievous, and well-nigh Socratic dialogue between aristocracy and democracy, revealing their virtues and vices and giving the perceptive reader the means by which to judge between them:
[I]n the debate between aristocracy and democracy, Twain ultimately comes down on the side of democracy. Democratic life enables certain forms of imposture, but these are an aberration and can be exposed. As we see in the case of the king and the duke, in a democracy the inferiority of those with aristocratic pretensions is more obvious. But, in an aristocracy imposture is a way of life; it is the foundation of the regime. America does pay a price for building a new nation, but for Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn that price is worth paying for the sake of leaving the old regime of slavery in Europe behind.
Print out and read "Aristocracy in America" at your leisure in its entirety to discover how Cantor works through the seeming paradox that is his starting point and arrive at this conclusion about Twain's great American novel.


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An Indonesian civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy after being attacked by an angry mob, police said today.
Alexander An, 30, who wrote "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page, was beaten by a mob of dozens on Wednesday in his hometown in Pulau Punjung, West Sumatra province.
"He is suspected of having blasphemed against Islam," local police chief Chairul Aziz told AFP.
"The man told police investigators that if God really exists and has absolute power, why didn't he prevent bad things from happening in this world."
An said on his Facebook page that he was brought up as a Muslim, like the vast majority in Indonesia, where blasphemy is a punishable crime carrying a maximum five-year prison term.
Dozens of locals stormed into his office after a heated debate with them on Facebook over religion, police said.
An was also an administrator of a Facebook group promoting atheism with 1243 followers. His postings no longer appeared online following his arrest.
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damn islamofascists
"Is just another day for you and me in paradise"
But those who beat the shit out of him are on easy street.
Sigh... religious fascism... gotta love it.
I really don't see how the Inquistion makes islamofascists into religiofascists - or even what the difference is anyway. Islamofascists seems more appropriate since they don't derive their facism from just any religion, but from islam specifically. It is they who turn their islamic religion into something indistinguishable from fascism all by themselves, so why not call them just that?
Ironically, these fools are a great argument AGAINST evolution, having clearly not evolved at all....
@archaeopteryx Me too, but I don't live in Indonesia, do you?
Hey listen I know only peace-loving and (excessively) hard working Muslims too. But that doesn't mean these Indonesian bastards who beat up that guy didn't do it because of something else than their Islamic faith. They are responsible for what they make themselves into: islamofascists. That not all Muslims are islamofascists doesn't mean that a subset is. And these fucking bastards are.
If they were quiet, unassuming, peace loving people, who would never harm anyone for believing differently from themselves, I would not be calling them islamofascists. But since they formed a mob to beat up a guy and then throw him in jail for probably the full term of 5 fucking years, for the unspeakable crime of saying the most obvious sensible thing, I am calling them islamofascists. And let me do it again in bold letters for good measure: they are islamofascists.
Glad to have cleared that up. When I ever do something like that I hope you tell it to me and please don't hold back.
i posted this up @ TA blog few days ago, while i havent update the news...just to make it clear, there's someone posting about what he wrote when he was in a discussion/argument where his post is plain insults; thus making some people searching about his information...which lead to this story.
and he's convicted because of what he wrote, and not because he's an atheist..tho in the eyes of the believer is the same...
It might just take 500 years to get this crazy shite turned around.....


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Mining in the Congo Basin: Getting to the Heart of the Challenges
Film is a powerful tool for explaining environmental issues. I first learnt this lesson while trying to enlist local communities in northern Vietnam to help protect a strange blue faced and critically endangered primate called the Tonkin Snub Nosed Monkey. After a morning spent bombarding local leaders with facts and figures, they were polite but unmoved.


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Most of us have been there. An evening of booze-fueled revelry morphs into a morning of nausea and regret. What's a hangover-stricken body to do?
In the past, those with experience on the subject, like your college roommate, have suggested the copious consumption of herbal teas. Now, Chinese scientists have declared that a swig of Sprite might be just what the doctor ordered.
The group of researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou conducted a series of experiments and found that hangovers are caused "not by the ethanol itself, but by ethanol's first metabolite, acetaldehyde," Chemistry World explained.
That means avoid herbal teas, because they have been found to increase the "activity of ADH, thus accelerating the metabolism of ethanol into toxic acetaldehyde, whilst also inhibiting ALDH, reducing acetaldehyde removal," according to Chemistry World.
In other words, herbal teas might make your hangover worse because they speed up the creation of acetaldehyde.
Sprite and soda water, on the other hand, "markedly increased ALDH activity, thus promoting the rapid break-down of acetaldehyde and could minimise the harmful effects of drinking alcohol."
