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NMRT: New Members Roundtable
About NMRT
The New Members Round Table (NMRT) provides a place for those members of the American Library Association (ALA) who are new to the library profession, new to ALA, or new to both. NMRT brings together people from all types and sizes of libraries and information centers, serving their diverse needs and interests in three significant ways:
- NMRT is a Gateway to the Profession.
Through professional and career development programs, professional development grants and scholarships, and contacts with more experiences librarians (on both a professional and social level), NMRT serves as a gateway for new members entering the library profession.
- NMRT is a Pathfinder through the Maze of ALA.
With its 50,000-plus members and a bureaucracy to match, the American Library Association can easily overwhelm its new members. Through conference orientation programs, publications, and other pathfinding aids, NMRT helps its members take full advantage of all that ALA has to offer.
- NMRT is a Stepping-Stone to Higher Places.
Membership in NMRT is a first step toward greater involvement within ALA. On NMRT committees, new members can quickly gain positions of responsibility that can help them to achieve similar positions in other ALA groups.
NMRT Events at Annual 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Resume Review Booth
12:00-5:00 pm
Washington Convention Center, Placement Center, Hall E
For more information
New Members Round Table (NMRT) Conference 101 Orientation
Orientation to ALA and the Annual Conference.
4:00-5:00 pm
Washington Conference Center, Room 146 A
Mentoring Meeting Social
6:30-7:30 pm
Wyndam, Sherwood Room
NMRT Meet and Greet
7:30-8:30 pm
Wyndam, Sherwood Room
Saturday, June 23
Mentoring Social
7:00-8:00 am
Washington Conference Center, Room 146 A/B
Conference Orientation
8:00-10:00 am
Washington Conference Center, Room 146 A/B
Resume Review Booth
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Washington Convention Center, Placement Center, Hall E
For more information
Break on Through to the Other Side: Cultural Programming for New Librarians
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington, Constitution A
NMRT President's Program: Navigating the Rapids: Myths and Realities of Intergenerational Workplaces
1:30-3:30 pm
JW Marriott, Salon I
Presented by Pat Wagner
What do you want for your library workplace?
- New employees and longtimers meshing quickly into productive teams, rather than embroiled in factions and feuds?
- Compliments about respectful behavior among library staff and users, rather than unending lists of complaints?
- And for yourself, a place where you can be productive and treated with civility?
Learn why most of the new models of intergenerational conflict distort and even hide the causes of miscommunication and stress, and more importantly, practical steps you and your colleagues can take to improve your own changing environments.
- What can you do, whether or not you are in charge, to help new and old employees adjust to the "perfect storm" of changing library user expectations, shrinking resources, new demographics and rapidly morphing technology?
- How can your library use different viewpoints of employees to improve its strategic success— achieving its new missions and values?
Participants will be better able to evaluate and heal conflicts, so that their libraries are workplaces where people treat each other well and the work gets done. The goal? Your library stays on course: relevant to the changing future of the people it serves.
Pat Wagner has been serving libraries since 1978 as a trainer, author and consultant. She is known for her good humored and practical library workshops on personnel, management, leadership, strategic planning, project management and marketing. In 2006, she visited libraries and library organizations in 25 states and Canada, and is experiencing first hand the changing environments of North American libraries.
NMRT Membership Meeting
Following the NMRT President's Program
JW Marriott, Salon I
NMRT Annual Program: Using Past Lives to Launch Your Library Career
4:00-5:30 pm
JW Marriott, Commerce
Join us to learn how others have launched their careers with skills they learned in previous careers. Topics covered will include highlighting these skills in the job search, in resumes and interviews, as well as, using the skills on the job.
Panel members have had a variety of job experience, including working as a bouncer, truck driver, secretary, fundraiser, manager, and sports marketer. Panel Members are Aaron Dobbs, Alanna Aiko Moore, Bruce Stoffel, Maureen Barry, and Liorah Golomb.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Resume Review Booth
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Washington Convention Center, Placement Center, Hall E
For more information
All Committee Meeting
1:30-3:30 pm
Embassy Suites DC, Capital C/D
Launch Yourself!: Discover How an ALA Internship Leads to Leadership in the Library Profession
1:30-3:30 pm
Washington Conference Center, Room 103 B
If you are looking to get involved in ALA, this program is for you! ALA is driven by the many voices of its members. Committees are the primary avenue through which these voices are empowered. This event will explore the ALA internship program. You will hear from interns and committee chairs. Witness the success stories of past interns who have launched themselves into greater roles within our profession and association.
