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Celeste Holm, best known for her role in the original 1943 production of Roger and Hammertein's Oklahoma!, as well as an Oscar-winning turn in Gentleman's Agreement, died on Sunday from a heart attack brought on by severe dehydration at the age of 95. Holm's acting career spanned more than 70 years, and though she experienced a great deal of early success (including a studio battle fought on her behalf by legendary director Elia Kazan), the end of her life was marked by money troubles and estrangement from her sons. Of Holm's unique talent, Miles Krueger, president of the Institute of the American Musical, said, "Any good actress can play a man-crazy hoyden but Celeste Holm played Ado Annie with a sly wink-in-the-eye that made her character irresistible."
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MOSCOW, March 25 (UPI) -- China's new leadership, seeking closer military cooperation with Russia, agreed to buy 24 Su-35 fighter jets and four submarines from Moscow, state media said.
The agreement, whose total value was not disclosed, was concluded in Moscow over the weekend during the visit of China's new President Xi Jinping. Russia was the first foreign destination for Xi after becoming China's top leader earlier this month.
The four submarines China plans to buy are the Lada-class vessels, China Daily and China Central Television reported. The four will be jointly designed and built by both countries, with two of them to be built in Russia and the other two in China.
China Daily quoted Chinese observers that any concern among region players about the arms-sales deal is "unnecessary" as it is not directed at any third party. It is the first time in about 10 years that China has gone for such a large military technological equipment deal from Russia, the report said.
"The Su-35 fighters can effectively reduce pressure on China's air defense before Chinese-made stealth fighters come online," the CCT reported.
Li Hong, secretary-general of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said the recent purchases and joint building plan serve as an indicator of the evolution of the overall Sino-Russian strategic partnership, China Daily reported.
"It is the natural, well-deserved fruit of bilateral defense cooperation, and both sides have made it clear that the bilateral strategic partnership is not targeting anyone," Li said.
During his visit to the Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday, Xi, who is also chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission, said he hoped their countries would strengthen cooperation between their military forces, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The Chinese leader said he visited the Russian Defense Ministry on the suggestion of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
The world is still unequal, unbalanced and tumultuous, with challenges of both "traditional and nontraditional" threats, as well as the further spreading of turmoil in some areas, Xi said.
Russia's RIA Novosti reported Xi was the first foreign leader ever to be allowed inside the "heart" of the Russian military establishment.
"My visit to the Russian Defense Ministry is intended to confirm that military, political and strategic relations between the two countries will strengthen as will cooperation between the Armed Forces of China and Russia," Xi was quoted as telling Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Russia and China have held a number of joint military exercises since 2005. Both are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which also includes the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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A user on YouTube is making videos prompting "Chrstians" to vote according to certain "values", which are:
1. Marriage (as long as he gets to define what that means)
2. Life ("Right to life from birth to natural death". I guess that modern medicine is against his values too?)
3. Freedom (And by freedom, he means the freedom to dictate to others what they should do with their personal lives)
Anyway, the video just plain made me upset. It scares me when I think about how much power and influence these religious fundamentalists have over American politics.
Link to video on YouTube. Any thoughts on rebuttals? Comments?
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Actually it feels very much like the videos I have seen produced by Occupy, Move to Amend, environmental groups, and movies such as 'The Age of Stupid'. They are calls to arms, sometimes with the same theams.
Marriage is really not under threat, only the ideocentric definition of it. Theists want to monopolize the definitions that culture is made up of, and on top of those the social contract. The US as a republic (not an empire), defined as a christian nation, under the christian 'God'. All others will be given short shift.
Jobs/work will be defined along christian models. A renewal of the Protestant Work ethic, but along much more cruel lines, '...do no work, niether shall you eat..'. It is unclear if work will be held over people as a sword to enforce conformity, but I have heard such rumblings.
Economy, seems more abstract to most christians, but watching how some churches have raised money and business to a spiritual standing, it might be that corrupt business practices could be defined as moral acts as long as church coffers are feed. A looking the other way(new undulgences), pulling back FBI investigations, and going after small time crooks, because everything else is 'just god's business'.
War, as a 'heroic act' could take on more ominous tones. Middle eastern countries with eyes on Israel, could come under offensive actions. The bible has numerous stories of cruelity during war, and seems to indicate easy rationalizations. The talk during the last Bush administration concerning a US 'empire', might be refluxed.
Just some minor concerns of mine..
Pretty awesome video if you took out all the words. Like James said, definitely a call to arms. I don't however, think that an unshackled Christian theocracy would be THAT horrible, but that could just be me putting too much faith in humanity.
Bottom line, the video was cool, the words made me sick.


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Based on the Nation's progress and an assessment by the Secretary of the continuing and future needs of the Nation's schools in effectively using technology to provide all students the opportunity to meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards, the Secretary shall update and publish, in a form readily accessible to the public, a national long-range technology plan, by not later than 12 months after January 8, 2002.
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Junior righthander Nick Neumann picked up his first win since the 2011 season as the Central Connecticut baseball team topped Navy 6-4 on Sunday. The win gives the Blue Devils three of four over Navy on the weekend. They are now 3-1 on the season, and play again next weekend on the road at St. Joseph's and Villanova.
Neumann missed all of the 2012 season with an arm injury, and pitched on Sunday for the first time since the conference tournament in 2011. He went five innings to earn the win. He allowed just three hits and one earned run while striking out two Midshipmen to move to 1-0 on the season.
The Blue Devils climbed out to a 4-0 lead with two runs in the second and two more in the third.
In the second junior Dylan DelaCruz singled to lead off the inning and eventually scored on a wild pitch. The second run came on an RBI single from senior Chris Renzoni.
In the third inning sophomore Dominic Severino doubled home senior Tyler McIntyre to make it 3-0. Sophomore Ryan Beal drove in the second run of the inning.
With the score 4-2, Beal hit his first home run in a Central uniform to make it 6-2 in the top of the seventh inning. McIntyre had singled and scored on the two-run shot.
Navy scored a single run in the seventh inning and one in the eighth to make it 6-4.
Sophomore lefty Casey Brown pitched two innings in relief of Neumann. He let up two runs on four hits while striking out one.
Junior Josh Ingham picked up his first save of the season pitching the ninth without allowing a base runner and striking out one. He led the team with seven saves last season.
Beal finished the game with a pair of hits and three RBI. McIntyre had three hits and scored three times. Delacruz and senior Mike Washburn each had two hits. Severino and Renzoni each drove in a run.
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BERLIN – Assateague Island's natural resources are only in fair shape, according to a report by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).
