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Sunny Hills tries to run, gets stopped by Royal
SIMI VALLEY — The Sunny Hills boys basketball team ran. All season, on just about every possession, the undersized underdogs ran the ball upcourt and back on defense, and, more often than not, ran their opponent out of the gymnasium.
On Tuesday they ran into Royal of Simi Valley. And they couldn't keep up.
Sunny Hills lost, 74-62, in the CIF-SS Division 2AA semifinals at Royal High. The Highlanders will face Inglewood in the finals on Saturday.
"That team was really well coached," Sunny Hills coach John Wooldridge said of Royal. "Their kids were prepared. They took us out of a lot of things. Maybe J.W. North and Summit were more athletic, but this is a better team."
The game wasn't a sprint so much as it was a short marathon, one in which Royal point guard Max McCoy never stopped. He scored a game-high 29 points, seemingly surging his team ahead at every corner.
"He pretty much dictated the game," Wooldridge said. "He really had his way with us. It was a tough matchup for us without JR (Parker)."
Parker, the Lancers' No. 2 scorer and starting point guard, was sidelined with a mild concussion suffered during last week's victory against J.W. North of Riverside. McCoy took advantage, constantly beating his man off the dribble and then either knocking down a jumper, driving for a layup, or dishing to an open teammate in the paint.
McCoy's three layups during a five-possession span in the fourth quarter halted a potential Lancers rally and extended the Highlanders' lead to 60-51.
The Lancers (25-7) looked a bit out of sync on offense and trailed throughout. They managed to keep the deficit to single digits behind a sprited effort from JJ Parker, who made the rare start in his brother's absence and scored a team-high 20 points.
"He was just huge for us this year, the perfect sixth man" Wooldridge said. "He really tried to pick up his brother's slack. I'm really proud of him."
Royal (24-6) is in the midst of its deepest run during Coach Craig Griffin's tenure.
"I knew we were going to have to play one of our better games," Griffin said. "It's the hard work they've put in, dedication in practice and film studies."
The most obvious example of that involved Sunny Hills star senior Martin Kim. He came in averaging 18 points a game but was held to 9 points, as Royal guard Weston Park shadowed Kim the entire night.
"That was his job," Griffin said. "Don't let Kim go off on us. Always have a hand up. Don't give him air space."
"They weren't going to allow him to shoot jumpers," Wooldridge said. "He was going to have to get to the rim."
The loss concludes Sunny Hills' deepest run in the section playoffs during Wooldridge's tenure. The Freeway League champs will find out Sunday whether they've been chosen for the state tournament.
"I'm proud of the kids," Wooldridge said. "They battled tonight and played their butts off. What is it, Game 32? They've done that all year for me. It's sort of bittersweet."


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The zombies that ate prime time
Are fans of "The Walking Dead" worried? They ought to be.
As we head into the season-three finale Sunday, all signs point to significant bloodshed. The odds of losing one or more of the major characters are extremely good.
While they may fret over the fate of their favorite zombie battlers, devotees need not worry about the health of their favorite show.
These loyalists have taken "The Walking Dead" to heights no other cable series has reached.
When the show returned for the second half of the season in February, the 12.3 million viewers who tuned in made "The Walking Dead" the most-watched scripted series in basic cable history. And now, "The Walking Dead" is poised to end the season as the top entertainment series on television with the advertiser-coveted 18-49 age group, easily besting the broadcast networks' top offerings, such as "The Big Bang Theory," "Modern Family" and, yes, even "American Idol."
An intense drama about a small group of people trying to survive an unexplained plague of voracious zombies, "The Walking Dead" figured to be a hit when it arrived on Halloween night 2010. It disappointed no one, blowing out of the gate with more than 5 million viewers, huge for a cable series.
But to double that already-large viewership in just over two seasons required something of a television miracle.
In this case, the miracle wasn't a single event but a bunch of factors that weighed in favor of "The Walking Dead."
The series rode in on a couple of cultural waves. It is based on a popular series of graphic novels, giving it cachet with the comic-book crowd. And it is about a zombie apocalypse, a hot topic in the world of horror fans for the past decade.