NMRT Student Reception
6:30-7:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington, Lafayette Park
3M/NMRT Social
7:30-11:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington, Independence A
"Celebrating our Diamond Year: NMRT Turns 75," complete with DJ, hors d'oeuvres, and your fellow NMRTers!
And if you forgot how much fun there is to be had at the 3M/NMRT Social, check out the pictures from last year's event.
Please note: Attendees who bring a new children's book to be donated to the Washington D.C. Public Library will be entered in a special drawing for a gift basket.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Resume Review Booth
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Washington Convention Center, Placement Center, Hall E
For more information
Executive Board Meeting
8:00-10:00 am
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, East Room
New Board/New Chair Orientation
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, East Room
Any time
Resume Review Booth
Come by the NMRT sponsored Resume Review Booth in the Placement Center (Hall E) any time that the center is open to schedule an appointment and get your resume reviewed or talk to someone about how to interview. Friendly NMRTers will match you up with an experienced resume reviewer in a type of library you want to work in.
Hours: Friday Noon-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am - 5pm, and Monday 9am - 1pm
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Microsoft is widely expected to announce a new Xbox gaming system at the E3 video game conference in June.
Today, Microsoft's Larry Hryb (AKA "Major Nelson" ), Xbox's director of programming, posted a countdown clock to the event on his blog, hinting at a major announcement once E3 begins.
And it doesn't take a lot of guesswork to figure out Hryb is referring to a new gaming console.
That's not all you can expect from Microsoft at E3 though. In addition to a new Xbox, Microsoft is also said to be working on a gaming-centric 7-inch model of its Surface tablet and an Apple TV-like set-top box for streaming content.
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Super Power Spring Rolls are full of fresh and healthy ingredients. Plus they're easier than you might think!
Raise your hand if you're in the mood for something light and fresh. I mean, smack you on the forehead V8-style light and fresh.
Something crunchy but chewy at the same time, and full of bright herbs and flavor.
Something high in vitamins and healthy fats, but low in calories and guilt.
Something that has all these benefits and actually tastes GOOD!
Say hello to Super Power Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce, my friends!
These spring rolls are the branchild of my friends Dana and John over at Minimalist Baker, and are included in their recently released Detox Guide. No weird pills or cleanses here, just simple recipes that make healthy eating simple, affordable, and delicious. I can totally get behind that!
Each of the recipes in the guide limits high-fat, high sugar, and processed ingredients and, since this is the universal "back on track" month after holiday indulgences, I of course said yes when Dana and John offered to let me have a look at their guide, give you a sneak peek at one of the recipes, AND giveaway 3 copies – whee!
I was immediately drawn to the Super Power Spring Rolls to make and share. One, because Ben and I have recently become Pho addicts and always order a refreshing side of spring rolls to enjoy while splashing each other with broth and noodles, and two, because I have been looking for an excuse to re-make spring rolls at home for nearly two years now! I made some back in 2010 and they are way easier to make than I expected.
You immediately feel healthier after eating these spring rolls. Light as air. Fit as a fiddle! And so on and so forth. And such as, maps. Ahem. Anyway, the super fresh and crunchy ingredients inside are wrapped in chewy spring roll wrapper and are seriously addicting. Especially when dunked in the creamy, cool Almond Butter Sauce, full of salty, sweet, and hot flavors. You'll love this!
Start the Super Power Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce with the Almond Butter Dipping Sauce – or in my case, peanut butter sauce! It's what I had in the house, you see. Measure out 1/3 cup almond or peanut butter (or other nut butter) then add it to a bowl.
To the peanut butter, add 1 Tablespoon gluten-free Tamari or low-sodium soy sauce (dish will not be GF if using soy sauce) and 1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce (check the label to ensure it's gluten-free.) This stuff is GREAT in stir frys, btw!
Next add 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger (or 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger if your fresh ginger has turned into a petrified knob) and the juice of 1/2 lime.
In goes 1 teaspoon honey for just a hint of sweet.
Whisk the sauce until smooth, then start adding hot water, 1 Tablespoon at a time, until it reaches your desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed, then set the sauce aside.
K! The next step is to get all the ingredients that go inside the spring rolls prepped and ready to go. This includes 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks.
2 green onions, sliced thin.
And 1/2 cup spinach, washed and dried. Also slice 1 avocado, and pluck either fresh basil or cilantro from their stems.
