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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have gone from the worst team in the NFL to the hottest team in the AFC.
And they're enjoying it.
Chad Henne threw two touchdown passes, Jordan Todman scored on some trickery and the Jaguars held on to beat the Houston Texans 27-20 on Thursday night.
The Jaguars (4-9) won their third straight — their fourth victory in five games since a bye — and continued to show signs of progress under first-year coach Gus Bradley. They have the longest winning streak in the AFC.
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"Four out of five, yeah, you're feeling good," Henne said.
Jacksonville also won at home for the first time since Nov. 25, 2012, against Tennessee.
"Our guys just really believe," Bradley said. "The biggest challenge is to keep doing what we're doing. We're a young team that's learning how to do this."
Houston (2-11) extended its franchise-record losing streak to 11 games, a stunning stretch of futility that could lead the franchise to fire coach Gary Kubiak.
"It's been a gut-wrenching experience," said Kubiak, whose team has lost eight games by seven points or less. "We've been in so many close games."
Kubiak and the Texans looked as if they would end the streak after a quarterback change, but Geno Hayes intercepted Matt Schaub's pass with 2:08 remaining to seal Jacksonville's first series sweep since 2009.
Schaub came off the bench and carved up Jacksonville's secondary in the second half.
He replaced starter Case Keenum late in the third quarter and led the team to a touchdown and a field goal in his first two possessions. The Texans were in the red zone again, but failed to convert a fourth-down play with 3:37 remaining. Jacksonville picked up a huge first down that flipped the field — not surprising that it came on a penalty — but punted.
Hayes picked off Schaub's next pass, a floater over the middle.
The Jaguars milked the clock from there, and Josh Scobee's 39-yard field goal provided some insurance. The Texans had one final chance — they needed to go 77 yards in 20 seconds and without a timeout — but Schaub was sacked to end the game.
Jacksonville players ran on the field to celebrate.
"For what they've gone through and to stick to it and have some results go their way, it's pretty cool," Bradley said. "Our team continues to show that they're sticking to it, believing and making plays at critical times."
Schaub completed 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. Andre Johnson caught 13 passes for 154 yards.
Still, the Texans walked off the field with an all-too-familiar feeling.
Turnovers were a problem again for Kubiak's team. Penalties were an even bigger problem.
Houston was flagged 14 times for a team-record 177 yards — many of them extending drives.
"They were huge penalties," Kubiak said. "That's on me. It's ridiculous. It's inexcusable. It can't happen."
Jacksonville's opponents might want to start expecting trick plays.
Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch dialed up a double pass that led to a score and a 24-10 lead in the third quarter. Henne threw behind the line of scrimmage to receiver Ace Sanders, who then heaved a deep ball across the field to running back Todman.
No defender was near Todman as he camped under Sanders' throw. Rookie D.J. Swearinger pushed Todman just as he hauled in the 21-yard TD reception.
It was the second consecutive week a non-quarterback threw a TD pass for Jacksonville. Maurice Jones-Drew tossed an 8-yard score to college teammate Marcedes Lewis in a 32-28 win at Cleveland last week.
Sanders and Jones-Drew now have as many TD passes this season as benched Jaguars starter Blaine Gabbert.
Henne completed 12 of 27 passes for 117 yards. He hooked up with Lewis for a 1-yard scoring strike in the first quarter and found Cecil Shorts III for a 6-yarder in the second.
The Jaguars took the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards for the team's fourth opening-drive touchdown in its last five games.
Houston punted on its first three possessions, creating more momentum for the home team.
Henne's second TD pass gave Jacksonville its largest lead (14 points) of the season. Henne hit Shorts out of bounds on a second-down play, but went right back to his leading receiver on the next snap. Shorts beat Johnathan Joseph on a quick out.
Jones-Drew carried 14 times for a season-high 103 yards. He left the game late in the fourth with a hamstring injury, but said he would be fine.
The Jaguars are enjoying a modest turnaround after starting the season 0-8. Two victories came against Houston, including a 13-6 punt-fest 11 days ago.
"It's been amazing," Jones-Drew said. "Gus has done a great job."
The Texans managed a season-low 218 yards in that one, prompting some players to apologies to the city. Johnson called it the "lowest point" of his 11-year career.
What will they say now?
Another loss surely will increase the possibility of changes in Houston, which improved its chances of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL draft.
Game notes
Jaguars S Chris Prosinski (head) left the game and did not return. … Scobee is 19 of 21 on field goals this season, getting one blocked and missing a 60-yarder. … Texans were 2 for 5 in the red zone, continuing a season-long trend.
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First, Europe's leaders appear determined to keep a tight lid on the fiscal and debt cauldron that's still threatening to boil over, endangering the region's fragile economic unity. This means the continuation and intensification in 2013 of a wide range of actions aimed at curbing debt problems and sparking economic growth -- policies that will have direct implications for member states as well as the European Union's key trading partners. The mess in Europe isn't over by a long shot, and discussions as well as actions to resolve this will continue through 2013, according to economists and government officials. Late in November, reports indicated the severity of the problem facing the region and pointed to signs showing that the continent's economy had slid into a "double-dip recession" in the third quarter.
Companies throughout Europe and in other geographic locations, as well as national governments in Asia-Pacific and North America, will be paying close attention to events unfolding in the EU area and will most likely step up actions in their regions to limit any negative impacts and squeeze as much benefit as possible from any positive initiatives. In its latest report issued in October, the International Monetary Fund projects that the eurozone economy would shrink by 0.4 percent in 2012, compared with the 1.4 percent expansion in 2011.