The potential appeal was broadened by the presence of series creator Frank Darabont (since departed from the show), the director of films such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile." And the series was bound for AMC, already the home to the critically acclaimed dramas "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad."
Even that fortuitous alignment wouldn't have been enough if "The Walking Dead" weren't exceptionally good. But it is.
The people who tuned in early brought more along via word of mouth. Plenty of reruns on AMC and the availability of episodes on streaming services like Netflix made it easy for potential viewers to catch up on what they had missed.
For some viewers, diving into the latest hot drama meant getting past some queasiness over the horror-story elements of the show, which can be extremely graphic.
Janie Wolicki of Huntington Beach, a huge fan now, first tuned in during perhaps the goriest episode of the series, the fourth installment of season one.
"I had to look away six or seven times," she recalled.
But she stuck it out and quickly became hooked. Now, she, her partner and her teenage sons gather every Sunday night for "The Walking Dead" and the discussion show that follows it, "The Talking Dead" (which boasts more than 3 million viewers a week itself).
A show featuring hordes of flesh-eating zombies is a departure from Wolicki's normal viewing habits, which otherwise include "Dancing with the Stars," "Revenge" and "a lot of 'Seinfeld' reruns."
As with most fans of "The Walking Dead," Wolicki discovered that it isn't really a show about zombies.
"It's about people losing their humanity and trying to hang on to the last little bit of it."
Indeed, like most outstanding science fiction, "The Walking Dead" uses the extreme conditions of the story to magnify human issues. Of course, there are random zombie attacks, bloody hand-to-hand combat and ridiculously gory moments put there mainly to shock – and delight – the horror fans. But what drives the success of "The Walking Dead" is the strength of its characters and the moral quandaries they face daily.
The zombies are reanimated after death by some sort of infectious disease but lack any conscious thought. They're human in form only. The heroes of the story are a band of the few people still living, and we viewers are forced to ponder the things that make them human. How are they different from the zombies, and what is it they are fighting to preserve?
As Robert Kirkman, the writer of the graphic novels and a producer of the series said in a recent interview with CNBC, "It's a long-term exploration of ... people trying to survive after the fall of civilization."
The heart of the show is embodied in its three most important characters.
Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln), the former police officer who leads the band of survivors, began the series clinging to his role as the maintainer of order and civilization. He would go to great lengths to help others, even endangering people in his group to pursue chivalrous quests that he felt were his moral obligation. We have watched his sense of greater duty chipped away. In a recent episode, Rick ignored a passer-by's pleas for help, and later, after seeing the man dead on the side of the road, blithely stopped to take his backpack.
Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) takes the opposite role. The crossbow-toting backwoodsman has found his place in the world with Rick's band, growing from a loner out for himself to the selfless protector of his compatriots.
And then there is Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs), Rick's son. Just 7 when the series begins, Carl represents the hope for the future that the survivors are trying to protect. But given the horrors that Carl has experienced, what sort of future could that be?
The mix makes for a show of surprising intellectual depth, one that lures fans who might otherwise never touch a horror series. Just ask Janie Wolicki.
"I tend to like shows where everything is wrapped up in a neat package and everyone walks off together hand in hand," she said, "but here I am every Sunday night."
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Craig It started with a frightened, frenzied car ride.
Trace 34 years of Dr. Thomas Told's public service back far enough, and you'll find the roots of it there.
Memory: A 1950 maroon four-door Chevy burns through the snowy, Wyoming night.
Told's younger brother, Morris, a sick 3-year-old little boy, lays cradled in the arms of his mother in the passenger seat.
His father is at the steering wheel, cranking the car across the prairie, pushing past a blizzard to find help for his son.
His parents don't know what's wrong with their boy.
He is delirious. He has a 105-degree fever.
They try making him better. They give him hot water sponge baths, feed him broth and herbal remedies.
Nothing works.
Not long before, some neighbor kids died of meningitis.
The family fears the worst. They take to the car.
Told, then 9 years old and in the back seat, watches it happen. His brother sick with illness; his parents sick with worry.
"Live or die," Told said, recalling the life changing moment decades later. "We didn't know if he was going to make it."