Chemistry World spoke with Edzard Ernst, an expert in medicinal science from the University of Exeter in the U.K. He called the findings interesting and a reminder that "herbal and other supplements can have pharmacological activities that can both harm and benefit our health." Ernst also stressed that the findings will need to be replicated.
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text: Pearl River Fish Kill Investigation Continues wfn Louisiana officials continue to investigate the impacts of the Temple-Inland discharge of "black liquor" on the Pearl River's fisheries resources. Numerous levels of assessment are underway by the Louisiana departments of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), Health and Hospitals (DHH), and Environmental Quality (DEQ), including seafood safety testing, waterbody quality tests, testing of private water wells, evaluation of baseline species and efforts to determine the of effects on fish and other aquatic life as a result of the wastewater discharge that occurred on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. State officials continue to work together to assess the incident impact and long-term recovery plans. Seafood TestingFisheries biologists with LDWF collected seafood samples throughout the Pearl River and at the mouth of the river in the Rigolets. DHH sanitarians also collected oyster samples from areas near the mouth of the river to be tested. All of the samples were sent to an independent laboratory in Metairie, La., contracted by DHH.Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratory, the company which helped test Louisiana's seafood during the Gulf oil spill, is testing samples from this incident for volatile and semi-volatile organic contaminants. These types of chemicals don't typically build up in seafood tissue, however, state officials are having these tests conducted out of an abundance of caution. Determining Fisheries Impacts and Restitution ClaimsLDWF is also working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS), Louisiana State University fisheries experts, and officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to determine the loss of aquatic life, including fish and freshwater mussels.Initially, more than 26 species of freshwater fish were identified in the fish kill. They include Paddlefish, American eel, catfish, bass and bluegill. Species with similar characteristics were grouped together in some cases due to the massive volume of fish and the expansive range of the kill. There are, for example, numerous specific species of darter fish in the Pearl River only distinguishable by variations on the dorsal fin, small color variations or other minute differences. Experts with the Tulane University Natural History Museum are working with LDWF fisheries biologists to establish a baseline for species native to the Pearl River. That baseline will serve as the "before" picture for restitution claims. A total restitution value for the fish kill will be compiled once the investigation is complete. LDWF officials are working with USFWS in their investigation into the deaths of federally listed threatened and endangered species. More than 26 threatened gulf sturgeons were involved in the incident. Work is currently underway to determine its status of the inflated heelsplitter, a threatened freshwater mussel species. In addition to state restitution values for fish and freshwater mussel deaths, Temple-Inland may be subject to civil or criminal fines for those species covered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).Officials with LDWF are also developing a three-year monitoring plan to monitor the re-establishment of Pearl River aquatic resources. Selected sampling gears, including electrofishing and nets will be employed under standardized protocol to ensure that results accurately represent the status of recovery. LDWF plans to continue to pursue an agreement with Temple-Inland by which the responsible party would pay for the necessary fisheries resource monitoring.Waterbody Safety, Monitoring and Ongoing InvestigationDEQ's Incident Command post is still up and running at Temple-Inland and serves as a central point for DEQ staff to coordinate sampling events and record data. An overflight of the impacted area by DEQ occurred on Wednesday, August 24; during that overflight no dead fish were observed. Overflights will continue to determine if any additional fish remain. If additional fish are located, they will be cleaned up and disposed of by a team on standby for that purpose.The compliance order and amended compliance order for Temple-Inland have been issued. This is the first step in the legal process for issuing penalties and for ensuring upgrades are in place to better treat and monitor discharges from the facility.The company has been given permission to begin a limited discharge, which will commence today, August 26. Yesterday, DEQ staff was on site walking through the plan with the company in preparation for the discharge.DEQ continues to collect water samples along various portions of the river.The survey will gather water quality information that will be used to restore and protect the waterbody. Data gathered from the survey will be used to identify suspected pollutants in the waterbody that may cause or contribute to low oxygen levels in the water.Citizens are asked not to tamper with the equipment that will be mounted on rebar, fence posts, white PVC poles or buoys. During the survey, a bright red, non-toxic dye will be injected into the water. Citizens who notice the red coloration of the water should not be alarmed. The water body will return to its normal state and color by the end of the day. The dye is used to determine flow and distribution patterns of the bayou. These patterns are used to establish sampling points for the survey.DEQ will also install electronic monitoring equipment in conjunction with a water sampling survey on Pearl River in Washington and St. Tammany parishes.Water Safety MeasuresDHH has tested 18 privately owned domestic water wells located near the Pearl River. Results showed that water from these wells is safe to drink under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's safe drinking water standards. DHH collected and tested samples from these private water wells chosen by St. Tammany and Washington parish officials and were within a quarter of a mile of the Pearl River. In Louisiana, the individual well owner is responsible for maintaining and testing their private well. However, in this instance, Temple-Inland is paying for the state's testing.Public Health ResourcesThe Louisiana Poison Center has received 13 calls in the past week regarding the Pearl River spill. Callers are generally requesting details on public health, consuming fish and swimming in affected water. Anyone with questions regarding potential health effects can call the Louisiana Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.