The region's economy will barely grow in 2013, however, improving just 0.2 percent -- depending on how successful the area's governments were in dealing with their challenges. "As a baseline forecast, we expect the global economy to continue to expand modestly," said Standard & Poor's Chief Global Economist Paul Sheard in a press statement. "We expect that the U.S. will avoid the fiscal cliff and eke out about 2 percent growth, policymakers will keep a lid on the eurozone crisis, and the recession there will remain relatively shallow, China will experience a soft landing' in its growth deceleration, and Japan will grow modestly while remaining stuck in deflation."
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Economists believe the US will perform better in 2013. While many industry segments will see uneven growth, the economy itself is expected to benefit from efforts to spark growth both in Congress and by federal and state governments. For this to happen, companies will have to resume hiring and may start doing this later in 2013, once the country has implemented policies designed to fire up the economy, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
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Love of children is a biological trait common to all races....It therefore seemed to me that around this devotion there could be built a renaissance of unity and hope among the distracted elders....It was not expensive to rehabilitate an individual child in this way....The cost of each meal to us could be measured by a few cents. A pound of concentrated food, in rich soup, stews, milk, porridge, cocoa, sugar minerals and cod liver oil daily is like water to a wilting plant.3
1. How many European children were underfed and ill during the early years of World War I?
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3. What personal sacrifices did Hoover make in accepting the position as head of a relief commission? What aspects of his childhood might have influenced that decision?
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Ruddy Turnstones and Crabs
I had a quick look at the Stints and Plovers and found this one with flags on its leg. From the color combination it has been flagged in China.
There are always lots of Soldier Crabs running over the sand. The Stints and Plovers were spread out over the sand pecking up food away from the crabs. However the Ruddy Turnstones seemed to be getting food right close to the crabs.
When I focused in on them I found that they were actually catching and eating crabs. They seemed to go after a crab that was away from the group - maybe it was easier to target one that could not hide out in among the rest. The following photos were taken within a couple of seconds. Is that a leg or a nipper in the last photo? After a few pecks like this they simply broke the crab right open and demolished it!
I have not seen other shorebirds eating crabs like this although they will all take the occasional peck at the very small ones.
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So much for the weather hope it improves great photos.ReplyDelete
Hi Neil, whatever happened to that tourist slogan - "beautiful one day - perfect the next"! It sure hastened happened this season so far.ReplyDelete
wow, that´s a lot ofa crabs. :) But the Ruddy Turnstones don´t seem to mind. I am not that fond of crabs and I don´t think I would like to walk there. I´d hate to step on one.ReplyDelete
Hi NatureFootstep, those crabs are very quick at getting out of your way. I don't think I have ever stepped on one.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Great series of photos, mick! The series at the end with crab is fascinating.ReplyDelete
Wow! Besides loving Ruddy Turnstones and always enjoying my encounters with them, I was wowed by the crabs in your images! What great photos. I was intrigued with the first one in the eating series, where it looks as though the bird has flipped the crab in the air in the process of making him a meal.ReplyDelete
The idea of all those crabs shifting as you take a step gave me pause! Never have seen so many in one place before.
Thanks Wren, I have the camera set to take multiple shots as long as my finger is on the button and it really paid off this time.ReplyDelete
Hi Vickie, I agree that the bird must have flipped that crab up in the air as I have another very similar photo with another crab flying upside down.ReplyDelete
That is very interesting behaviour the way Turnstones break open the crabs, but I guess that actually they have quite a stout bill. I have never seen them eat anything so big over here.ReplyDelete
Hi Phil, I see from one of my books that there are two sub-species of Ruddy Turnstones. I wonder if the same ones come here that you see up your way?ReplyDelete
...really interesting post, especially the bit about the crabs, and catching the crab in the photo mid-air is even better! I miss the ocean so much. I remember so well what it feels like to wade out...I'm jealous!ReplyDelete
Hi Kelly, Thanks for commenting. I love the ocean and am so glad I live here where I have easy access to it.ReplyDelete
With all that nosh available, they'll have to be careful or they won't be able to take off!ReplyDelete
I wonder if they crabs fight back?
Great photos, Mick. Fantastic capture of an oysterctacher "catching" a crab.ReplyDelete
Hi Snail, I wouldn't imagine the crabs would have much defense against a bill as hard and fast and sharp as that!ReplyDelete
Thanks Bob. It's always interesting to watch how birds feed themselves.
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Maxime Guyon wants more of Dubai
Frankie Dettori said that the next generation of talented jockeys was in France. Judging by Mickael Barzalona's success at the opening day of the 2012 Dubai World Cup Carnival, he was absolutely spot on.
However, in France, the jockey who was talked about the most in 2011 was Maxime Guyon. At 22, he is only two years older than Barzalona, who happens to be working in the same yard of André Fabre and is also a close friend.
He didn't get to ride Pour Moi in the Epsom Derby, but Guyon did find classic success at home when he guided Golden Lilac to victory in the Group One Prix de Diane.
The jockey also managed to add the Grand Prix de Paris, the Prix Jean Romanet and Prix Royal Oak to his impressive record. Success though is not something he dwells on as he says: "Actually I'm not sure how many Group One victories I had last year. I think it was seven. Seven in France and two in Hong Kong."
For the second winter now, Guyon has gone to Hong Kong, an experience he enjoys but an experience that did probably cost him the Jockey's title in France. He had been going strong, but then Christophe Soumillon decided to join the battle for the title and every day the two top jockeys played catch-up. In the end, Guyon had to honour his contract in Hong Kong, which meant he left France with still a month to go of the 2011 season.
When he left, he had ridden 156 winners which was not enough to stop Christophe Soumillon who took the title thanks to 162 winners. Guyon though doesn't have too many regrets when he says: "I always knew that I was going to Hong Kong in December and it was difficult to fight for the title."