The NPCA cites problems with invasive species, over-sand vehicles, and water quality as significant factors in the rating of the Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS). The park earned a "fair" rating, scoring 75 out of 100 points.
"In general, we don't have any disagreement with the findings of the report. We think it's a pretty fair assessment of the current state of Assateague," said Carl Zimmerman, AINS Chief of Natural Resources. "Obviously, we're not satisfied with the resources in fair condition."
Wild ponies, the most visible and potent symbol of Assateague Island, are not native to the island and have a severe impact on native vegetation. The current population of 140 equines should be reduced to a herd of just 80 to 100 animals, the report advises. AINS staff has been looking into benign ways to reduce the herd, now controlled through a contraceptive vaccine, for the last year. A new report on the herd reduction possibilities is due this fall.
Over-sand vehicles disrupt beach habitat for shorebirds and plants, including the threatened piping plover and seabeach amaranth plant. Ghost crabs and other invertebrate species also suffer, according to the report.
Cultural and archeological resources are also in trouble, with little funding available to investigate and preserve assets like the Assateague Coast Guard Station and shipwrecks like the steamer U.S.S. Despatch, the first presidential yacht, which sank off the island in 1891.
"The cultural resources, while they're very nice in some cases, they have taken a back seat to managing the natural environment," Zimmerman said.
Funding is a challenge in this area, he pointed out, as regional sites like the Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and the Gettysburg battlefield are much higher profile.
Aquatic grasses, despite encouraging gains in recent years, have begun to decline again, as has water quality in the southern coastal bays, long thought to be in a better position than their northern cousins.
"Some of the issues we don't have extensive control of," Zimmerman said. "The best example of this is water quality in Maryland's coastal bays."
Water quality depends on the State of Maryland, Worcester County and local residents.
"We try to work with those folks to move forward," he said.
Zimmerman would like to see Chincoteague Bay, which lies between Assateague Island and the mainland, designated a Tier III impaired water body.
"You've got water quality in the bays that isn't as pristine as it should be, considering it's a body of water next to a federally protected island," Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastkeeper, said. "The designation of Chincoteague Bay as a Tier III water body will help to increase buffers along the western shore of the bay and implement stronger nutrient reduction mandates. This will encourage less development and more land conservation."
On the topic, Zimmerman added, "I think there's a lot of discussion that needs to take place. It has to be a collective decision. I think it would help."
A very public example of impaired water quality occurred last weekend, when swimmers at the southern end of the island, over the Virginia state line, were advised that the Atlantic Ocean was contaminated with fecal bacteria. The advisory, which did not close the beach or forbid swimming, was posted on Friday, but taken down early afternoon on Saturday.
"I think we're headed in the right direction," Zimmerman said.
Fifteen years ago, AINS would have been rated "poor" rather than "fair", he said.
Progress has been made, but problems still exist.
"The water quality is the one that's going to be the most challenging," Zimmerman said. "People love to live on the coast. It's the part of the country that's had the highest growth in the last few decades. There's a price to pay for that."
While AINS has a lot of work to do, improvements are under way. Wildlife is being studied, a northern-end sand replenishment project is showing good results, and both piping plovers and seabranch amaranth populations continue to increase steadily.
Funding is crucial to improvements at the park, officials agree.
"The significant increase in national park operating funds now pending before Congress is sorely needed at Assateague," said Joy Oakes, NPCA's Mid-Atlantic senior regional director.
Despite Assateague's popularity, the National Seashore lacks organized local support.
"One of the things Assateague [National Seashore] doesn't have is a dedicated friends group and that's one of the things we'd like to happen," said Zimmerman.
A friends group, like the one that supports Assateague State Park, would advocate for the park and raise money.
"This is a little bit of a call to action for the community," Zimmerman said. "We can't do it alone. It takes a community effort by a lot of folks."


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Here as you'd expect there's far more influence of smoke, slate and salt on the nose before the rich complex citrus notes appear. Finger lime and ripe yellow grapefruit are followed by a wall of hard slate, complex stones, confit lemon and ripe yet fresh stone fruits. Paradoxically bold yet lightweight, firm yet floating - this is a brilliant baby GG that at most estates would qualify for the status of Grand Cru.
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A great Nahe estate that was started by Werner Schönleber in the 1960s with just two hectares. Today the estate comprises 14 hectares, mainly Riesling, on the slate and quartzite soils of the Halenberg and Frühlingsplatzchen vineyards. Intense vineyard work and spontaneous fermentation in old oak casks together with ageing in steel vat conspire to produce intense, long lived Nahe Riesling that combines floral, charming qualitites with intense minerality. For the last five years, this estate has been perfoming to is maximum, rivalling Germany's very greatest producers.
The Nahe comprises vineyards that occupy each bank of the river Nahe, to the south of Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. The wines are often characterised by spice, red apple notes and intense minerality, and in the hands of producers like Hermann Donnhoff can be some of Germany's greatest wines.
One of the world's noblest grape varieties, Riesling produces scented, refreshing, mineral wines from dry to lusciously sweet. Its bad reputation, tarnished by the cloying and completely unrelated Liebfraumilch, is one of the wine world's great injustices. Its heartland is the steep Mosel and Rheingau valleys of Germany, where it produces floral spritzy off-dry to medium wines packed with lime and apple fruit or, when affected by botrytis, honeyed apricot characteristics. In Alsace, Austria's Wachau and Germany's Franken there are some exhilarating, complex dry versions that work very well with Oriental fusion foods, as well as some stunning sweet versions. Some superb lively fruit-forward styles are cropping up in New Zealand, Constantia in South Africa and the cooler parts of Australia and California.
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Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook or Twitter may have already seen, but I've been growing a terrifying ginger 'stache for Movember. My stepdad's a prostate cancer survivor and he's an incredibly important part of my life. As such, this month has represented a cause I'm passionate about. Passionate enough to 1) absolutely ruin my moneymaker and 2) spam you guys a bit. Sorry. If you have the wherewithal, I can't express what it would mean to my family and me if you would make a small donation to my cause. If that's not possible right now, I completely understand - at least you can laugh at mustachioed pictures of Noobacuse.
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Despite allowing tight end Brent Celek to make eight receptions for a career-high 157 yards in the Philadelphia Eagles' 24-23 win Sunday, the Ravens say they're not panicking over the impending visit from Rob Gronkowski and the New England Patriots.
"[A] lot of those things are simple coverage adjustments — whether one person reads this or you take this away or take that away," inside linebacker Ray Lewis said Wednesday. "And last week is already in the past. I think this week, it's really about focusing on [quarterback Tom] Brady and kind of getting him off his spot. If you let him sit in the pocket, it's like seven-on-seven [skeleton drill] for them."