Place everything at the top of a clean, flat surface then turn your attention to the spring roll wrappers. I picked these up at the Asian grocery store this weekend, but I've seen them in most of the grocery stores around here. Spring roll wrappers are hard, but after you dunk them in warm water they become soft and pliable. Magic!
Fill a plate or skillet with hot water then dunk the wrapper for 15 seconds, or until it's pliable. Remove the wrapper to the clean, flat surface, then add your fillings to the center.
Fold the top over then fold the sides in, and then continue to roll like a burrito. It might take you 1 or 2 times, but you'll get the hang of it!
Serve the Super Power Spring Rolls with the Almond-Butter Dipping Sauce, then dig in!
Super Power Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce
Super Power Spring Rolls with Almond Butter Dipping Sauce are full of fresh and healthy ingredients. Plus they're easier than you might think!
- For the Almond Butter Dipping Sauce:
- 1/3 cup creamy almond butter (or other nut butter - I used peanut butter)
- 1 Tablespoon gluten-free Tamari or low-sodium soy sauce (dish will not be GF if using soy sauce)
- 1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce (check label to ensure it's GF)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon honey
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 2-5 Tablespoons hot water
- For the spring rolls:
- 6-8 rice paper rounds
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 2 carrots, matchstick sliced
- 2 green onions, thinly chopped
- 1/2 cup baby spinach (organic if possible)
- 1 handful fresh basil (or cilantro)
- 1/3 cup extra firm tofu, patted dry and thinly slice (I did not use this)
- Sriracha for topping (optional)
- For the Almond Butter Dipping Sauce: Combine first 6 ingredients together in a bowl then slowly drizzling in hot water 1 Tablespoon at a time while whisking. You want your sauce to be thin enough for easy dipping - depending on the thickness of your almond butter you'll need 2-5 Tablespoons. Taste and adjust seasonings. Set aside.
- Prep all of spring roll ingredients in advance.
- Pour hot water into a shallow/flat bowl, plate or skillet.
- Submerge rice paper in the hot water, making sure all parts are under water. Let set for about 15 seconds or until its begun to soften and is pliable to work with.
- Quickly transfer to a plate or other slightly-moistened work surface to ensure your spring roll doesn't stick. (Cutting boards are fine as long you splash a little water on them before rolling).
- Add a small amount of toppings to the center of the rice paper in this order: tofu, avocado, carrots, green onion, basil or cilantro, and spinach. Then fold the edge closest to you over the toppings, tuck the sides in and over the portion you just rolled, and then roll forward until the seams meet. It should look like an egg roll.
- Transfer to a serving plate and cover with a damp, warm towel to keep moist until serving - otherwise they will dry out and stick together.
- Continue rolling until all fillings are used - about 6-8 spring rolls. Serve immediately with almond butter dipping sauce and Sriracha. To store leftovers, wrap rolls in a damp paper towel or plastic wrap to keep moist, then place in a plastic bag or airtight container and keep in the refrigerator for up to a few days.
Reprinted with permission from the Minimalist Baker Detox Guide
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
and crunch! These light and crunchy Super Power Spring Rolls are the best!
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- " [...] he order — Kreacher to leave — without him. And he told Kreacher — to go home — and never to tell my mistress — what he had done — but to destroy — the first locket. And he drank — all the potion — and Kreacher swapped the lockets — and watched... as Master Regulus... was dragged beneath the water... and [...] "
- —Kreacher[src]
The first skirmish at the Horcrux cave occurred in 1979, when the disillusioned Death Eater, Regulus Black, and his house elf, Kreacher, aimed to retrieve and destroy Salazar Slytherin's Locket, which Lord Voldemort had placed in the cave. While the locket was successfully removed from the cave by Kreacher, Regulus lost his life in the attempt, and the locket was not destroyed for another eighteen years.
Background information
As a child, Tom Riddle was brought to the sea side for an outing, along with several other children from Wool's Orphanage. Riddle soon discovered a cave among the cliffs, where he took two other children, Dennis Bishop and Amy Benson, terrorising them to the point that they were unable to speak of what happened. It is likely that he only managed to reach the cave with magical means, scaring the other children in the process of taking them with him[1].
By 1979, Tom Riddle had grown up to become Lord Voldemort, and the First Wizarding War had been raging for nearly a decade. In the intervening years, Lord Voldemort had created five Horcruxes in an attempt to attain immortality, and Regulus Black, who had recently graduated from Hogwarts School, had joined the Death Eaters. In the course of securing a hiding place for one of his Horcruxes, Voldemort asked his Death Eaters for a House-elf. Regulus volunteered Kreacher, the House of Black's aged, loyal elf, telling him that it was a great honour to assist the Dark Lord.