He pauses and adds: "Sure I was a bit disappointed, but it wasn't my first objective of the season. I will have my revenge one day, I hope. It's important in a career of a jockey, but I hope that I still will have many opportunities to get that title. Who knows, maybe I will come here one year for the Carnival and that would give me the opportunity to complete the season in France."
It sounds like Dubai has left a big impression on him and he confirms: "I love it here. I'm really excited to ride in the [Meydan] Masters. Dubai has such a great reputation and to ride in these conditions, against the best jockeys in the world, it's great. I really would like to at least once in my life stay for the entire Carnival. So if I would get an offer from a trainer, I would seriously consider it."
There is no doubt that he would be a valuable addition to the Carnival that already attracts the world's jockey elite on a regular basis. For the time being though, he concentrates on Hong Kong and he concludes: "Last year, when I went to Hong Kong, I had a great season. I rode fifteen winners, including two Group One races. This time round, it's been a little bit more difficult. I am going to stay a couple of days in Dubai after the [Meydan] Masters, as I have been suspended, but then I am going back for another month. And I hope with all my heart that I can still ride some winners out there and hence reward the trainers who trust me."
It looks like the next generation of talented jockeys does indeed come from France, but it is also a generation that is by no means satisfied with staying there. Barzalona, Guyon, here they come!


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<founder-content> </founder-content>Highly pathogenic avian influenza this person's word is a mouthful, for just in the area of separation birthday Spend three small PENG (a pseudonym) is obviously too high, so even though she almost died.
From admission to the critically ill and then recovered, and hundreds of man-made travel PENG busy. 21 days, across both the old and the new Lunar New Year, but also across the life and death and beyond something.
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New Year's Day after his grandma and Grandpa suddenly came to Changsha, PENG put back to Shanxi.
To make matters worse, PENG also begin fever. Back in Shanxi, the disease more and more serious, Grandpa He Hangen cloud that a child is just beginning on the road with tired, and can be PENG situation does not improve. Several urban areas in the village and hospital treatment is not effective after January 14, HE Han-yun and his wife to hurry with the granddaughter of the provincial capital Taiyuan.
6:00 that evening, PENG was admitted to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province. The chief physician on duty KANG Yu Zhang recalled that at the time the immediate girls pale gray hair, lips purple, and dull eyes, breathing shallow and promote, and even have no response to an acupuncture treatment.
"Come into contact with, PENG's aunt on the sale of chickens and ducks in the live poultry market."
People highly pathogenic avian influenza? KANG Yu Zhang said that when she and to look for a long time, chilling.
Think because of being easy to use at the problem, broad-spectrum antibiotic was the first suspension. Soon, in the use of hormones on the Group of Experts had heated discussions. Diagnosis and treatment of atypical pneumonia in the previous on domestic hormone had been caused by improper use of sick "femoral head necrosis" and other sequelae. PENG, taking into account only 3 years old, hormone dosage was gradually have consciously stopped.
At the same time, Taiyuan, Luliang city activated the human avian influenza contingency monitoring, reporting and implementation of epidemicd ay. 67 close contacts have also been isolated, beginning a sustained 15-day medical observation. HE Han-yun on one side of the isolation wards, totally do not know the world outside. In order to meet granddaughter, burning several attempts from jumping through the window of the elderly, health care workers were finally persuaded under.
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In 12 years of playing football, Northside has made it to the NCHSAA East Regional final five times.
In 12 years of playing football, Northside has made it to the NCHSAA East Regional final five times.
Or, to put it another way, the Monarchs have been one of the state�s top four teams in their classification at the end of nearly half of the dozen seasons they�ve put on shoulder pads and laced up cleats.
Impressive? No doubt. That�s the good news.
And the bad?
Northside has never taken the next step, which is to make it to the state finals. Four straight seasons the Monarchs made it to the 2-A regional final from 2005 to 2008, with three of the four on the road.
Each time they�ve come up shy of their ultimate goal to win a state title.
But that�s history.
And the top-seeded Monarchs (14-0) hope to make history tonight when they play host to second-seeded Carrboro (14-0) in a clash of unbeaten foes in the NCHSAA 2-AA regional final. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m.
The winner will face the Salisbury-South Iredell survivor for the state title on Dec. 1 at Carter-Finley Stadium.
But first Northside must get past what has been a roadblock in the past, a past that coach Bob Eason, who has coached the Monarchs since their inception, said doesn�t weigh on him heavily or otherwise.
�You can look at it a couple different ways. A lot of people would like to be in those shoes,� Eason said. �Some people have never made a regional final. So I try not to think about it. I might think about it after the fact, but right now I�m just enjoying it, looking forward to it.
�There�s no monkey on my back. We�ve done a good job. Coaches worked hard, players played hard. So whatever happens, happens. We certainly would like to get to the next step, but you�ve got to play a game Friday night and have to play well to get there.�
Of Northside�s four losses in the regional final, two were close, one was not and the fourth was in between. In 2005, Northside lost 20-14 at Clinton, which went on to win the state title. A year later, Clinton routed the Monarchs 25-0.
In 2007, Northside lost at South Columbus 8-3 while in 2008 fell at Tarboro 28-14.
Eason said he learned something from each of those games, especially the first one. But, he added, �each one of them was a little different.�
�Sometimes I felt like we could have played better. Sometimes I felt we could have coached better. Sometimes I felt the situations just weren�t there for us,� he said. �It�s just different each time, but you always try to go back (and examine what you do).