Last season, Gronkowski set an NFL record for tight ends with 1,327 receiving yards, surpassing the mark of 1,290 set in 1980 by Kellen Winslow of the San Diego Chargers. Gronkowski also established a league record for the position with 17 receiving touchdowns, eclipsing the mark of 13 that had been shared by Antonio Gates of the Chargers (2004) and Vernon Davis of the San Francisco 49ers (2009).
This season, Gronkowski leads the Patriots in receiving yards (135) and touchdowns (two), but Ravens free safety Ed Reed sounded defiant about keeping the 6-foot-6, 265-pound Gronkowski in check.
"Not a big mismatch at all," Reed said. "It's just a matter of knowing where your help is at within the scheme of things and playing your coverage. He's going to get some also because he is a great tight end and a great receiver. You just have to be mindful of where he's at and what he does."
The Eagles thrived last week due to a combination of factors. Strong safety Bernard Pollard, who is fast and strong enough to shadow tight ends, bruised his ribs on the final play of the first quarter and did not return. And Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick's elusiveness allowed Celek to exploit the middle portion of the field as the Ravens' defenders concerned themselves with deep routes run by the wide receivers.
That would appear to be a blueprint for success for New England, but Brady declined to say whether the offense would emphasize targeting Gronkowski.
"You have to wait and see how the game plays out," Brady said. "If the focus is on the tight ends, we have to throw it somewhere else. I always feel like we have to get the ball to the guys that are open, not a certain position or player. The guy that's open is usually going to get the ball. I am going to try to read the coverage and take my read based on the play and then try to make a good throw."
Perhaps the one silver lining regarding Sunday night's game against the Patriots is the absence of fellow tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is expected to miss as much as eight weeks due to a right ankle injury suffered in Sunday's 20-18 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
New England coach Bill Belichick was reluctant to say much about how Hernandez's absence would impact the offense. "We have confidence in all our players," he said. "We have confidence in the players we put out there. Whatever group, whatever combination we put out there, we expect them to do well and we're confident they will." Ravens outside linebacker Paul Kruger pointed out that the Patriots signed tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. and also have Michael Hoomanawanui.
"I really don't see that changing much," Kruger said. "From what I've seen, they run a lot of the same stuff so we're just going to keep digging, finding stuff on tape and studying and making sure we come up with the best game plan."
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Michel Roux Jr's Grilled chicken suprême with watercress coulis
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This would make a lovely dish for a dinner party on a summer's evening. The coulis can be made in advance so only the chicken needs to be cooked once your guests have arrived.
2 skinless chicken supremes (or boneless, skinless chicken breasts)
Olive oil
2 x 100g bags or 2 bunches watercress
1 medium potato, peeled
Hot smoked paprika
30ml/2tbsp double cream
1tbsp tomato chutney (click to view recipe)
1. Season the chicken and rub with oil. Place on a griddle pan over a medium heat until thoroughly cooked, the juices run clear and there is no pink meat.
2. Trim the stalks from the watercress, slice the potato paper thin.
3. Heat a wide pan over a high heat with a little oil, sweat the potatoes and watercress, until wilted then add enough boiling water to cover.
4. Bring quickly to the boil, by now the potato should be cooked. Remove from the heat, season and blend the contents of the pan.
5. Pass through a sieve into a bowl over ice to keep the coulis vibrant green.
6. Serve warm in a bowl plate with the cooked chicken, a drizzle of cream, a dusting of paprika and the tomato chutney (click to view recipe).


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A few weeks ago I thought about making these coffee chocolate towers for the HHDD mousse event, but I ended up making the chocolate peanut butter mousse cake instead. But these towers of mousse from Emily Luchetti's "A Passion for Desserts" looked too good not to try. And what's not to like about chocolate cake with white chocolate coffee mousse?
In my humble, non pastry professional opinion I'll admit that the chocolate cake base didn't really add much to this dessert. But I'm not one to question Emily Luchetti's expertise. But just between you and me, the star is really that column of mousse.
Since the mousse is essentially just heavy cream and white chocolate, try to use the best ingredients you can find. I used heavy cream from the Strauss Family Creamery in nearby Tomales Bay and white chocolate (31% cocoa butter content) from E. Guittard. Don't use that "white colored chocolate" which is made from solid or hydrogenated vegetable fats. Make sure there is actually cocoa butter in your white chocolate. It'll really make a difference in the finished mousse.
Coffee Chocolate Towers
Chocolate Cake
1/4 cup cocoa powder
6 tbsp all purpose flour
1/8 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
2 ounces (4 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened at room temp.
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
3 tbsp buttermilk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
White Chocolate Coffee Mousse
9 ounces high quality white chocolate
1/4 cup strong coffee
2 tsp instant espresso powder
1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Chocolate Glaze
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp light corn syrup
1 ounce (2 tbsp) unsalted butter
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
To make the chocolate cake
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter and 8-inch square pan and line with parchment paper. Butter the paper.
Sift together the cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside dry ingredients.
Cream butter and sugar until smooth, about 1 minute with a stand mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 15 seconds after each addition.
In a small bowl, stir together the buttermilk and vanilla. On low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions alternating with the buttermilk and ending with the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Evenly spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350F for about 15 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan.
According to Emily, if you don't have pastry ring molds for your mousse towers, you can use 6-ounce tomato paste cans. Just cut off both ends and you'll have reusable ring molds. Or, if you don't have tomato paste cans, you can use stainless steel cookie cutters like I did.
To cut the chocolate cake
Run a knife around the inside edge of cake pan and invert onto a cutting board. Peel off parchment paper. Using a clean pastry ring mold or tomato paste can (see note), cut out 6 circles of cake. Set cake circles aside.
Line the insides of six 6-ounce tomato paste cans (see note) with pieces of parchment paper 7.5 x 3.5 inches long, Place the lined cans on a parchment lined baking sheet.
To make the mousse
Melt the white chocolate, coffee, espresso powder together in a medium bowl set over a pot of barely simmering water. Whisk until smooth and let cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
In a large bowl, whip the cream until very soft peaks form. Fold the white chocolate mixture into the cream. Divide the coffee cream between the lined tomato paste cans (see note).
To make the glaze
Warm cream, corn syrup, and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until it bubbles around the edges. Remove from heat and whisk in the bittersweet chocolate. Cool until glaze has thickened but is still pourable, about 15 minutes.
Place a chocolate cake circle gently but firmly in each can on top of the mousse. Remove the mousses from the cans and place them cake side down onto wire rack. Peel off the parchment paper. Place the rack on a sheet pan line with parchment paper. Carefully pour the glaze over the top of each of the mousses, letting it run down the sides. Refrigerate towers until firm, about 1 hour.