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A simple and yummy mango lassi. If you have never tried a lassi, it is a simple a yogurt and milk based drink it can be either sweet or salty. I prefer the sweet kind and with the addition of mango it is just plain good.
Mysore pak is a traditional sweet, which originates from… you guessed it, Mysore, India. It is made from besan (chick pea flour), sugar, ghee and cardamom. I found that the most helpful tips for making this from the knowledgeable Indira of Mahanandi, who has a wonderful blog and is clearly an expert at Indian cuisine.
Coconut burfi made with fresh shredded coconut, sugar, ghee and cardamom. Coconut burfi should be flavourful with a soft and chewy consistency.
Almond burfi is a common type of burfi, other common nut burfi's include: cashew and pistachio. Almond burfi is made from ground almonds, sugar, ghee, and cardamom. It holds together and has the same weight as fudge, but it has a different texture and mouth feel.
My two favourites this week are the mango lassi and the almond burfi. If you try out either of these recipes, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
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This time of year tends to deliver heavy doses of inspirational messages and soaring rhetoric as grads and their families celebrate an important milestone in life and receive a reward for their hard work and academic pursuits. While the warm and fuzzy words are nice, there's a dark cloud hovering over many graduates that we, as a community and a nation, can no longer ignore.
Graduation season is officially underway. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this year kicks off our local string of commencement exercises for the Class of 2014.
This time of year tends to deliver heavy doses of inspirational messages and soaring rhetoric as grads and their families celebrate an important milestone in life and receive a reward for their hard work and academic pursuits. While the warm and fuzzy words are nice, there's a dark cloud hovering over many graduates that we, as a community and a nation, can no longer ignore.
Although students attending public universities and colleges, like UMass Dartmouth and Bristol Community College, may not be saddled with the huge amount of debt facing those attending more expensive, private schools, it's important to be mindful of the student loan debt crisis facing our graduates — many of whom pay their own way — as well as their families who may help out.
A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pegged student loan debt at a mind-boggling $1.2 trillion — nearly double what it was just seven years ago. Student loan debt has eclipsed credit card and auto loan debt. And it's second only to home mortgage debt.
While the inspirational messages we hear at graduation time generally feature images of grads flying off to their dreams, the unfortunate reality is that many graduates' wings are tied back by crippling student loan burdens. One in 10 American college graduates owes more than $40,000 in student loans. The average for Massachusetts was $28,460.
Our nation, which for decades has stressed the importance of a college education in a competitive world, owes some relief to the students who have taken the right path, but are sinking under significant debt accumulated in pursuit of continuing their education.
If students were able to find well-paying jobs that matched the investment, it would not be as much of a problem. But in these tough economic times, the educational investment for many is not paying off.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has proposed a measure that would allow student loan holders to refinance their debt to an interest rate of 3.86 percent to make the debt load more manageable, so graduates are not held back from achieving their dreams. Warren says interest rates on federally backed undergraduate loans are two times higher than needed to actually finance and service the loans. Some student loans come with interest rates of 9 percent or more.
The federal government has raked in $66 billion in profit off federal student loans between 2007 and 2012. The ability to finance a college education should not be a money-making scheme for educational institutions, banks and the federal government. Meanwhile, default rates are skyrocketing as loan holders are sinking.
A life of servitude to pay off college loan debt is not the future higher education is intended to deliver. All the politicians — regardless of party — who receive honorary degrees and commencement speaking engagements this season ought to look out at the sea of graduates they address and support them with more than hollow words. It is time for those in charge to take decisive action to unshackle graduates from excessive debt that irresponsible financial regulations and bad policies have enabled.
The UMass Dartmouth commencement exercises are the first in a long line of college and high school graduation ceremonies in the coming weeks. No matter where our local graduates receive their degrees and diplomas, let's hope they can find the jobs and opportunities that allow them to offer their talents in ways that strengthen our communities, our nation and our world.


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With the annointing of the 15-yearold Shankaracharya designate, Sri Sankaranandendra Saraswati, last May the Kanchipuram Kamakoti Peetam set a Guiness Book of Records-type historical record. Unprecedented in the millenium-long history of the Peetam, there are now three living Jagadgurus.