�I certainly take the top-down approach and start with me and see what I could have done better. So, yeah, there�s some things I think about it that have helped me. I feel comfortable going into this game Friday.�
Especially since it�s at home, which more than one coach has argued is worth 3 to 7 points. Either way, Northside may need the points against a Carrboro squad that is averaging just over 41 points a game out of spread attack similar to that run by Croatan and Topsail, two teams the Monarchs beat during the regular season.
�They�re dangerous on offense,� Eason said. �I don�t think they can throw anything at us that we haven�t seen. It�s just they might run it better than the other people.�
The Jaguars aren�t just a spread team, however. Eason said Carrboro will run some power plays out of the backfield as well as some option.
�They do a good job of mixing it up,� he said.
Defensively, the Jaguars run a four-man front, but Eason expects Carrboro to bulk up the box with some added players to try to slow Northside�s strong running attack, which is led by Dewayne Johnson, who has 1,595 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns.
Are the Monarchs ready for the challenge?
�We�ll find out Friday,� Eason said.
Pressed on the question, Eason was asked what his sense of his team was as it stands just one win away from a first-ever trip to the state finals.
�When you get this far it takes some luck and preparation,� he said. �I think we�ve got the Jimmy�s and Joe�s, it�s just the match-up sometimes, see what happens out there when we get matched up with them.
�That�s a big part of it. Then the luck factor, the turnover factor; that kind of thing�s going to play a part in it probably.�
Still, there was a telling moment on Monday for Eason. The Monarchs may be undefeated, but they know they can get better, a fact that Eason saw as he talked with his players before the first practice of the week.
�I said, �The thing is we�re pretty good, but we�ve got room for improvement,�� Eason said. �We just started naming things we could do better and the guys were shaking their head about it. It�s good to think, �All right, there�s a few things we can do to put this thing in overdrive. We haven�t hit our top gear yet.�
�It�s a good thing. They�re playing hard, but they realize some of those small things that make a difference we can do better.�
Perhaps even good enough to make history tonight.


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The Phase One/Mamiya V-Grip Air for Phase One & Mamiya 645DF Cameras was co-developed with Profoto
COPENHAGEN, TOKYO, and STOCKHOLM, August 23, 2010 -- Phase One and Mamiya, leaders in open platform medium format digital camera systems and solutions, and Profoto, the light shaping company, today announced the Phase One/Mamiya V-Grip Air. This is the first product resulting from these companies' collaboration.
The Phase One/Mamiya V-Grip Air is not only the first vertical grip with a built-in wireless flash trigger; it is also the first and only wireless flash sync solution for a medium format camera system that is capable of delivering sync speeds as fast as 1/1600s. The new V-Grip also offers owners of Phase One and Mamiya 645DF cameras more shooting styles, and delivers longer camera battery life through power integration and easy firmware upgrades.
"Profoto's innovative flash system technology is legendary in our time," said Henrik Håkonsson, President and CEO, Phase One. "Profoto's commitment to system diversity complements Phase One's open platform approach to ensure photographers have options to choose the best systems to support their unique requirements."
"Profoto is recognized globally as producing the most innovative flash equipment in the industry" says president of Mamiya Digital Imaging, Toshio Midorikawa. "By combining resources with Profoto, Mamiya and Team Phase One, we are able to offer photographers the most practical tools for their profession."
Built-in flash technology from Profoto lets photographers trigger a flash simply and wirelessly from the V-grip Air. The wireless flash triggering system is an out-of-the-box solution that works with all current and most modern Profoto flash systems. It is also possible to leverage the wireless flash triggering with other flash brands by using an optional receiver unit from Profoto.
"We share Phase One's and Mamiya's passion for pushing the limits for our customers," said Anders Hedebark, CEO, Profoto. "It is great to be working with companies that lead the medium format market in applied innovation for photographers. Our cooperation in designing the V-grip Air marks the beginning of new and better workflow tools we plan to be offering to professional photographers in the future."
The V-Grip Air unit features all the same camera controls and functionality as on the 645DF camera. An integrated L-bracket is available for portrait-mode mounting on a stand. The unit runs on the same type of battery used in Phase One and Leaf digital backs with a backup option to use standard AA type batteries.
Front and rear views of the Phase One/Mamiya V-Grip Air for Phase One and Mamiya 645DF camera systems, with and without L-bracket attached. Photos provided by Phase One A/S.
Pricing/Availability The Phase One/Mamiya V-Grip Air for Phase One and Mamiya 645DF camera systems is priced at $1290/€990. An L-bracket/handstrap standalone package is $299/€229. Products may be ordered from Phase One, Leaf and Mamiya partners. Please see: http://www.phaseone.com/v-grip or http://www.leaf-photography.com/products_v_grip_phaseone_645df.asp. For Phase One partner information, please see: Phase One: http://www.phaseone.com/partners.
The Profoto transceiver is $199/ €149 and is available from Profoto. More information is available at http://www.profoto.com.
About Profoto Photographers know Profoto as the "light shaping company." Founded in 1968 in Stockholm by photographer and engineer Eckhard Heine and photo-equipment retailer Conny Dufgran, Profoto has achieved a worldwide reputation for the precision and reliability of its products and the innovation of its technology. Profoto equipment is used by the world's leading photographers.
For more information about Profoto products, please see http://www.profoto.com/.
About Mamiya Mamiya is a world renowned manufacturer of medium format cameras and lenses with 70 years of dedication to the professional photography industry. Mamiya's products are endorsed by photographers globally for their durability, quality and flexibility. Mamiya has its head office in Tokyo and is represented by local dealers on all continents. More company information is available at: Mamiya.com.