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Navigating WordPress
With WordPress®, you can manage anything from a simple personal site with just a few pages all the way up to a commercial site with hundreds of pages.
This article walks you through navigating WordPress' layout and administration panel. Let's get started. Go ahead and browse to your WordPress website. See Getting Started with WordPress for more information on installing WordPress.
WordPress Layout
You'll notice that your new blog looks pretty basic. Before you dive in and start to change the look of things, have a look around at the layout. This will help you later when you start to customize your site, as you'll know where everything is, and most important, what everything is called.
The layout you are looking at is called a theme. The default WordPress theme features a header at the top with the title placeholder of your site. Along the side are titles and links. This is your sidebar menu. The post is the primary, middle section. The footer is at the bottom of the page.
Let's look at the post for a moment. Below the post's title is some information, called the meta data, which contains information about the post such as the date and time the post was made, the author, and the categories the post is in.
Scroll down the page and notice the bar at the end of the page. This is the footer, and for now it says, "Your blog is proudly powered by WordPress."
Back to the sidebar, you can see different sections with information. Among these you might find a list including Pages, Categories, Archives, Calendar, and Dates. This is part of the menu or navigation panel that people can use to move around your site, visiting posts from different categories or time periods.
Viewing the Dashboard
On the right side of your blog, in the sidebar, is a section called Meta. In that section you'll see a link labeled Site Admin. Click that link and you'll be whisked away to your site's administration login page. Log in to your site using the user name and password established during the install process.
Note: You can also go straight to the login page by adding /wp-admin to the end of your site address. For example: http://coolexample.com/wp-admin.
Once you're logged in, the first thing that displays is the dashboard of the administration panel. The administration panel is the brain behind your website. This is where the organization of your site begins.
The administration panel provides access to the control features of your WordPress installation. The panel is presented in sections: the header, the main navigation, the work area, and the footer.
The large area in the middle of the screen is the work area. Specific information relating to a particular navigation choice, such as adding a new post, displays here.
You can customize the work area for each administrative function by clicking Screen Options, and then selecting what information you want to display.
Navigating the Menu
On the left side of the screen is the main navigation menu detailing each of the administrative functions you can perform.
The expand/collapse arrow just below the main navigation menu lets you collapse the menu to a set of icons, or expand (fly-out) to show an icon and description for each major administrative feature. Within each major feature, such as Posts, a submenu displays when you hover your mouse over the title area.
The default main navigation menu consists of:
- Dashboard — View recent activity both at your site and in the WordPress ecosystem at large.
- Posts — Create and edit published posts, categories, and tags. For more information, see Publish or Edit Posts in WordPress.
- Media — Manage your images, videos, and files.
- Links — Create and edit links to display on your site.
- Pages — Create and edit static pages for your site.
- Comments — Manage reader comments for your blog. Using the Comments panel you can edit and delete comments, and mark them as spam. For more information, see Managing Comments in WordPress.
- Appearance — Change the look of your site. Using the Appearance panel you can customize your site theme, manage widgets, create your site menu, and edit your PHP and CSS files.
- Plugins — Add and manage features to your WordPress blog that don't come standard with the default installation. For more information, see Activating and deactivating plugins in WordPress.
- Users — Manage user accounts for your site. For more information, see Managing users in WordPress.
- Tools — Speed up WordPress for your local machine, import content from other sources, export your content, or to upgrade your WordPress software to a new release.
- Settings — Customize how your site behaves, how you interact with your site, and how the rest of the world interacts with your site. For more information, see Customizing settings in WordPress.


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• A version of this post appeared on the blog "Africa Works." The views expressed are the author's own.
Such are the changes in the African scene that the stunning evidence of declining child mortality in nearly all sub-Saharan countries is the source, not of disbelief or skepticism, but a serious, robust debate over what caused the decline: rising economic prosperity in Africa or improved international assistance.
To step back a moment: credit for attention to the improved health of African child goes to Michael Clemens, who in early May published an assessment of a World Bank analysis that prompted him to comment on what he described as the "stunningly rapid decline" in child deaths. "Nothing like it was occurring even as recently as the first half of the [last] decade," he added.
The underlying evidence comes from two World Bank researchers based in Kenya who ask in an exhaustive comparative paper, what has driven the decline of infant mortality in Kenya." Gabriel Demombynes and and Sofia Trommlerova find a complex set of reasons, including rising incomes and the targeted use of antimalarial bed-nets, prompted by aid agencies trying to combat infant deaths from malaria.
The debate over causes is nicely summarized by The Economist, which concluded: "The broad moral of the story is [that] aid does not seem to have been the decisive factor in cutting child mortality. No single thing was. But better policies, better government, new technology and other benefits are starting to bear fruit."
The relative effect on child mortality of aid versus growth may never be sorted. More critical is the new image of an Africa that is starting to address the importance of improving lives for ordinary people even as the sub-regional economies of Africa continue to boom. The whole affair is "is startling news for anyone who still thinks Africa is mired in unending poverty and death," Clemens tells The Economist. "That Africa is slipping quickly away."
In his comment, Clemens, whom I've actually never heard of before, is echoing my own perspective that the real problem of Africa today is wealth — what to do with it — and not poverty — which remains a scourge in Africa but which I believe will be most effectively addressed as a consequence of better management of African wealth.
G. Pascal Zachary, editor of Africa Works, is a professor of practice at Arizona State University, in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix and the Consortium for Science Policy & Outcomes in Tempe.


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Mandisa, Matthew West ring in Colorado Christmas
Matthew West returns to Colorado on Saturday, Dec. 3 with Mandisa for a Christmas concert.
The Heart of Christmas Tour will stop at Mission Hills Church in Littleton. Tickets are $25, $35 and $50.
The tour is in support of West's Christmas CD (October 2011) by the same name. The CD features seven new songs written by West, along with Vince Gill and Amy Grant lending their voices to songs. The title track –"The Heart of Christmas" — calls the listener to ditch the commercialism and focus on the heart of Christmas.
Live while you can, cherish the moment
The ones that you love, make sure they know it
The song is also the inspiration for the movie "The Heart of Christmas" that will debut on the Gospel Music Channel on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern time.


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Food Waste and Recycling in China: A Growing Trend?
|Wanqing Zhou
Wanqing Zhou is a research intern with the Worldwatch Institute's China Program.
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A sign at a five-star hotel in the city of Qingdao asks visitors to take no more than the food they need. (China Daily)
An earlier version of this article was posted, in two installments, on Brighter Green.