From their rural home, it's 50 miles in any direction over rough, primitive terrain to the nearest doctor.
Told makes a decision.
No matter how remote a place people lived, no matter how far out of the way, they deserve better. They deserve access to medical care, just like anyone else.
"I always reflect back on that (night)," said Told, who became the longtime owner and family doctor at Craig Medical Center. "That's when I got into medicine. I realized the only thing I could be was a (rural) family doctor."
His own way
Told was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the oldest of Bill and Moya Told's five children.
He was raised in a Mormon family that placed a high importance on education.
He never was supposed to be a doctor - his parents and grandmother were rural schoolteachers - and if not spoken, it was implied he would follow the same path.
The night in the Chevy on the snowy rural roads changed that. Meeting an osteopathic doctor while on a Mormon mission in Indiana years later cinched it.
"I kind of broke the mold and chose something different," Told said.
He graduated in 1968 from Brigham Young University with a degree in zoology, and enrolled in the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, a northern Missouri school founded in 1892 by the father of osteopathic medicine, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still.
Following a short internship at Fort Sam Houston, a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, he arrived a year later at Craig Medical Clinic, or what is now Craig Medical Center.
It was there, in the small, blue-collar Northwest Colorado town, that Told would practice for the next three-plus decades, all from the same 580 Pershing St., office.
He remembers beginning his first day of work at 10 a.m. July 10, 1974, and seeing his first patient, a man Told believed was suffering from a ruptured appendix.
Other physicians in the clinic were dubious of the rookie's diagnosis.
They thought he was overeager. He wasn't.
"I was the new kid on the block, so they were a little skeptical," he said. Test results confirmed his conclusion, making it the first and last time clinic doctors ever doubted him.
Triumphs and tragedies
Fast forward.
It's Friday afternoon, and Told sits inside his cluttered Medical Center office. He's on the eve of accepting a prestigious award a state away and six months from retiring from practice in Craig.
His black-and-gray hair is combed in its usual right-side part, tired eyes rest behind bottle cap glasses and a black-and-chrome stethoscope dangles at his shoulders.
A lot has happened, is happening now and will soon happen. The doctor is contemplative.
"I've been able to help a lot of people," he says. "This was the one way I knew I'd be totally happy. : I've been paid far more than I've been compensated."
Between his first day and this one, he's seen tens of thousands of patients, delivered about 1,500 babies, or enough that he refers to it as "delivering babies for babies I delivered."
He's had his share of humor and heartache, triumphs and tragedies.
There was the time a father of a girl he treated for an appendectomy paid the doctor's fee with a ton of hay and five pumpkins.
"I would have done it for free, but the man said he didn't take charity," Told says.
There was a similar occasion when he delivered a baby, and accepted a side of beef and a border collie as payment. The collie, Banjo, lasted 12 years, and his kids loved him.
By that logic, he got the better end of the deal, Told says.
There was the time he made a house call to see the wife of a sick rancher. He visited the wife and was then drafted into further service - the rancher needed help delivering a calf.
"At that point, they needed my muscles more than they needed my brain," he says, laughing. "I was hired for the shoulders on down."
And then there were rough moments, memories as painful today as they were years ago. One in particular stands out.
It's the mid-1980s.
His friend, local veterinarian Dick Miller, visits Told's office seeking help for back pain. The doctor runs tests, learns the true cause of what's happening inside him.
He hates what he has to do next. He has to tell his friend, "you have cancer." A type almost universally fatal.
The friends make a pact - "He and I weren't going to let that happen," Told said.
They research aggressive treatments. They find specialists. They set a course of action.
They extend Miller's life five or six years.
"We did everything we could to keep him alive," Told says. "Finally, in the end, cancer won."
Today might as well be the day it happened. Told thumbs tears away from his eyes.
"Sorry," he says. "I'm a little bit tender hearted."
Living forever
Today, Told will accept the 2008 Wyoming Emergency Medical Services Physician Advisor of the Year award in Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Little Snake River EMS team recommended Told for the award based on his years of volunteer service.
In 1986, he became a physician supervisor for a small clinic in Baggs, Wyo., and physician adviser for the LSR ambulance group.