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About Phase One Phase One is the world's leader in open-platform based medium format camera systems and solutions. Phase One medium format cameras, digital backs and lenses are designed to deliver superior quality image capture and investment value. Phase One's Capture One software helps streamline capture and post-production processes for both medium format and DSLR cameras. Phase One products are known for their quality, flexibility and speed enabling pro photographers shooting in a wide range of formats to achieve their creative visions without compromise. For more information about the products, visit the Phase One web site on http://phaseone.com.
Phase One is an employee-owned company based in Copenhagen with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Cologne and Shanghai.
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The Ravens were already living on the edge when they signed strong safety Will Hill to a contract last July. They moved even closer after Matt Elam tore his biceps during the first week of the 2015 training camp, forcing him to miss the entire season.
Hill was expected to battle Elam for the starting job, but now the Ravens are gambling that Hill won't be a disaster both on and off the field. Now entering his fourth season, Hill has already been suspended by the NFL three times, twice in violation of the league's policy on substance abuse.
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These spicy morsels will be the hit of your Halloween party. To save time, use purchased frosting in place of homemade. You'll find everything you need such as candies and sprinkles at your local bulk food store, to make "spook-tacular" decorated cupcakes.
1/4 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup Ontario pumpkin purée
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp each baking powder and cinnamon
1/2 tsp each baking soda, ground ginger and nutmeg
1/4 tsp each ground cloves and salt
Decorator Frosting (recipe below)
Decorator Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened or shortening
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1 tsp vanilla
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Ben Bernanke can't make the Federal Reserve's monetary symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this year.
He's too busy with personal business.
The symposium doesn't occur until late August, but Bernanke already knows he'll be jammed up those days — personal business that wasn't described by the Fed because . . . well, you know . . . it's personal.
Let me put this in perspective.
This is like Pope Francis saying that he can't do church-related stuff on Easter because he's got tickets to the opera.
It is very odd for the head of the Fed to skip the Jackson Hole summit, where Wall Street economists and foreign central bankers come to hear a sermon from the mouth.
Bernanke's term as Fed chairman ends in January. He can stick around after that but only as a lowly Fed governor. Nobody is expecting him to take the demotion.
So is Bernanke's planned absence from Jackson Hole a sign that he doesn't want to be a lame-duck leader spouting policies that may not happen? And is Ben finally seeing the writing on the stall — that Fed policy these last few years has led to wealth for a small percentage on Wall Street but a crappy economy for everyone else?
You already know my view on Bernanke's policy of extremely low interest rates and Quantitative Easing, the latter being the policy by which the Fed has purchased trillions of dollars in bonds with new money fresh off the printing press.
Both were probably necessary when the financial crisis was raging in 2007/08. But both those policies are now years past their usefulness.
Low interest rates have taken money out of savers' pockets and enriched those who can afford to risk putting their assets in stocks and other dangerous stuff.
Quantitative easing (QE) is the same old game of printing money. It debases our currency. And worse, there is no obvious exit strategy.
Bernanke has been getting more heat from inside the Fed lately.
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said last week that if he were "dictator," QE would end now. And the head of the Minneapolis Fed, Narayana Kocherlakota, said the low rates will probably lead to financial instability.
So the votes inside the Fed are turning decidedly against Bernanke. But does that surprise anyone?
We've had a lousy economy for the past half-dozen years, during which time recovery after recovery has faltered. Most economic indicators these past few months show another dip coming, even before Washington starts making the cuts necessary to hack at the federal budget deficit.
As I've been proposing for years, the only safe answer to our dilemma is for Washington to change the rules on personal retirement accounts. Let the Americans spend some of the money they've saved for their golden years on real estate as a way to stimulate the economy.
I can't get into all the details here, but if the Fed wants me to make this suggestion at Jackson Hole all they have to do is give me a call.
Unlike Bernanke, I'll clear my schedule.
I had some fun in my last column making up the titles and plots of some movies that exist only in my head and aren't playing at this week's Tribeca Film Festival. Then I added some real movies and made you guess which was which.
Well, to my surprise, some pretty smart folks couldn't tell my fakes from the real things.
So here they are:
Charlie Always Loses (depressingly fake); A Birder's Guide to Everything (real); Peanut
Butter and Jell-O (grotesquely fake); Farah Goes Bang (real); Fresh Meat (real); Kiss My Ash (humorously fake); G.B.F (real); Yup (insultingly fake); The Journal of Insomnia (real); Cheap Documentaries Presents: Why Does Mozzarella Always Have To Be So Round When Today's World Is So Diverse (obviously fake).
I did manage to get into some festival movies this past week, so I decided to give each a short review.
* ï®Almost Christmas stars Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti (who, by the way, played Ben Bernanke in HBO's T
oo Big to Fail). You might says this is A-Pauling.
I don't know much about movies, but I do know a lot about Christmas. And this depressing "comedy" isn't going to cut it. There were a few chuckles, but I suspect the movie's publicists were sneaking through the theater tickling people.
* Adult World A recent college grad is forced to take a job in an adult video store because the real world isn't kind to poetry majors even if they are damned cute and won awards in school.
I'll give this one star not because it's a good-enough story of young love but because it should be required watching before sending kids to college.
The parents (whose names I can't remember) are $90,000 in debt because of a Syracuse University education. And they are complaining that their daughter (Emma Roberts) is spending too much on the stamps she needs to send her poems into contests.
Stamps! This family will be buying one-ply toilet paper for the rest of their lives and they're worried about stamps.
* ﮓHow To Make Money Selling Drugs" In this economy, most people will probably mistake this for a vocational film. But this fact-filled documentary spends 99 percent of the time explaining how lucrative the drug business can be before getting to the obligatory "drugs are bad for you" message. Again, one star, but only if you can see it for free on cable.