Kreacher was brought before the Dark Lord, and the two ventured to the cave by the sea. In order to test his carefully constructed defences, Voldemort used Kreacher's blood to open the cave and made Kreacher drink the potion from the basin on the island. Kreacher was consumed by terrible pain and relived horrible memories as he drank the potion. With Salazar Slytherin's Locket in place, Lord Voldemort left Kreacher on the island either to die of thirst or at the hands of the Inferi in the lake. However, Kreacher was able to apparate back to 12 Grimmauld Place once his mission was fulfilled, as Regulus had ordered him to, since the magic that bound Kreacher to obey his master superseded all magical protections placed on the cave to prevent typical apparition in or out. House-elf magic was something Lord Voldemort considered far below his notice; therefore, he had not anticipated Kreacher surviving.
Regulus had been able to deduce that Voldemort had created a Horcrux from the vague references Voldemort made to his immortality. It is unknown if he knew that his master had multiple Horcruxes. After hearing Kreacher's ordeal, Regulus decided to seek vengeance against the Dark Lord by setting out to destroy his Horcrux. He ordered Kreacher to lead him back to Voldemort's cave by the sea.
The skirmish
Regulus and Kreacher set out to the Horcrux cave, Kreacher for the second time. As Regulus had ascertained that Lord Voldemort was keeping a locket in the cave, he brought with him a copy of the Horcrux, which he ordered Kreacher to switch with the original after the potion had been drunk. Regulus also told Kreacher to leave the cave and destroy the Horcrux, without telling anyone within the Black family what had transpired. Kreacher did as he was told, but not before witnessing Regulus dragged into the water and killed by Inferi after consuming the Drink of Despair.
Kreacher returned to 12 Grimmauld Place to fulfil his orders. However, he could not destroy the locket as he was ordered to do and punished himself severely for it. He realised that he must open the locket in order to destroy it, but as no magic he used could accomplish this task, he eventually hid the locket within the Black home.
His master's death was something that Kreacher had to live with for the rest of his life, and he was reduced to sobs when he spoke of it. The Black family searched for Regulus to no avail, and Kreacher could not inform the family of the happenings in the Horcrux cave as Regulus had ordered him to keep his silence. The loss of Regulus was incredibly hard on the Black family.
By 1996, Albus Dumbledore had also guessed the Dark Lord's secret and scoured the country for the Horcruxes. That summer, he was cursed while obtaining another horcrux, Marvolo Gaunt's Ring also; knowing that death was imminent, Dumbledore taught Harry Potter about the Horcruxes and what they might be. In June 1997, they went to the cave by the sea to retrieve a Horcrux, not knowing that it had been replaced with a copy. Dumbledore was killed that night by Severus Snape; only after his death did Harry Potter discover that the Horcrux was a fake and that the real one had been stolen by the mysterious "R.A.B."[1]
In the summer of 1995, the Order of the Phoenix took the Black family home at 12 Grimmauld Place as their headquarters. In their efforts to make the residence habitable, the Order, under the direction of Molly Weasley and Sirius Black, waged war on the house, throwing away many heirlooms, including the locket.[2] The locket was saved by Kreacher, but when Sirius died, Mundungus Fletcher took possession of the locket after ransacking the House of Black for any valuables. He was selling the items on the street when Dolores Umbridge appeared and asked him if he had a licence to do so. She let him off once he bribed her with the locket.
After they had discovered R.A.B.'s identity, heard Kreacher's tale and tracked down Fletcher, Harry, Ron and Hermione infiltrated the Ministry upon realising that Umbridge had the locket. They stunned Umbridge, replaced the locket with a decoy, and stole the real Horcrux before going on the run.
Later, the trio realised that one of the ways to destroy Horcruxes was with Godric Gryffindor's Sword, as it had been impregnated with Basilisk venom after Harry slew the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore left the sword to Harry in his will, but knowing that the Ministry would not give it to him, entrusted Professor Snape with the task of getting the sword to Harry. In the winter of 1997, Snape discovered that Harry and Hermione were camping out in the Forest of Dean; he placed the sword not far from their tent and led Harry to it with his doe Patronus. The locket attempted to kill Harry before he could obtain the sword, but he was saved by Ron at the last moment. At Harry's insistence, Ron destroyed the locket shortly after Christmas of that year.