This past February 5th, after a six-year walking tour of Andra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the 92-year old Senior Acharya, Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal, accompanied by the presiding and designate Acharyas crossed the border into the Peetam's home state of Tamil Nadu where a State red-carpet reception and huge crowds greeted them. With the senior Acharya's return, fears were quelled that he would pass away before coming back to Tamil Nadu, and a controversy was unleashed by political rabble-rousers over the government's staging of the reception.
Four days after the senior Acharya briskly tread into Tamil Nadu, it was business as usual for the Peetam. On February 9th the presiding Acharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, announced the formation of a state-level committee to oversee a massive temple renovation project. Mr. N., Mahalingam, well-know industrialist, was appointed chairman of the committee. Kanchi Peetam will provide guidance, technical assistance and financial support for the project with the committee itself seeking public contributions both in cash and kind. Other objectives include establishing "patasalas" in Siva temples for teaching Devaram of the Nayanars, providing sheds for cows and medical centers started to treat the underprivileged.
That same day, a writ of petition of filed in the Madras High Court by Mr. V. Anaimuthu, of the anti-religion political party Dravida Kazhagam, seeking an order prohibiting the state government from according official receptions to the Kanchi Shankaracharyas.
Jointly picked by the residing and senior Acharyas, the teenage designate Shankaracharya, Sri Sankaranandendra Saraswathi Swamigal, is now fully engrossed in training for the pontifical seat he will one day assume. With the senior Acharya's return the three Acharyas are together touring Tamil Nadu allowing the senior Acharya to personally train the youngest as he gains seasoning out the roads and cowpaths of South India. As the years proceed, he will become intimately familiar with enough detail on Hinduism to fill a computer data bank.
Between these 68th, 69th and 70th successive Acharyas, there is a total age of 157 years, from the senior Acharya's 92 years to the junior's 15. Some years ago the senior Acharya formally turned over the official seat of the Peetam to H.H. Sri Jayendra Sarasati (who is celebrating his 50th birthday this year), retiring to a life of semi-reclusive sadhana. The total period they have been spiritually guiding the renowned Shankara Mutt is about 78 years. The resulting unbroken chain of stewardship of these long-lived Shankaracharyas has empowered the Peetam with unrivaled strength and authority. Indeed, as a matter of record, the 3rd Kanchi Kamakoti Shankaracharya, who lived over a thousand years ago, reigned for 112 years
Established about 1,200 years ago (the Peetam's traditional chronolgy states 2,500 years ago) by Adi Shankaracharya on one of his tours in Southern India, the Kanchi Peetam is considered as the fifth of Shankara's four cardinal maths (monasteries - used interchangeably with mutt): Badrinath in the north, Puri in the east, Dwarka in the west and Sringeri in the south of India.
Following the traditional pattern of the Shankara Mutts, the Kanchi Peetam has established several branch mutts throughout its territory. With this infrastructure the Peetam manages a large array of religious, educational and social service institutions and events. The Peetam's projects include two Advaita and Vedanta research trusts, temple renovation, dozens of annual conferences, degree course training in Hinduism, free medical service, and the acclaimed 'pidi arisi' plan, where thousands of housewives daily set aside one handful of rice that is collected on a weekly basis to be cooked for the poor and disabled.
Adi Shankara, some 1,200 years ago, crisscrossed the dust, sands and forests of India several times on years-long walking tours. It is the same today. As their special discipline the Acharyas eschew the use of motorized conveyances, moving about only by foot and cart. The Kanchi Shankaracharya spends most of his time walking from village to village, from village to town, from town to city - always on foot. The senior Acharya, early in his incumbency, went on a 'tour of victory' that kept him away from the home monastery for 20 years. A whole generation had been born and raised by the time he re-entered the Peetam compound.
The walks give an immediate, intimate contact between the Shankaracharya and millions of South Indian Hindus, from beggars to brahmin priests and dressed-for-success urbanites. By reputation the Acharyas were generally considered to be the spiritual leaders of the brahmins and higher castes, but in recent years they have been moving among and more accessible to the general public, a practice that many of the Hindu math heads have been promising to do for years, but few have actually undertaken.
Unlike the ornate opulence of the roman Catholic Church's Vatican city, the Shankara monasteries are small, austere, a little run down with age. Kanchi Peetam is unpretentious in appearance. It is not often that the Shankaracharya actually resides there. It is the holy men, the Shankaracharyas, that are the life blood of the Peetam. The facilities are the supportive skeleton. Known for their strict sannyas and unswerving sadhana towards mumukshatva (spiritual liberation) the Shankaracharya's mere darshan (sighting of) is popularly held to a rare and true blessing.
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