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My first thought when I seen this was, are they afraid someone else might get buried in this plot? Not sure why this was done but its a bit amusing.
Locate at Lowell Cemetery in Lowell, KS.
Stuff like that makes me march right over and investigate. Over advertising, you know? Like, have they posted a 24-hour guard too? Silly people.ReplyDelete
My Dad and I would plant my Grandmother's favorite flowers at her marker and go back to water them and they would be gone. Just a hole where the roots were! Maybe what started the whole show? JLK at NK56ReplyDelete
Well, that's interesting. I had the same suggestion as NKJLK, because that's quite the flower monument.ReplyDelete
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Margaret Weitekamp of the Smithonian's National Air and Space Museum, explains how her collection of toy ray guns relates to spaghetti westerns and the American spirit of adventure at the October thirstDC Smithsonian special edition event.
The Smithsonian and the National Institutes of Health are joining the thirstDC lineup for a special-edition event highlighting genomics July 18. Six speakers from two Smithsonian museums, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute will deliver short presentations on a variety of genomic topics from the human microbiome to skin pigmentation to bees, illustrating the enormous effect genomic research has had on our understanding of life's building blocks.
The special theme for the event compliments the opening of Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, the newest exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History and a collaboration between the Smithsonian and NIH. Doors will open at U Street Music Hall: 1115 U St., N.W. at 6 p.m., and at 7 p.m. the experts will take the stage to deliver fascinating talks on this rapidly advancing research. In between presentations, guests are encouraged to engage directly with the speakers and each other over cocktails and to the sounds of the house DJ.
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Started in 2011, thirstDC focuses on creating and fostering thought leaders both on- and offstage by crafting an informal learning environment where world-renowned experts can socialize, interact with and inspire attendees in a lounge atmosphere. The Smithsonian and thirstDC have collaborated before, selling out each event to record crowds that represent a diverse cross-section of Washington's hippest nerds.
"The response we get when we participate in this type of social learning event is like nothing we've ever seen," said Kelly Carnes, press officer for the National Museum of Natural History. "We see information from these talks shooting across social networks, to the tune of tens of thousands of Facebook profiles and hundreds of thousands of Twitter feeds per event. We couldn't do it without the creative brainy expertise of the thirstDC team and wonderful partners like NHGRI, so we're grateful that they're willing to go on this adventure with us, helping us share critical messages with the masses about our natural world."
"The marriage of science, art, design and presentation are nerdy values we hold close to our cardiac muscles," said thirstDC's creative director and chief nerd, Eric Schulze. "Being able to showcase each of these aspects from all of the Smithsonian and National Institutes of Health experts rocking our stage July 18 is a match made in DNA."
Smithsonian and National Human Genome Research Institute speakers for the special edition genomics event include:
The 4,400-square-foot exhibition, "Genome: Unlocking Life's Code" will be on view at the National Museum of Natural History through Sept. 1, 2014. The exhibition uses an interactive environment and educational programs to immerse visitors in genomic science, inspiring a better understanding of ourselves and how we fit into the diversity of life on Earth. The exhibition was supported by its lead sponsor, Life Technologies Foundation; other major sponsors include Johnson & Johnson, Ancestry.com and the Brin Wokcicki Foundation. The National Museum of American History will also be debuting a special case related to genomics, "Birth of Biotechnology," which will open in October.
For more information about the Smithsonian, visit www.si.edu. For more information about Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, visit http://unlockinglifescode.org/. For more information about thirstDC and to purchase tickets to the event, visit http://thirstdc.com or their Facebook page or Twitter feed: @ThirstDC.
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Welcome to #FlashMobWrites Week Forty-Eight
Come one, come all! This is an open flash fiction challenge with a musical inspiration, hosted by authors Cara Michaels (formerly of #MenageMonday, #WIPflash, and #RaceTheDate) and Ruth Long (of the wicked fun #LoveBites and #DirtyGoggles challenges).
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- A prompt choice is offered by each judge. Choose one (or both!) and include it in your story as given.
- The prompt may be split between sentences, but no order change or dropping words.
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This song and video tickled my funny bone. If you aren't acquainted with Skylar Gudasz and her wry humor, enjoy this first time on us…
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Michigan State To Host Clemson in Inaugural Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge
Spartans and Tigers will meet Nov. 29 in East Lansing.
May 14, 2007
PARK RIDGE, Ill. - The Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday the formation of an annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women's basketball, which will span at least four years and will begin in the fall of 2007. Michigan State will host Clemson in the first-ever event on Nov. 29 at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans and Tigers have only met one other time, a 75-64 Clemson victory on Dec. 18, 1989. Michigan State finished 24-9 overall last season and third in the Big Ten with a 13-3 conference record, while Clemson finished 12-18 overall and 4-10 in ACC play.
The Big Ten/ACC Challenge will match 11 teams from each conference in head-to-head competition traditionally on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Thanksgiving, following the men's basketball Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
"The Big Ten Conference and its institutions are thrilled for the formation of this great event and the Big Ten/ACC Challenge will provide a wonderful stage on which these two traditionally dominant women's basketball conferences will compete," said Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany. "The Big Ten and the ACC boast some of the most passionate women's basketball fans in the country and we feel this Challenge will not only strengthen our teams, but our loyal fan base as well."
The inaugural Big Ten/ACC Challenge will feature games outside the traditional timeframe as the first contest of the Challenge will feature Michigan at Miami on Nov. 19. The Big Ten will then host the next two games on Nov. 28, as Wake Forest travels to Northwestern and Iowa hosts Georgia Tech. Three games are slated for Nov. 29, with Michigan State hosting Clemson, Purdue traveling to North Carolina and Illinois heading to NC State. ACC teams will host three of the four Nov. 30 games when Maryland welcomes Ohio State, Virginia Tech hosts Minnesota and Wisconsin travels to Virginia. In addition, Indiana will serve as host to Florida State on Nov. 30. The 2007 Big Ten/ACC Challenge concludes on Dec. 2 with Duke competing at Penn State.