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Peace Now: 'Natural growth' - Israel's trick for West Bank expansion
By Akiva Eldar- Haaretz Correspondent
17 May 2009
Figures released recently by the Central Bureau of Statistics cast doubt on government officials' claims of housing shortages for young couples living in West Bank settlements - the central argument Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to present to U.S. President Barack Obama against freezing settlement construction.
Figures for 2006-07 reveal that the housing shortage in settlements stems largely from "migration" from Israel proper to communities beyond the Green Line, as well as the addition of new immigrants from abroad.
The data show that in 2007, natural growth accounted for 63 percent of settlement population growth, whereas internal migration accounted for 37 percent. The previous year, they show an addition of roughly 5,600 residents (which accounted for those who arrived minus those who had left) across West Bank settlements. For every 10 residents leaving settlements that year, 15 others arrived.
President Shimon Peres told Obama in their meeting earlier this month that "It is unacceptable that children born in Judea and Samaria will not have a place to live. We can't put them on the roofs." Similar remarks were made to U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell when he headed the fact-finding commission examining the causes for the outburst of the Second Intifada. In the report he submitted to then-president George W. Bush in 2001, Mitchell rejected Jerusalem's assertion that Jewish construction in the West Bank was aimed merely at housing natural population growth.
Instead, the commission largely accepted the Palestinian claim that there is no difference between the creation of new settlements and expanding existing ones, and determined that Israel should cease all building in the settlements, even that intended for what Israeli officials described as "natural growth."
That demand was contained in the Road Map, an outgrowth of the Mitchell Report, presented to Israel in 2003. A letter sent from Dov Weisglass, then-prime minister Ariel Sharon's diplomatic adviser, to Bush that same year includes an explicit commitment to freezing settlement building, particularly in those outside the "settlement blocs" or east of the separation fence.
U.S. diplomats said their government rejected the argument that Israel must allow every young couple raised in the settlements to find suitable housing in the West Bank.
The diplomats said they had obtained a copy of a classified Defense Ministry report compiled by IDF Brig. Gen. (Res.) Baruch Spiegel attesting that unauthorized building had occurred at about 75 percent of settlements, and that significant infrastructure projects had been initiated at more than 30 of them - including roads, schools, synagogues, yeshivas and even police stations - on privately-owned Palestinian land.
At a press conference last week, the chair of the Yesha council of West Bank settlements, Danny Dayan, and council secretary Pinhas Wallerstein said every year a "quiet eviction" was taking place in the West Bank of young couples raised in settlements who were unable to find housing there. They said 1,600 young couples of the 2,100 who marry annually are forced to find accommodations outside of the communities in which they grew up. Dayan and Wallerstein called on Netanyahu to change construction policy to allow such young people to erect homes in close proximity to those of their parents.
Most legal analysts around the world, including U.S. State Department jurists, view the construction of settlements in the West Bank as a violation of international law relating to war and conquered territories. The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits states from moving their own citizens into conquered land.
A response from Peace Now to the remarks made by the Yesha council officials, said the "bluff of natural growth is just one of the tricks the government is using to keep it from fulfilling its obligation to freeze settlement building. It is a shame that the president is perpetuating that lie."
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Phillies place Hamels on DL, activate Victorino08/22/2007 4:47 PM ET
Lefthander Cole Hamels was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a mild left elbow strain and outfielder Shane Victorino was activated from the DL, the Phillies announced today.
Hamels, who was scheduled to start tonight's game against the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park, underwent an MRI earlier today which showed no structural or ligament damage. His DL stint is backdated to August 17, making him eligible to return on September 1.
Victorino had been placed on the DL on July 31 with a right calf strain. He played in three minor league games during a rehabilitation assignment with double-A Reading and single-A Lakewood, hitting a combined .273 (3-11) with an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored.
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"American Idol" handed out a few final golden tickets -- 21 of them, to be precise -- as it wrapped up its Season 13 auditions on Thursday in Omaha. Along the way, Keith Urban reconnected with an old pal he hadn't seen in years, Harry Connick Jr. had his first "Idol" moment of self-doubt, and Lopez showed off her bright yellow fingernails by gesticulating whenever she could.
The talent sneaking through under the wire included …
--Quaid Edwards, 21, whose mom, Jolie Edwards, apparently performed with Urban back when she fronted a country music band called Jolie and the Wanted. The judges weren't terribly wowed by his take on Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," but he won them over with his apparent earnestness and avowed willingness to work hard and grow. Quaid's success made his mom cry, which in turn made Lopez tear up. Pass the tissues.