As household incomes, urban populations, and overall food consumption in China continue to rise, the country faces serious problems of food waste, natural resource scarcity, and overflowing landfills. Currently, over 200 billion Yuan's (US$32 billion) worth of food is thrown away annually nationwide, even as 128 million Chinese live below the poverty line and often lack sufficient food.
In November 2012, the Rome Film Festival premiered "Back to 1942," which tells the story of a famine in the central Henan Province during World War II. The film spurred discussion about the Great Famine, in which 45 million people starved between 1958 and 1962 as a consequence of Mao Zedong's modernizing effort, the Great Leap Forward. The Great Famine still affects the psyche of the average Chinese citizen, as well as the central Communist government—Tombstone, a book published last year about the famine, is banned in mainland China.
In Beijing university cafeterias, students often throw away about one-third of their food. "That's normal," said one student. "We seldom pack up leftovers. It's inconvenient because we don't have a microwave oven in our dorm to reheat it."
Then why order more than enough? "It looks good to have at least the same number of dishes as the number of people. Common sense, isn't it?"
Recently, the London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers released a report estimating that 30–50 percent of the world's food is wasted annually. This includes food lost during harvesting, storage, transportation, and sales, as well as at home.
In China, about 70 percent of all waste and 61 percent of household waste is food scraps. Researchers from China Agricultural University studied data from 2006 to 2008 and found that edible food thrown out by restaurants each year is equivalent to nearly 10 percent of the country's annual crop production, or enough to feed 200 million people.
In an attempt to reduce these numbers, China's grassroots Clean Plate Initiative advocates for zero food waste when dining out. As the movement spreads and an increasing number of citizens and organizations join in, more and more people are aware of the issue and willing to act. This is good news and good timing, given that the Chinese Spring Festival (or Chinese New Year) involves preparing the biggest feasts of the year.
Food scrap recycling in Beijing
Yet the story does not stop at dining tables. To make China's agricultural system ultimately sustainable, what grows from the soil needs to return to the soil, by whatever pathway.
Beijing started implementing garbage sorting and food scrap recycling in 2000. In March 2012, the Beijing Municipal Garbage Management Ordinance came into force, encouraging communities and households to participate in kitchen waste recycling.
But assessing the program's success is difficult. According to official statistics, by 2011, 50 percent of Beijing's municipal garbage was sorted well enough for recycling. In contrast, a study by Tsinghua University revealed that, for the same year, only 4.4 percent of sampled communities sorted their trash well enough for recycling.
Beijing households generate an estimated 11,000 metric tons of kitchen waste daily, and restaurants add another 2,500 tons. But the city's four kitchen waste management facilities together can handle only1,200 tons a day—less than 10 percent of what is needed. As a result, in many communities, recycling bins head to the same destination as other containers: landfills or incineration plants.
Reducing food waste
To move toward greater food security in China and around the world, consumers, grocery stores, and restaurants could waste less food. Fortunately, some organizations and individuals are taking steps to ensure that less food goes to waste.
New York City, for example, has implemented a practical system for collecting food scraps to turn into compost. At the city's Greenmarkets (large-volume farmers markets), people can voluntarily drop off food scraps for composting. Since 2007, 450 metric tons of food scraps have been recycled by this means alone. A similar system could be implemented in China, where wet markets for produce, meat, and other items are already part of many peoples' daily lives.
Additionally, the Xicheng District in Beijing plans to push for on-site treatment of food scraps in large canteens and restaurants in 2013. The resulting fertilizer could be applied to nearby green spaces, which could both improve soil quality and raise awareness about food waste and the importance of composting.
Reducing food waste by producers and consumers, facilitating municipal food-scrap recycling, and emphasizing the importance of resource conservation can all help make China's food production system more sustainable.


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Women in insurance
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151-year-old seeks scrappy start-up for mutual benefits
Working towards better benefits for employees
Genetic testing - an opportunity to improve patient experience
Agriculture insurance needs a technology makeover
Cresting the next technological wave
Aviation growth in Asia: New technology and rising claims costs
Future proofing talent in the insurance industry
Rethinking risk in a time of climate change
Risk and the workforce of the future
Achieving viable disaster-risk financing
Polygenic risk scores: Quantifying the inheritability of common diseases
View from India
Short spells of extreme rainfall cause more damage
Challenges and headwinds
Stable and primed for growth
Energising a static market
Taking takaful to the people
Takaful tribulations
InsurTech: Challenges of online distribution
Reinsurance realities in China
Agriculture insurance is transforming in China
A more open China: Still a hot potato?
Artificial intelligence in insurance
Asia: Composite pricing shows biggest increase in 5 years
Australia: Insurers need more than robotics process automation
Bangladesh: Insurer introduces country's first online motor policy
Cambodia: Premium growth forecast to exceed 30% this year
Hong Kong: Insurance regulator's delegation of powers to HKMA starts on 23 September
India: Govt insurers face capital pressure under RBC framework
Indonesia: Govt is cautious over plan for insurance holding company
Japan: Scandal at postal insurance company widens
Malaysia: Finance ministry says national health insurance scheme is non-profit
New Zealand: 8 in 10 Kiwis personally worried about climate change
Philippines: Govt declares national dengue epidemic
South Korea: Non-life insurers hiking marketing fees
Singapore: Unique insurance market conditions enable new players to succeed
Taiwan: Cathay Financial to raise funds for insurance arm
Thailand: Regulator to overhaul insurance product approval process
Vietnam: Upbeat outlook for insurance market
Foreign-owned life insurers see profits surge over last 2 years
Top three P&C insurers command two thirds of market in 1H
Six in 10 mainland Chinese consumers prefer digital insurance channels
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- For the Druid version, see Remove Curse (druid ability).
|Remove Curse
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Remove Curse is a core mage ability learned at level 29. It removes all curse-type debuffs from a friendly target player.
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Notes Edit
- Druids have also a spell named Remove Curse, both spells are capable of removing the same curses.
- In PvP, removing the curses from allies under attack from a warlock is much appreciated and can turn the battle against the opposing warlock.
Macro Edit
The following macro will cast Remove Curse on the target underneath your mouse pointer, without losing your current target. This is handy if you have a group or raid party frame that prominently displays curses that you can remove. Simply hover the mouse over the target and tap this macro.
/cast [@mouseover] Remove Curse
Patch changes Edit
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Remove Lesser Curse has been renamed to Remove Curse.
- Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Range for this spell was increased to 40 yds.