"The Atlantic Coast Conference is pleased to be part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women's basketball," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "To be able to showcase our women's basketball teams in premier competition with the Big Ten Conference in a great event like this will create excitement and enthusiasm with our participating teams and their fans."
The Big Ten and ACC conference offices will coordinate the 11-game schedule each season, which may include rematches from year-to-year. In addition, the official title of the Challenge will rotate each year beginning with the Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge in 2007. The 2008 event will be referred to as the ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge. The name of the annual series will continue to mirror the official title of the men's basketball event.
Game times, as well as television and broadband coverage, will be announced at a later date.
The Big Ten and ACC have long been among the dominant conferences on the women's basketball scene. This past season, North Carolina advanced to the national semifinals giving the ACC back-to-back Final Four appearances for the third time in league history, just as the Big Ten had in 2003-04 and 2004-05. In 2005-06, the ACC became the first conference to send three teams - Duke, Maryland and North Carolina - to the same Final Four, while the Big Ten was represented by both Iowa and Ohio State in the 1993 event. The Big Ten has participated in five of the last nine Final Fours and eight overall, compared to the ACC's 11 trips, including six in the past 11 years.
In most recent comparison, the 2006-07 campaign concluded with collegerpi.com rating the ACC and Big Ten third and fourth, respectively, in the final RPI. In the same report, the Big Ten was ranked first in strength of schedule, followed by the ACC in third. Since the 1999-00 season, the two conferences have squared off in head-to-head competition on 57 occasions, with the ACC holding a 29-28 advantage.
November 19
Michigan at Miami
November 28
Wake Forest at Northwestern
Georgia Tech at Iowa
November 29
Clemson at Michigan State
Purdue at North Carolina
Illinois at NC State
November 30
Ohio State at Maryland
Minnesota at Virginia Tech
Florida State at Indiana
Wisconsin at Virginia
December 2
Duke at Penn State
The Spartans will take on Clemson Nov. 29 in the Breslin Center in the inaugural Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge.


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World First: High-Wave Floating Solar Park
A Belgian consortium has launched a project in high-wave offshore solar technology with the aim of building floating solar parks in the North Sea.Large maritime market players Tractebel, Jan De Nul Group, DEME, Soltech and Ghent University formed a consortium and announced the launch of an innovative project in the field of marine floating solar technology.The consortium strongly believe that solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in offshore waters are one of the essential future green energy sources. Combined in the same location with aquaculture and offshore wind power, this innovative technology allows for a more efficient use of available space.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf after Britain seized an Iranian vessel earlier this month, further raising tensions along a vital international oil shipping route.Britain said it was urgently seeking information about the Stena Impero after the tanker, which had been heading to a port in Saudi Arabia, suddenly changed course after passing through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.The Revolutionary Guards said they seized the tanker at the request of Iranian maritime authorities for "not following international maritime regulations," state television reported.


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Jump stretch bands are starting to appear in gyms.
Jump stretch bands are starting to appear in gyms.
In past columns I have used them to assist with pullups. They are stretchy enough to provide pullup assistance without compromising good technique.
Their inherent elasticity provides other uses for functional training. Stability goes hand in hand with strength. You need stable hips to lift heavy weight in a squat or a dead lift. The same goes for shoulder stability. If you want a strong press, you will benefit from a joint that can stand up to the load.
Stability isn't just for the heavy lifter. New and novice gym-goers can use jump stretch bands for their benefits. Whether you just want to add another layer of protection around your joints or see improvement in your leisure sports, bands can aid in your goals.
I have started to see bands at most sports retailers. They are also available online; just type "jump stretch bands" in your search engine. They come in different colors and resistances. Most gyms will have them lying around or at a desk where you can check them out.
Today's exercises are modifications of the basic squat and press. In short, you hang light weights on the bands from each end of a barbell. This simple modification can provide some challenging stability work that will prove beneficial after only a few weeks.
Using bands in this fashion can strengthen the stability of your joints. As you perform a controlled movement through the full range of motion, the weight hanging from the bands gently oscillates and sways. As your body adjusts to maintain control, you develop joint stability and muscle strength.
Leave your macho lifter ego at home when you work with the bands to gain stability. Heavy weights are not the goal here. Controlled movements are. I recommend using anywhere from 5 percent to 30 percent of your maximum lift on any movement. If you squat 100 pounds, then start with a bar and weight that equal 5 to 10 pounds. Yes, start that light. You may be surprised how shaky you are.
Volume is a tool best used with stability. Perform two to four sets of eight to 20 repetitions. Make every rep perfect. Your first set will seem a little easy. By the time you get to sets three and four, you will see that the little weights provide plenty of stimuli. If you are able to complete four sets at one weight, add some weight the next week. Make small jumps in weight opposed to large ones. Five pounds can be the difference between a difficult movement and one that is impossible because of a shaking barbell.
Always use a spotter when using bands in this fashion. If you shake too much, your partner can help you stabilize between reps or grab the bar should you not be able to complete your set. Use a squat rack with its safety bars when doing the squats. Ask a trainer at your gym to help you. If you don't have a spotter that day, then skip band work until you have one.