The EMS team described Told as a "community leader of a vanishing breed.
"He is a strong advocate for small rural community services and a believer in the importance of giving back to the communities in which physicians live and work. He believes in the spirit of giving for the love of the community and of commitment to neighbors without any expectation of payment."
The award, along with his pending retirement from practice in Craig, prompted his recently reflective mood.
In January, Told will become the Dean of Clinical Medicine at Rocky Vista Medical School in Parker, where he'll help train the next generation of rural family doctors.
Now 65, these days, Told thinks about legacy, about how he'll be remembered.
He thinks about the words of his mentor, Dr. Ray G. Witham, a long-time area physician who owned Craig Medical Center before Told.
He walks down the hall from his office, rounds a corner and stops at a framed photograph of Witham hanging on the wall.
"The way you live forever is to pass your knowledge and skill onto others," he says.
The words aren't exactly his, which is to say they didn't originate with him, but over the years, and especially now, one could say Told has inherited them.
His mentor's words rattled around in his mind when he was offered the job at Rocky Vista.
"People refer to me as a vanishing breed, and I don't want to see that happen," he says. "I feel I can pass that knowledge on, the love for family practice, and keep that breed alive in the hearts of young physicians. It would better society in the long run."
And in the end, when the final chapter on Dr. Told has been written, it's improving lives that he wants as a legacy.
"I would hope that I did leave this country better than before I came," he said.
The next generation
Tragedy was averted that long ago winter's night in Wyoming, but just narrowly.
Morris didn't die.
He spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia, recovered and is now a plumber working in Utah.
It easily could have gone the other way, Told said.
By helping usher in a new generation of rural family doctors, he's working to improve access and keep children from having to go through a difficult experience like he did years ago.
"That'll be the thing," Told said. "I don't want other little kids to take that ride at night."


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Centennial thwarts Narbonne rally in SoCal Open Division Regional Bowl
Huskies score late to dispatch Narbonne and will get a third state title matchup with De La Salle.
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Centennial (Corona, Calif.) advances in the California state playoffs to face a familiar foe: National power De La Salle (Concord, Calif.).
NORWALK, Calif. --
It's certainly tempting to look ahead, with a third state title matchup between
Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
coming up in a week.
But that would put Saturday night's Open Division Southern California Regional Bowl Championship thriller in the rear-view mirror far too soon, one that saw Centennial escape Cerritos College with a 41-34 triumph over
Narbonne (Harbor City, Calif.)
An instant classic? Maybe that's too strong a term.
Regardless of what it should be called, Saturday's contest ranks up there with some of the state's best big games this season.
"Definitely it was one of the greatest games I've ever been a part of," Narbonne coach Manuel Douglas said.
The Narbonne side of the stadium went nuts with 1:09 left when Narbonne receiver
A.J. Richardson
lined up at quarterback, corralled a nearly-bungled direct snap and raced for the corner, scoring a 3-yard touchdown that tied the contest at 34. It was the culmination of a three-minute, 65-yard drive, it was redemption for Richardson after he missed a certain touchdown catch two plays earlier, and most importantly, it was the exclamation point tacked onto a furious second-half comeback that saw the Gauchos erase a 19-point halftime deficit.
Then the Centennial side went berserk 47 seconds later when Huskies quarterback
Robert Webber
recognized a blitz and lofted a 14-yard scoring pass to wide open running back
Tre Watson
, who ran a modified wheel route in the right flat.
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Tre Watson, Centennial
That was the winning score, and it capped off a second-straight contest that saw Centennial hold off a charging opponent in the final seconds to advance in the state playoffs.
"The backer came after me and I just had to dump it off to (Watson). I had pressure so I had to get rid of it early," said Webber, who finished 20-for-39 with 306 yards and four touchdowns.
"It was zero mirror, tag to me. They weren't expecting it. I was so surprised how open I was," said Watson, who also scored a 20-yard touchdown in the first half.
After winning the Southern Section's Inland Division title
with a defensive stop on a 2-point conversion in the final 80 seconds last week, the Huskies earned another cardiac-inducing victory. Saturday's victory reignites the DLS-Centennial rivalry that developed when the teams split the 2007 and '08 Division I State Bowl contests. It's definitely going to the be marquee game at the Home Depot Center in Carson this coming weekend.