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Online Polish Loses Some Of Its Polish
from the crossing-the-l-and-dotting-the-z dept
If it is to be true to its name, the World Wide Web ought to reflect the planet's full cultural and linguistic diversity. Currently, though, many sites and tools remain optimized for English and its character set, although that's gradually changing as other countries with different languages and writing systems come online in greater numbers.
This anglocentricity can have some unexpected knock-on effects on how people use their native tongues online, as this article about the plight of the written Polish language explains:
Computer and phone keyboards require users to punch additional keys for Polish alphabet. To save time, Poles often skip the nuances, and sometimes need to guess the meaning of the message that they have received.
Of course, all languages have ambiguities -- as in this post's headline -- but in the case discussed above, the use of technology seems to be introducing some more, because special letters with extra diacritical marks are avoided and replaced by simpler versions that change a word's meaning in important ways. In the same article, a Polish linguist expresses his fears about what this might lead to:
"Today, the Polish language is threatened by the tendency to avoid its characteristic letters," Bralczyk said. "The less we use diacritical marks in text messages, the more likely they are to vanish altogether. That would mean an impoverishment of the language and of our life. I would be sorry."
He probably doesn't need to worry. Technology will soon sort out this problem of its own making: touchscreens allow all kinds of extended keyboards, including those with extra characters, and predictive technology can auto-correct as the user enters text. In due course, voice recognition will be good enough to offer a completely hands-free approach for both desktops and mobiles, and will be able to apply all the diacritical marks required as the dictation proceeds. Indeed, far from leading to diacritical marks disappearing, there's no reason why such digital writing assistants shouldn't help people use them more widely and correctly than ever before.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who used to work for the Treasury and many believe has political aspirations, just published a status update on last night's results.
She calls it "a great step forward for women":
While much of the attention is focused on President Obama's victory, it is worth noting that this election was a great step forward for women.
The 113th Congress will have at least 19 female senators, the most ever in U.S. history! Congratulations to Senators Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Debbie Stabenow on returning to the Senate and Deb Fischer for U.S. Senate, Tammy Baldwin, Mazie Hirono, and Elizabeth Warren on winning competitive races and joining the Senate (Heidi Heitkamp's race in North Dakota is still too close to call but could mean a net gain of 5 seats for women). In the US House of Representatives, a record number of women were on the ballot last night and at least 16 women will join the incoming freshman class. And women made gains on the state and local level as well.
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Spotlight on Kohlrabi
November 20, 2012 at 10:00 am smithsoniangardens Leave a comment
What's going to be on your Thanksgiving table this year? Oyster stuffing, cranberry sauce (savory or sweet), a delicious turkey with crispy skin? What about a purple bulb with a funny name that looks like an alien turnip from another planet?
Though it looks strange, kohlrabi is a delicious root vegetable in the cabbage family (Brassica oleracea), which also includes kale, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. Alluding to the fact that the vegetable resembles a turnip more than a cabbage, the German name is a combination of kohl (cabbage) and rübe (turnip). The entire plant is edible but the bulb is most often used for cooking. Skin color ranges from white to green to vibrant purple, and all of the variants are pale on the inside. At the grocery store look for bulbs (preferably still with the delicious leaves) that are no more than 3" in diameter. Larger bulbs tend to be too woody and tough to eat. Low in calories and high in fiber, kohlrabi is a healthy addition to any meal.
In 1909, one W.J.H. Moses bemoaned the lack of familiarity with kohlrabi in the gardening world in the pages of The Country Gentleman. Kohlrabi, he wrote, "can be prepared for the table with the least trouble, has a flavor every bit as good as the best Brussels Sprouts, and if not the easiest raised of all cabbages it is as easy as any . . . and yet with all these advantages kohlrabi is as little known to the general palate as olives were a few decades ago." Lucky for us kohlrabi, though not the most common vegetable, has become increasingly easier to find in grocery stores and farmers' markets.
Early twentieth-century cookbooks suggest boiling kohlrabi and serving it au gratin or with a heavy béchamel sauce. We, however, prefer to take a lighter approach. The spicy-sweet, fresh flavor of kohlrabi lends itself to shredding or julienning raw for salads, but for Thanksgiving we love to serve it roasted with onions and other root vegetables with a dash of olive oil and salt and pepper. Another idea is to swap out half of the potatoes with kohlrabi in your favorite mashed potatoes recipe for a sweeter, lighter take on a holiday favorite. Don't discard the greens! They can be sautéed on their own or with other greens such as mustard and kale for another healthy side dish.
-Kate Fox, Smithsonian Gardens educator
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18 February 2009
Let's Hear It for the Boys
photo credits: The Sartorialist, Face Hunter, Copenhagen Street Style, Just Glitter Lust
19 comments:
- AlicePleasance said...
I want that first bag too! It looks like the ones Ranna of Only Shallow often shows in her post. And I adore the outfit in the last picture: great for that boy and, adapted, would look amazing on a girl as well :-)
- February 18, 2009
- Denise L said...
i love the kurt russel for mayor? hihi
have a great day!
- February 18, 2009
- Ayesha said...
I only just saw the picture of that man and his bag earlier today and fell in love! Such a great peice!
I've been cracking ou the denim jackets a lot lately! I seem to get drawn to them whenever i'm op-shopping. My latest denim aquisition has a orange fluffly collar of a bath mat consistancy, so feral and ugly , but so perfect in it's own way!
Wonderful post! Really inspires me to not skip over those pictures too!
- February 18, 2009
- heather said...
You are so right, so much fun things for girls, its kinda hard to focus on the boys!
These lads a super styling!!!
- February 18, 2009
- ryder said...
the bag in the first pic is very lust worthy. i really like the whole group actually. especially the simplicity and classic feel to the double denim outfit. well done!
- February 18, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Oh I a little bit guilty of ignorance too, but I'll have to pay more attention b/c these guys are great. love that kurt russel sign hehe
- February 18, 2009
- Anonymous said...
I really like the deep plum color of the first guy's scarf and the way it bounces off the blue and brown
- February 18, 2009
- OwlFace said...
and ALL of these pictures have me coveting rolled up cigarette pants that showcase my shoes-- but i don't know if i can pull it off!
- February 18, 2009
- LML said...
they all look wonderful - i want a guy friend who dresses like that!
- February 18, 2009
- Anonymous said...
since i saw the man on top first i totally fell in love with his style... i don't only love his clothes I also think that he must have an amazing personality... there's really sth. about him...
- February 18, 2009
- Crayons! said...
- February 18, 2009
- Crayons! said...
you know, inspiration is pretty hard to stumble upon for men. I'm only surround by ridiculous neon pants, oversized shirts, etc.
- February 18, 2009
- Eyeliah @ stylesymmetry.com said...