--Madisen Walker, 15, who flowed in to sing what Urban called a "perfect karaoke version" of Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats." Urban's description didn't bode well, but he and Lopez sent Walker through anyway. Connick demurred, predicting the heartbreak in store for her down the line would outweigh the fleeting joy of having made it through.
--Alyssa Siebken, 20, who failed to impress Connick with her acoustic version of Waka Flocka Flame's "No Hands." "I just don't think your voice is strong enough," he said. But thanks to the other two judges, she was handed a ticket anyway. "I'd like to see where you go," Urban said. Ryan Seacrest further rewarded Siebken by posing with her for a "victory selfie."
--Tyler Gurwicz, 25, who sang Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" as if he might very well go out and fling a match into gasoline any minute. "You look angry when you sing, and it's hard to watch," Urban said, not to put too fine a point on it. The other judges liked Gurwicz's intense delivery, though Connick was torn as to whether to let him through. After Gurwicz sang another song at Connick's invitation (and Lopez's urging), Connick apparently relented and gave him the second "yes" he needed to make it to Hollywood. Almost immediately, though, the normally hard-to-please judge suffered pangs of regret. "That may have been my first slip in judgment," he said. "Everything else has been very clear to me. That's the first time when I second-guessed myself."
--Omaha club promoter Tyler Marshall, 23, made it through easily with his rolling take on "Rolling on the River." "You look like a happy guy," Connick suggested, the sort that "even if your world is crashing around you, you have that happy face." Then he made Marshall happier by handing him his ticket to Hollywood – without even waiting for the other judges to vote. They didn't seem too bothered, though.
--CJ Jones, 20, who sang "Stand by Me" solidly even though Connick got up and actually stood by him, dancing. "I like the sound of your voice …. It's a pleasing voice to hear," Urban told Jones before the judges put him through.
--Dajontae Lenear, 16, and Dylan Becker, 17, who each delivered the goods vocally, charmed the judges thoroughly and collected their golden tickets.
--Paula Hunt, 20, a Nebraska resident who sings for our troops as part of the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band. The judges were moved by her supple take on Etta James' "All I Could Do Was Cry" and perhaps even more so by her backstory: Her mom, an R&B and gospel singer, had had some record deals lined up, but lost her voice when multiple sclerosis struck her in 2007. "I get to finish what she started," Hunt told the judges, through tears. "The reason we have the best military in the world is because they get to listen to people like you sing," Connick said, adding that her style was "tasteful" and elegant. "I love your flow," Urban said. Lopez declared her to be one of her favorites. Hunt had made her mother proud.
--Andrina Brogden, 18, a North Dakota native who also made her mom proud. Though her rendition of Beyonce's "Halo" wasn't exactly rousing, Urban and Lopez attributed her vocal shortcomings to nerves and saw enough raw talent in her to put her through.
--Casey McQuillen, 21, whose "Skyscraper" the judges found to be "angelic," restrained and "smart."
--And Tessa Kate, a 25-year-old Arkansas native who plays and performs in Branson, Mo., and has a way with a descriptive phrase. "I was feeling really calm and now I feel like I grabbed an electric fence -- the kind that holds the cows back, not just the little animals," she said before taking her turn before the judges. Kate electrified the judges -- and the rest of us -- with her high-pitched take on Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." Connick was reminded of his childhood crush, Barbara Mandrell, and the Mandrell Sisters' TV show, which he said he could see Kate on. "You just have a classic sort of timeless sound to you," he told her. The other judges were somewhat less effusive -- Lopez said something about Kate nearly veering into Chipmunks territory -- but they both gave her yeses. "I loved it. I think you're great. I can't wait to see more of you. It's a yes," Connick said, as Kate nabbed the season's last ticket to Hollywood.
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If there is ever a story written or a film made about the family of Nicholls State University women's basketball coach DoBee Plaisance, it would have to be called — "The Plaisance Family: A Basketball Life."
If there is ever a story written or a film made about the family of Nicholls State University women's basketball coach DoBee Plaisance, it would have to be called — "The Plaisance Family: A Basketball Life."
Ok, ok, so I borrowed that from the NFL Network series "A Football Life," which, documents the lives of select NFL players, coaches, owners and teams over the years, and is riveting television.
But still, it would be the perfect title for the Plaisances, who are doing some special things on the basketball court this season.
First mother DoBee has already led the Nicholls women's basketball team to its best season in school history in her fifth year in Thibodaux.
With four games plus the postseason left to go, the Colonels are 16-9 overall and 8-6 in the Southland Conference and have the most wins in a single season in school history, besting last year's total of 15 wins. DoBee, who came to Nicholls after a highly successful career coaching the Loyola women's program in New Orleans, has also put the Colonels in a spot to have lots of future success as well.