Centennial coach Matt Logan asked if he could revel in his Regional Bowl victory for a few hours, but he knows how significant the matchup is, and how reporters couldn't help but ask about the rubber match with the Spartans.
"De La Salle already, huh? We know what they bring to the table, so we will just come to work the best we can. It's the pinnacle of high school football," Logan said, adding that he knows what to expect. "They do what they do, but they execute."
De La Salle won 37-31 in 2007 but the Huskies got revenge the next season with a 21-16 win. Logan also led the 2010 team to the D-I game, falling to Palo Alto, 15-13.
Getting back to Saturday's win, the first half was all Centennial and it looked like a blowout was in the works, orchestrated by the diminutive Webber and his cast of hefty linemen and quick skill players. A 4-yard score on fourth-and-2 from
Austin Renken
started the scoring and Watson's rushing score made it 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. Webber found
Barry Ware
for a 13-yard scoring strike with 5:01 left in the first half to make it 20-0.
Troy Williams
Jon'tae Roberson
for a 23-yard scoring pass with 3:01 left to narrow it to 20-8 but Webber answered back with a 17-yard strike to Ware on a skinny post in the final minute to make it 27-8 at the half.
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Troy Williams, Narbonne
Then the Gauchos got their defense in order, and Williams started making spectacular plays like the Washington commit usually makes. A Huskies fumble at the 2-yard line gave the Gauchos the ball and Williams showcased a 31-yard scramble as part of a 98-yard scoring drive that was capped off with a 12-yard pass to Richardson. Centennial missed a field goal and Williams went back to work, finishing a nine-play drive with runs of 18 and 27 yards to narrow the score to 27-22.
Webber found
Ryan Pascarella
for a 16-yard score on a skinny post with 9:48 left in the game to make it 34-22, and the Huskies got another boost when they stopped a run on fourth-and-inches from their own 23. But they punted and Williams made them pay, scrambling and finding Roberson all alone in the end zone for a 14-yard score that made it 34-28.
Richardson's score came next, and then Watson's game-winner.
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Robert Webber, Centennial
For Narbonne, the Los Angeles City Section Division I champion, the No. 9 team in the
Xcellent 25
and No. 2 team in the
Freeman Rankings
, there wasn't any shame in dropping the game, Douglas said.
"We coached our tails off and played our tails off. In the second half we could have laid down and died and quit, but those kids showed a lot of heart and character. I am unbelievably proud of everyone in our program and I told them if you (fought back), that at the end of the night you could look at the scoreboard and feel proud," he said. "I didn't promise that we could win, but if you do that at the end of the night you'll be OK and you'll live with it.
"We tied the game with a minute left. It's disappointing and they did everything they could. I can't ask for anything else. It was rarefied air for us to be here and I hope we can continue to be in this kind of company each year."
One item of concern for Centennial is the health of stellar starting left tackle and Cal commit
Cameron Hunt
, who exited the game due to cramps and later had to receive attention from paramedics. It was his 44th-straight start,
according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise
. Writhing in pain on the sideline, Hunt's plight caused a brief stoppage in play as he was attended to. Also, Webber limped for part of the game after being tackled awkwardly.
"It was a wild night. I'm just happy we overcame. The kids have been resilient all year. I couldn't be more proud of them," Logan said. "They started pinching everything inside and they knew Robert was banged up, so we had to go to the air to win the game is what we felt."
Photo by Louis Lopez
Chase Krivashei, Centennial
Many coaches have expressed concern about the Regional Bowl system and how it adds another game to an already-taxing season. Logan was one of them, but he's starting to feel otherwise.
"I wasn't a big fan when it came out but this week I felt like we were in Texas, with an actual state playoff. All week long we felt this was a state playoff, you win and advance, and we thought that was neat."
For Centennial, Renken rushed 18 times for 107 yards, Webber ran nine times for 73 yards and
Chase Krivashei
caught five passes for 135 yards.
Pascarella caught seven balls for 99 yards. The Huskies came in No. 12 in the Freeman Rankings and No. 24 in the Xcellent 25.