Great choices. I love boy style, I tend to get the most inspiration from these fashionable guys!! Hey, I've never shamelessly asked anyone before, but I would love to be on your blogroll, you've been on mine since I started in Dec 2007. No worries if you don't add, love love your blog. :-)
- February 18, 2009
- Amelia said...
Did you notice how they all have cuffed pants? That's bizarre. I like these.
- February 18, 2009
- Sally Jane said...
Thanks so much for all of your comments! I'm so glad you enjoyed these as much as I did.
AlicePleasance: Yes, I'm always in awe of Ranna's bag!
Amelia: No, I didn't notice that! Thanks for pointing it out. I might have to try that myself.
- February 19, 2009
- Eyeliah @ stylesymmetry.com said...
Thanks so much for adding me!! :-)
- February 19, 2009
- Sunset said...
I really love the way a tapered pant leg looks on a guy.
- February 19, 2009
- CoolStuffForDads.com said...
Well, I can't say I am on the cutting edge of fashion. I have a pair of jeans that are a little narrower at the ankles (which I don't like) and I have seen guys wearing this style, and I just have never been a fan of it. That's just one guy's opinion...
- February 20, 2009
- april said...
I used to dress exactly like that first guy all the time! Minus the bag. I need one of those too!
- February 28, 2009


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Probing Question: Why did mammals survive the 'K/T extinction'?
Picture a dinosaur. Huge, menacing creatures, they ruled the Earth for nearly 200 million years, striking fear with every ground-shaking stride. Yet these great beasts were no match for a 6-mile wide meteor that struck near modern-day Mexico 65 million years ago, incinerating everything in its path.
This catastrophic impact -- called the Cretaceous-Tertiary or K/T extinction event -- spelled doom for the dinosaurs and many other species. Some animals, however, including many small mammals, managed to survive.
How did they do it?
"They were better at escaping the heat," said Russ Graham, senior research associate in geosciences at Penn State. "It was the huge amount of thermal heat released by the meteor strike that was the main cause of the K/T extinction."
He said underground burrows and aquatic environments protected small mammals from the brief but drastic rise in temperature. In contrast, the larger dinosaurs would have been completely exposed, and vast numbers would have been instantly burned to death.
After several days of searing heat, the earth's surface temperature returned to bearable levels, and the mammals emerged from their burrows, but it was a barren wasteland they encountered, one that presented yet another set of daunting conditions to be overcome, Graham said. It was their diet which enabled these mammals to survive in habitats nearly devoid of plant life.
"Even if large herbivorous dinosaurs had managed to survive the initial meteor strike, they would have had nothing to eat," he said, "because most of the earth's above-ground plant material had been destroyed."
Mammals, in contrast, could eat insects and aquatic plants, which were relatively abundant after the meteor strike. As the remaining dinosaurs died off, mammals began to flourish. Although representatives from other classes of animals also survived the K/T extinction -- crocodiles, for instance, had the saving ability to take to water -- mammals were clearly the main beneficiaries and they have since spread to nearly every corner of the planet.
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Q&A with Senior Golfer Keith Okasaki
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Coach Mike Wydra's UC San Diego Golf team turned in perhaps its best performance of the 2011 season last week, finishing sixth against an extremely strong 14-team Division II field in the Southern California Intercollegiate at Mission Viejo Country Club. Leading the way was senior Keith Okasaki who fired a 54-hole total of 223 which left him third in the individual standings. "Keith is our team captain and clearly our No. 1 player," says Wydra. "He's gone to the post-season every year and I think his finish at Mission Viejo has him motivated to step it up and get there again as a senior." With his squad starting the run towards "the championship season," the Sacramento native took time to talk about last week's tournament, his team and the game of golf.
Q-After finishing third at last week's Southern California Intercollegiate at Mission Viejo Country Club, you said you didn't play that well. How do you account for the result?
OKASAKI-Coach Wydra prepared us well, explaining every step he took in setting up the course as difficult as he did. Knowing what he was trying to accomplish, I was able to play conservatively, miss to the correct side of the hole, and manage my game around the course making pars.
Q-How difficult was the Mission Viejo course and the conditions faced during the tournament? How do you keep the right frame of mind when facing a demanding situation on the golf course?
OKASAKI-Mission Viejo is the toughest course we play all year and with the course being wet because of all the rain, it played almost impossibly tough. Having played here the last three years, I know that everyone struggles and making a bogey here and there isn't too big of a deal.
Q-It's been a tough season to date for the Triton golf team. Do you look at your individual performance and that of the team at the SoCal tournament as a possible turning point?
OKASAKI-I sure hope so. It's been a frustrating year, especially knowing that personally I haven't played near where I think I can. But after finally playing decently in a tournament, hopefully we will be able to finish the season strong.
Q-When did you start playing golf and what do you remember about your first experience?
OKASAKI-I started going to the driving range when I was about four, and played my first 18 hole round when I was seven. I don't remember much of that other than I shot 133 and didn't yet know that wasn't exactly a good score.
Q-What physical aspect of the game do you find most challenging?
OKASAKI-The toughest part of playing college golf is walking 36 holes on the first day of each tournament. With each round being about an eight-mile walk, we are all exhausted at the end of the day. However, it's nothing compared to the mental part of the game.
Q-How much of golf is mental and what, if any, exercises do you do to both prepare yourself for and react to circumstances during a round?
OKASAKI-Golf is almost completely mental and anyone who plays is completely crazy. But over the years, I've learned to keep an open mind and not expect perfection. This helps deal with the bad shots and keeping a level head.
Q-What part of your game has improved the most since you arrived at UCSD?
OKASAKI-My overall consistency has improved the most since entering UCSD. Wydra is the best golf instructor I've met so far and he has exponentially improved my game over the last few years.
Q-As a Northern California native, what attracted you to UC San Diego and what role did golf play in your decision to come south?
OKASAKI-Getting out of NorCal was one of the biggest attractions, and I had heard San Diego wasn't a bad place to live. Golf played a huge role in my decision, since I definitely wanted to play golf at a school where I would get a valuable education and decided UCSD was a perfect fit.
Q-What are Mike Wydra's strengths as a coach?
OKASAKI-Mike has a lot of years of experience, both as a top level player and a coach who has won the national championship. In addition, he is an excellent swing coach and has the unique ability to present concepts to his players in multiple ways until the concept is grasped.
Q-What would the average golfer be surprised to learn about playing collegiate golf?
OKASAKI-I think he'd be surprised to learn the degree of difficulty of keeping up with school work while traveling so often for tournaments, practicing between events, and maintaining the level of your golf performance from week to week.