With just one senior on the club, some extremely young talent and a good group of players on their way in, DoBee has laid the foundation for success with the Nicholls women's basketball program — quite an accomplishment.
Then there is daughter Theresa, who helped lead the Vandebilt Catholic Lady Terriers to the Class 4A state title in 2010.
Theresa is a 6-foot-4 junior forward for the LSU Lady Tigers, who are 15-10 overall and 6-6 in the Southeastern Conference.
Theresa has started 24 of 25 games this season, is averaging 30.6 minutes a contest 17.6 points and eight rebounds a game has 71 blocks and 33 steals.
She is second in the SEC in scoring, just behind Texas A&M's Kelsey Bone (17.7 points a game), first in blocks and is seventh in rebounding.
But there is another Plaisance having a stellar basketball season.
Son Scott Jr. is a 6-9 junior center on the Country Day-Metairie Park High School basketball team.
Country Day is 20-8 overall and is the fourth-seeded team in Class 1A, and Scott Jr. is a key cog on a team that has state-title aspirations. Dad Scott Sr., gets to lend his support and try to catch as much of the hoops action as he can between Thibodaux, Baton Rouge, Metairie and all sorts of road games in between.
What a season it has been so far for the Plaisance family. And maybe the most exciting thing about the Plaisances and their hoop dreams, is that the script is still being written.
There is still a lot of fun to come on the basketball court this year for the Plaisances, and they have many, many more seasons of round-ball success headed their way in the future.
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Since joining the Ramsar Convention last year, the Government of Lao PDR and its partners have stepped up implementation of the Convention and its principles of conservation and wise use of wetlands.
Lao PDR acceded to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Significance on 28 September 2010, designating two wetlands as its first Ramsar sites: the Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland in Pathoumphone District, Champassak Province, and the Xe Champhone Wetland in Champhone and Xonbuly districts, Savannakhet Province.
As part of its accession to the Ramsar Convention, the Government of Lao PDR is committed to supporting the "three pillars" of the Convention: ensuring the conservation and wise use of wetlands that it has designated as Wetlands of International Importance; including the wise use of all wetlands in national environmental planning; and consulting with other Parties about implementation of the Convention, especially in regard to transboundary wetlands, shared water systems and shared species.
In 2011, the Government of Lao PDR, IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and other partners have focused on promoting the "three pillars" of the Convention and taking the first steps for full implementation in the country's Ramsar sites.
Recent achievements include providing opportunities for learning and exchange to wetland managers and responsible officials. In March 2011, the IUCN Mekong Water Dialogues organized a Workshop on the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands in the Lower Mekong River Basin in Vientiane, including a field visit to the Koot Ting wetland in Nong Khai Province of neighboring Thailand. The overall aim was sharing experiences on best practices in wetland conservation and wise use, as well as to provide updates on the implementation of the Ramsar Convention in each of the respective countries. The workshop brought together for the first time, the Ramsar Administrative Authorities, Ramsar Site managers, relevant regional NGOs and other wetland experts from the region.
From 29 August to 2nd September 2011, the IUCN Mekong Water Dialogues organized an exchange visit between officials and community representatives from Lao PDR's two Ramsar sites. Members of the Savannakhet Province Ramsar Committee, local authorities and journalists were welcomed by Champassak Province and Pathoumphone District to learn more about the implementation of Ramsar in Beung Kiat Ngong and exchange information about wetland management.
The IUCN Mekong Water Dialogues has also prepared baseline reports on each of Lao PDR's Ramsar sites. These reports, published in September 2011, bring together existing information about the Beung Kiat Ngong and Xe Champhone wetlands, covering the ecology, biodiversity, land use, socio-economic development, management and conservation priorities of the two sites. The reports are important tools for raising awareness about the sites and informing decisions on future management interventions.
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Microscopic cells called "mycelium" -- the fruit of which are mushrooms -- recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. "We can capitalize on mycelium's digestive power and target it to decompose toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration), control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and mycogardening)."
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Some of those nutrient deficiencies are kind of pretty! Although I imagine they won't help with fruit and vegetable production!
I think mycorrhiza have a big role in phosphate transport into plants, and that in general we've overfertilized with phosphates, causing depletion of those fungi.