Williams completed 28 of his 38 attempts for 356 yards for Narbonne and rushed 12 times for 104 yards. Roberson caught seven passes for 135 yards and Richardson hauled in nine grabs for 108 yards.
Centennial held a 17-6 advantage for first downs in the first half but in the second half, Narbonne netted 15 compared to 10 for the Huskies.
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Baked Fried Eggplant
vegetable cooking spray, as needed
2 medium to large eggplants, peeled and sliced into rounds
1/2-1 cup Italian salad dressing, as needed (I use fat free)
1/2-1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs, as needed
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Dip eggplant slices into the Italian dressing. Allow the excess dressing to drip off (too much dressing will wet the vegan breadcrumbs and make them a pain to work with).
2. Coat the eggplant with the vegan breadcrumbs and place on prepared cookie sheet. Lightly spray the eggplant with the vegetable spray.
3. Bake until brown and crispy turning at least once (about 10 to 15 minutes).
I like to serve the eggplant with pasta and tomato sauce, but I have been known to just eat the slices off of the cookie sheet right out of the oven!
These were delicious! I used panko bread crumbs instead of regular bread crumbs and added a little bit of salt, pepper, dried parsley, onion and garlic powder to them and dipped them in pasta sauce. Will make again!
LOVE this! I have made it twice already, and is a favorite. Just try to make sure to keep the salt down, but other than that ;)b. This is so easy, and sooooooo good!
i made a curry version of this and it was awesome! i mixed olive oil, soy sauce, and rice vinegar to use in place of the italian dressing, and i seasoned my bread crumbs with tandoori and hot and sweet curry powders....awesome! whipped up a dip with peanut butter, coconut milk, saracha, and garam masala..... this is a new staple for me!
This was really good. I had to turn up the temp to 425 & let it bake for fifteen minutes on each side. I served mine topped with marinara sauce. This has become my favorite eggplant recipe.
This was so easy. I used fat free Italian dressing & made my own seasoned bread crumbs to which I added cayenne pepper. Very good. This is a keeper.
Great recipe!! I substituted vegan honey mustard dressing, added season salt and garlic powder to the breadcrumbs. I baked at 425 degrees for 25 minutes then hit broil for only a few minutes. Dipped in marinara- it was great!! Thanks for the easy dinner!


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The town of Banff is mostly spread along the central thoroughfare of Banff Avenue, with the majority of hotels, apartments, shops, bars and restaurants being on or just off the central stretch (although some hotels on Banff Avenue are a good walk to the centre of town). Lake Louise Village, about a 45 minute drive away, is less of a village, more an accumulation of accommodation with a few shops and a petrol station. Lake Louise itself, with the imposing Victoria glacier looming over the lake and famous Chateau Lake Louise, is a couple of miles further up the road.
Lodging in Banff has something for every budget, from the iconic Fairmont Banff Springs to a local youth hostel. Other accommodation options include the Rimrock, next to the Upper Hot Springs, and Banff Avenue hotels including the Banff Caribou Lodge, the Fox Suites and the good value Inns of Banff.
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Veteran defensive end Chris Kelsay announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday after spending 10 years with the club.
"I want to thank Mr. Wilson for the opportunity he gave me 10 years ago to be a Buffalo Bill," said Kelsay via the Bills website. "One of my goals was to finish my career with the team that drafted me and that came to fruition. I feel very blessed to say that."
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It's the Little Things
I went out to eat with friends on Saturday night. One of the attendees has not seen me in a few months, and when she arrived (she was the second of our group to arrive), I called out her name. She looked around to see who was calling, so I called again. This time she looked at me and verified that she was the person whose name I was calling. I told her I knew that and jokingly told her my name. She looked closer and studied my face, and finally it dawned on her that I was who I said I was.That was a great feeling! Apparently, losing 190 pounds is noticeable.


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1/2 teaspoon Paula Deens House Seasoning
1/4 cup reduced fat buttermilk
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 1/4 cups cereal crumbs, preferred brand cornflakes
Cooking Spray, for skillet
Paula Deen's House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Note: Can be stored in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Spray a large cast-iron skillet with nonstick spray and heat over medium-high.