Q-Among this year's UCSD players, best off the tee? Best putter? Most creative with trouble shots?
OKASAKI-I'd have to say combining distance and accuracy, I am the best off the tee. Lewis Simon is the best putter, as his performance this year would indicate. I am the most creative with trouble shots, having the most experience getting out of a tight spot and saving par.
Q-Your dream foursome-who would be in the group?
OKASAKI- Tiger (Woods), Ben Hogan, and Jack (Nicklaus).
Q-Among those you've played, what's your favorite course? Which one was the toughest? Which is San Diego's most under-rated?
OKASAKI-Favorite course-Lake Merced in San Francisco. Toughest-Spyglass Hill in Monterey or Mission Viejo. Not sure of San Diego's most under-rated, but my favorite here that maybe only eight people play each day due to it's exclusiveness is The Grand.
Q-Among those you've never played, which would you most like a chance to try?
OKASAKI-Augusta National. It's one of the most exclusive courses in the world that we see every year on TV. Getting to play would mean winning some large golf tournaments or befriending someone in an extremely high place.
Q-In your estimation, which of golf's four majors is the toughest to win?
OKASAKI-The U.S. Open. Like every major, it attracts the best field possible. Also, the course is set up absolutely impossibly, where sometimes a four round score that is over par will win. It's just a grueling test that completely examines every aspect of your game including your mental toughness.
Q-What's been the highlight of your golf career?
OKASAKI-In September 2010 before coming down to UCSD for my senior year, I won the Northern California Golf Association's Valley Amateur which is one of the NCGA's three major events.
Q-Do you plan on playing after you graduate from UCSD?
OKASAKI-I plan on continuing to play amateur events, nothing professional.
Q-You're an environmental science major. What are some of the most interesting classes you've taken? What do you hope to do with that in the future?
OKASAKI-One of the most interesting classes I've taken is Evolution. I'm not sure what I want to do yet. This year, I had an internship at the Sustainability Resource Center on campus which proved to be quite interesting.
Q-What are three things you'd like to accomplish in the next five years?
OKASAKI-Ideally, I'd like to get good at golf and make a career out of it. I don't plan to play professionally because currently I am not good enough. But if something were to happen, such as meeting a genie, and I became good enough to play, then I'd love to make a career out of it. Failing in that, graduating and finding a respectable job would not be a bad idea.
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It's been four months since I last blogged. I plan on blogging more often now that I've gotten rid of some commitments that have kept me busy. So, I'm going to update with some news, then show you all what I've been working on.
The news
First off, I was asked to join the Relay for Life committee and I am loving it. This is a cause that's near and dear to my heart since cancer has claimed many lives from my paternal side of the family. I am the chairman over the registration committee and my co-chair is my friend Christine. It's going to be a great year.
Secondly, I am now down 200 lbs. I never thought that I could feel so great in my life. I am more active and happier than I've been in a long time.
Thirdly, I started a weight loss surgery support group in my town and have had a great response. It's something that we needed here and I am glad to be a part of it.
The reading
I've been blowing up my Kindle in the reading department. Here's some reviews of the books that I've recently read.
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer. This is a wonderful historical fiction book. I totally loved this book!! The characters, the story, the format in which it is written. Very well done!
"Fireflies in December" by Jennifer Erin Valent. Another historical fiction book that I truly enjoyed. It truly paints a good picture of what prejudice existed in southern Virginia. It was full of intrigue and was laced with historical accuracy. I look forward to it's sequel.
"A Northern Light" by Jennifer Donnelly. I remember seeing the story of Grace Brown on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, and was intrigued by her story. Then Ms. Donnelly writes this story based on that event. I loved this book. I loved the fiction mixed in with the non-fiction. It was well done and by the end, I was loving Mattie. I love the ending. Awesome read.
"Powdered Peril" by Jessica Beck. This one is considered a cozy mystery. I really love this series. This time Grace finds herself in a pickle when her boyfriend ends up dead. I totally was going a different direction than the way it resolved, but it was still a surprise and kept me in suspense. I can't wait for the next one.
"Revelation" by MJ Mancini. At first, when I read the description of this book, I thought it was going to be a Da Vinci Code knockoff. I was pleasantly surprised. This book is filled to the brim with murder, intrigue, and mystery. The characters were wonderfully developed, and the plot was full of the right mixture of action and mystery. I was completely pulled into this story to the point that I could not put it down. The entire time I was reading, I kept thinking, "this would be an amazing movie." I loved it and I can't wait for the next installment.
"Cottonwood Whispers" by Jennifer Erin Valent. In this second installment of the Jessalyn Lassiter series, we learn a hard lesson about justice and how it sometimes isn't blind. I loved this story, it had a great story with wonderfully developed characters. I highly recommend this to anyone.
"Irish Chain" by Earlene Fowler. I really liked this one better than the first. I loved the character development and I loved the way she interspersed some of the history in there too. I totally did not see it resolving the way it did, which is an aspect of reading mysteries that I love.
"Murder Has a Sweet Tooth" by Miranda Bliss. This series is a quick and fun read. This time, Annie has to solve a murder (or two) before her wedding. Why? So that Jim's cousin Alex (who is accused of the murder) can attend the wedding. What I didn't bargain for was the intricacy of the plot and the final outcome! Wow!
The crocheting
Now I've been busy crocheting too! I had two nieces have baby girls within 20 days of each other and I've been working on other projects. I'm trying to get my WIPs (works in progress) finished so that I can move onto other projects and not feel so guilty about it. LOL
Harper Rose's baby afghan
I bought this pattern on Etsy and I love how it turned out.
McKinley's baby afghan
I wanted to make different afghans for my nieces (they are sisters). And this one turned out SO pretty!
Mom's afghan
I made these squares six years ago and they just sat in a bag waiting to be sewed together. So, I dug them out and sewed them. Then gave my mom her afghan. She loved it.
Dieter Cale's baby afghan
I made this for my friend Darlye who is having her first baby boy. I love giving homemade gifts to my friends and family.
Grammy's afghan
My grammy and I made this afghan together. When she passed away, my mom and I found it and I felt that I needed to finish it and use it. She loved how it turned out and I do too.
The genealogy
I've also been working on my genealogy. I've been working on collateral lines that family members asked me to work on and have been having some success.
I also started to make copies of all the 1940 census that relatives are on for my files. It's been daunting and I've been burning through the bucks buying ink, but my proof binders are almost ALL updated! Woot!!
So, as you can see, it's been a busy four months for me. I still have seven WIPs to work on, more censuses to print, and of course more reading to do!
Friday, October 26, 2012
Crocheting and reading!
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