Tempo is important when working stability exercises. Unlike maximum effort lifts where speed and power are king, stability movements are slow. Count for two seconds on the way up and down. You could even use a four- or 10-second count for your repetitions. If you lift too fast, the bands will swing too violently and throw the bar around with you under it, another good reason to use a trainer or spotter. Go slow and enjoy the struggle.
Use this stability work as an accessory to your main lifts. There is no need to hang bands from every bar you lift. I recommend using the squat and any press. It could be a shoulder press as featured or a bench press or even an incline press.
Grip when holding the bar is important. Some people use an open grip. This means the thumb is not wrapped around the bar when lifting. It is nicknamed the suicide grip. Many of the best bench pressers use this grip when lifting. I do not recommend it for stability work. If the bar shakes too much, you might actually lose hold of it. Wrap the thumb around the bar and hold on tight.
Instructions for band press
Add jump stretch bands with weight to each side of a barbell. Position the hands outside the shoulder width and unrack the bar. Contract the glutes, core and straighten the back.
With a controlled movement, press the weight overhead. Return to the starting position with the same control.
Perform eight to 20 reps for two to four sets. Always use a spotter. Using weight that is too heavy will cause the bar to oscillate too much. The movement will not be as effective. Make sure the elbows don't turn outward. Keep them externally rotated to create a stable shoulder.
Instructions for band squat
Add jump stretch bands with weight to each side of the squat bar. Unrack the squat bar and set up for a traditional squat; feet outside hip width, toes slightly pointed out, core and glutes contracted and back straight.
With a controlled speed, sink the hips back and the knees out until your hip crease is below the knee. Contract the glutes and return to the standing position.
Perform eight to 20 reps for two to four sets. Always use a spotter. Using weight that is too heavy will cause the bar to oscillate too much. The movement will not be as effective.
Watch for the common squat form faults. Coming up on the toes signifies loading the knee. Knees crashing inward means the glutes are not working. A rounding back is a telltale sign the core is not active.
Chris Huth is a Las Vegas trainer. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Consult your physician before beginning any exercise program.


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Frozen continent may not be immune to global warming
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Antarctica is a land of extremes: the driest, windiest, coldest place on Earth. The ice sheet that blankets the continent is, on average, 2 kilometers thick and covers nearly 14 million square kilometers. Antarctica is so remote and so isolated that as recently as 2007 scientists thought that it might be unaffected by global warming.


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The Catholic Church continues its war on women in ever-more bizarre ways, tying itself into all kinds of knots as it tries to enforce its policies on the people over whom it has some authority. For example, the church seems to hate the thought that women might be getting pregnant in ways that it does not approve of based on its medieval ways of thinking. As a result, it finds itself embroiled in legal cases that do not show it in a good light.
A former first-grade teacher at Kettering's Ascension Catholic School is suing the school, Ascension Church and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati in federal court, saying officials discriminated against her a year ago when they fired the unmarried woman after she told the principal about her pregnancy.
Kathleen Quinlan of Kettering, who has since delivered twin girls, said in the Dec. 14 lawsuit that her firing for moral reasons was discriminatory because male employees who engage in premarital sex don't face the same consequences "insomuch as they do not show outward signs of engaging in sexual intercourse (i.e., pregnancy)."
But the church is not only opposed to women getting pregnant outside of marriage, it is also opposed to women getting pregnant while married if the pregnancy did not occur through 'normal' sexual activity.
In Indiana, Emily Herx made national headlines in April when she sued the Diocese of Ft. Wayne-South Bend in federal court, saying the diocese discriminated against the married teacher when officials fired her for having in vitro fertilization treatments. Diocesan officials say the procedure is "gravely immoral." She said other employees violate Catholic teachings without consequence.
And it is not only in vitro fertilization that is verboten, so is artificial insemination.
The Cincinnati archdiocese is facing a pending federal lawsuit similar to Quinlan's, filed by former parochial teacher Christa Dias of Clermont County. The 2011 lawsuit claims the single woman was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination.
And who was this person who was entrusted by the church to uphold its high moral values and thus had to fire Dias because she did not meet those standards? It was the principal Rev. James Kiffmeyer, "who was suspended from 2002-2006 on allegations of sexual misconduct against two male students in separate incidents while he was a teacher at Middletown's Fenwick High School."
Religious groups often practice a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. As long as you are discreet and don't flout your violations of their rules (whether it be sex outside of marriage, contraception, abortion, etc.) you can be in good standing within the institution. And it is easier to do so if you are a man. But as more women begin to feel that what they do is not wrong and thus not bother to hide them, it looks like the Catholic Church is going to keep the courts pretty busy for some time to come.


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At once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling
that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns
is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a
deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found
in love.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them - in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul - they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami.
It happened on a Thursday. It must have, because Mariam remembered that she had been restless and preoccupied that day, the way she was only on Thursdays, the day when Jalil visited her at the kolba. To pass the time until the moment that she would see him at last, crossing the knee-high grass in the clearing and waving, Mariam had climbed a chair and taken down her mother's Chinese tea set. The tea set was the sole relic that Mariam's mother, Nana, had of her own mother, who had died when Nana was two. Nana cherished each blue-and-white porcelain piece, the graceful curve of the pot's spout, the hand-painted finches and chrysanthemums, the dragon on the sugar bowl, meant to ward off evil.
It was this last piece that slipped from Mariam's fingers, that fell to the wooden floorboards of the kolba and shattered.
When Nana saw the bowl, her face flushed red and her upper lip shivered, and ...
Some readers may find A Thousand Splendid Suns a little too melodramatic and sentimental for their tastes. This reviewer started off cynical but was entirely won over by the end - starting the book in the evening and waking up before dawn to finish it, reading by fading flashlight as the sun rose and the pages blurred through the tears.
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