Sprinkle the chicken with the House Seasoning. In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, lemon zest, juice, egg whites, and hot sauce. Add the chicken; toss to coat.
Place the cornflake crumbs in another large bowl. Dip the chicken into the crumbs, pressing so the crumbs adhere. Place the chicken in the prepared skillet and then transfer to the oven.
Bake until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through, 40-45 minutes.
Calorie Info Per Serving:
Bobby's Un-fried Chicken: 388 calories, 22.3 grams fat
Paula's Fried Chicken: 669 calories, 26.5 grams fat
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Having being a victim in the economic freeze (which is a direct by product of the Seattle freeze if you ask me)... I am thinking of just hocking everything - keep my Airstream - my boat and move down back to San Diego. I used to live there when I was in my military youth - somehow - the fact its always above 50 degrees and well - just a different place than Seattle... any advice... I'll be sailing down and try and fool friends to drive my RV down... Looks like the only live aboards areas are in the Chula Vista area now a days...Advice from the locals?
You will be in the trough most of the way... But stopping at many of the unique seaports on the way would make your trip very interesting.
jody, off the RV as well if you can live without it. we'll be there soon too
Shelter Island area has one new marina that just opened. All the marinas in harbor island and shelter Island have quite a few live aboards. You might get a slip then in a year be able to get live aboard status. You do have a motor home. Chula Vista is less expensive.
Friends just did the PNW-Mexico jaunt - took their time and discovered many of the hideyholes along the way... if you've got the time perhaps that's the way to go.
Too bad, if you do go, I think you've been an asset to the Seattle sailing scene! |
Moorage fees will kill you down there. And, we'll miss you. David |
Just thinking of options. Trying to make a go of the - re-invent yourself. I think coupled with the fact that mid-life crisis thing (turn 40 here in another week) - loss of major thing I have been doing for awhile (but knew it would come to end eventually - just thought it would my decision). So, it is kinda one of those moments where you start thinking of the options.
David - the moorage fees in SD are par with what I pay here in Seattle actually. And thanks - I'll miss ya too if that is where I go. It is not a time based rush decision, things change as quickly as the changes that cause one to change... (tongue teaser there)...Just reality gets in the way of the fanciful life thing - and probably doesn't help that I am not sailing right now (week number two of umpteen on the rigging)...I was kinda surprised my response to someone that volunteered their boat to go sailing and my reply was "I just really want to sail mine - I need to know I am in control of something". Which somewhat describes why maybe many of us do sail - as it is certainly not a hobby of definitive instant gratification (ie: usually small on space, victim of tides and currents, and certainly not a point A to point B - NOW kinda thing)... So, I am just looking into it as I figure in three months if the tides do not change - I'll have to grapple the reality that life often is. Luckily - between the boat and the Airstream - I have options as they are paid for (as well as everything else that will never fit between the both of them)... I think as part of the mid-life crisis and grappling with the un-easiness I feel currently - maybe the change of pace is needed and the fact that if I just do - then things will be different because they are forced to. Bolter: Shelter Island - access in and out of the cove to the Pacific is governed by bridges yes? I am doing the research of areas and with a mast height of 52' - that is a consideration... At any rate (and thanks Faster btw)... time will tell - just mulling things and doing the required research. When I lived in San Diego I was military and always loved the culture, access to beaches, mountains, deserts, etc... but I never boated there. Done the RV thing a few times but they were always usually at Pismo (sp) or Newport Beach... Can't really sell the RV as I want back-up number two in case something ever happens to the boat... Realistically thinking - its kinda mobile real estate that at any time I can get my money back out of (which is why I own the Airstream to begin with)... At any rate - considering things, there are maybe some options here in Seattle that'll keep me here - but as with all things you do when you do the re-invent - "It takes time" and not quite sure time will be as friendly as it has been in the past... |
No bridges in San Diego Bay , except Coronado Bridge which must have 200 ft clearence. Shelter island is in san diego bay. Now, Mission Bay where sea world is , does have many bridges. There are some slips outside of the first bridge, but mission bay is officially "NO LIVE ABOARDS".