You make a great point about soil building. I read that a good mycelial population holds soil in place, makes it drain better as well as hold moisture better, due to increased sponginess. A good cellulosic/lignin mulch - wood chips, chopped straw, chopped leaves - might promote mycelium. Also, somewhere I read the mycelial substances put a lot of carbon into the soil, so it's not in the atmosphere, which is a good thing too.
Resurrecting this discussion.... Here are a few links on mycorrhizae from recent news.'"
The pics here are mushrooms I photographed in my yard today. I don't know if they are beneficial, or mostly degrading organic matter, or benefit plants. I suspect some are beneficial because of their proximity to healthy trees.
From Yakima Herald, "Plants use fungi to communicate": "mycorhizae fungal hyphae increases nutrient and water intake as much as 100 to 1,000 times more than plant roots could. In return, plant roots release carbohydrates for mycorrhizal fungi to use for food. Since fungi cannot make their own food because they lack chlorophyll and live underground, it becomes a good deal for both fungi and plants." I don't know where they get that figue of 100 to 1000 X better nutrient and water intake. It sounds interesting. I imagine it depends on the plant type, the soil, and the type of fungi.
They also state, "How effective these plant/mycorrhizae mutualistic systems thrive depends to a large degree on how you care for the soil under your lawn, trees, shrubs, flowerbeds and vegetable garden." They state, avoid tilling. The advice is, limit soil disturbance to the top one inch. Use mulch generously.
The article states that mycorrhizal inoculants will not help,
I can see that. Fungi spread directly, buy extension of the fungal filaments, and indirectly, by spores. Thinking about the spores, just leave a piece of bread out. It will quickly get moldy. So some types of spores are everywhere.
From "Manitoba Cooperator": ". The old idea that tillage destroys the mycorrhizae is not entirely true, ... "In Western Canada, tillage is no more than eight centimetres. That has very little impact on mycorrhizae. In other areas, where farmers till deeper, with more aggressive implements, mycorrhizae are suppressed." I don't know why the earlier article states till only one inch. Is that evidence based?
The glycoprotein that mycorrhizal fungi produce, Glomalin, is thought to contain 1/3 of the world's soil carbon storage. " it permeates organic matter, binding it to silt, sand, and clay particles. Not only does glomalin contain 30 to 40 percent carbon, but it also forms clumps of soil granules called aggregates. These add structure to soil and keep other stored soil carbon from escaping." That says to me, activities that support underground fungal growth are beneficial to the environment and would be helpful for the global climate change issue.
From wikipedia on glomalin, " When AM fungi are eliminated from soil through incubation of soil without host plants, the concentration of GRSP declines. A similar decline in GRSP has also been observed in incubated soils from forested, afforested, and agricultural land[5] and grasslands treated with fungicide.[4] Concentrations of glomalin in soil are correlated with the primary productivity of an ecosystem.
One thing I wonder about, is how to enhance mycorrhizal fungi in the artificial situations of our gardens. In the native soil, my thought is lawns, if one must have them, should be mowed fairly high, and the grass clippings left to decompose in place. That would mulch the grass. Around trees and shrubs, there should be larger areas of mulch, preferably organic mulch such as leaves, straw, wood chips, compost, or bark mulch. In raised beds.... I speculate that once the bed is built, fungal populations should increase with time. The soil in the beds should contain at least some native soil - to supply inoculum of local fungi, as well as generous amounts of compost. When possible, the surface should be mulched.
My raised beds are still fairly new. I started building them last summer. I did use the commercial inoculant mentioned earlier in this discussion. I don't know if it helps or not. As the soil settles, I add more compost on top and let the earthworms work it in.
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You guys are amazing. Thank you for all the congratulations and spreading news about the book, here on the blog, on Facebook, Twitter, and in person. At the risk of coming off cheesy, it's really incredibly heart-warming to have such great support from the readers of Appetite for China, some of whom have been reading since the very beginning. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It's been one month since The Chinese Takeout Cookbook was released and seeing all the good press surrounding the book has been so surreal and wonderful. There was a recipe review in The Washington Post, radio segments on Let's Eat In on Heritage Radio Network and The Joan Hamburg Show, a full-page feature in The New York Daily News, not to mention round-ups and reviews in other local press.
As for events, last night I took part in a cooking demo and book signing at the wonderful BookCourt in Brooklyn. (More pics up to come!) There are other events coming up, including a Chinese Takeout Cookbook Class at the Institute of Culinary Education this coming Sunday, Jan 20th, in which we recreate 8 recipes from the book, including favorites such as egg rolls, sweet and sour pork, and egg drop soup. And I'm planning more events for NY and other cities soon, so stay tuned!
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