With you teaching me the basics of sailing and all, I figure I owe you more than a few beers. If you decide to head south and need an RV driver I might be able to help. I've made the trip a few times and have driven plenty of trucks with trailers.. On another note, hopefully I'll be able to crew again soon. Have had a series of midterms and have gotten involved with the school sailing organization. Pretty busy lately. Eric |
I hear ya on the freeze Jody. My gig I've been on for almost 5 yrs ends on March 30th. I'm looking out there too.
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- 8 ounces uncooked fettuccine, broken in half
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- In a large saucepan, combine the sauce mix, milk, water, salt, pepper and remaining butter. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Add the salmon and heat through. Drain pasta; add to vegetable mixture. Top with sauce and gently toss to coat. Sprinkle with bacon if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
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This world premiere recording is conducted by Dennis Russell Davies and performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz. After a series of symphonies that featured text and voices, Philip Glass was also asked by Davies to "think of the orchestra as a collection of virtuoso instruments as you would find in a concerto formation. Symphony No. 8 starts from this point in presenting ideas involved with timbre, density, structure and melody." The great attraction of the work is the unpredictable orchestration.
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There is nothing inherently wrong with desiring to be a leader. The Bible even says that anyone who "sets his heart on being an overseer desires a noble task" (1 Timothy 3:1). The problem with leadership ultimately comes down to the person who is holding the office of leader. As the old saying goes, 'the clothes don't make the man'. Neither does the position.
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"The two World Cups I'd been a part of, we hadn't strung together three consecutive good results and good performances," he said Monday. "I think this team has the experience and the ability to do that, and we'll find out on Wednesday night."
By beating Algeria, the Americans would reach the group phase for the first time in eight years. Even with a draw against the Desert Foxes, the U.S. could advance as long as England fails to beat Slovenia and doesn't gain a point and wipe out the American advantage in goals scored.
Algeria, coming off a 1-0 loss to Slovenia and a 0-0 tie with the English, can advance only with a victory. That likely means wide-open play.
"Their approach to the game would likely be an aggressive approach to try to get a goal and win the game," Donovan said. "A lot of our guys play with or have played with or against their players. As a team, collectively, they can be unpredictable and on their day they are a very, very good team."
On the first day of winter in South Africa, the U.S. held its last practice at Pilditch Stadium before the match. Because FIFA wants to preserve the field at Loftus Versfeld, the site of the match, Tuesday's training was moved to Eersterust Stadium in Pretoria.
Familiar foe
In many ways, the Americans know Algeria much better than Slovenia.
Center back Madjid Bougherra is a teammate of DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu on the Glasgow Rangers; midfielder Karim Matmour plays alongside Michael Bradley on Borussia Moenchengladbach; midfielder Adlane Guedioura plays on Wolverhampton with Marcus Hahnemann; midfielder Riad Boudebouz is at Sochaux with injured American forward Charlie Davies; and defender Nadir Belhadj and midfielder Hassen Yebda play for Portsmouth, where they regularly face the U.S. Premier League contingent.
"They have a lot of guys who are skillful on the ball and who like to get the ball in dangerous areas and run by guys or be creative in their own way and get shots," Bradley said. "Certainly Karim is good at that - his ability to use his speed to run by defenders and to get shots and crosses. I know that well. I play with him every week. So that's something that we need to keep an eye on."
With both teams facing elimination, it figures to be a fiercely fought game.
"Today's football is very physical. Skill is just for the final meters," Matmour said.
Algeria reached the World Cup for just the third time, following first-round elimination in 1982 and 1986. Egypt forced a tiebreaker playoff by beating Algeria 2-0 in Cairo, a match Algeria's Rafik Halliche and Khaled Lemmouchia played wrapped with head bandages after their team bus was pelted with stones. Four days later, Les Fennecs qualified by beating Egypt 1-0 in a tiebreaker playoff in Sudan.
The Americans have been toughened in a different way. Needing a three-goal victory over Egypt to reach last June's Confederations Cup final - and doing just that - taught them they can overcome adversity. That lesson was intensified in this World Cup, when the U.S. rallied to tie England 1-1 and then came back from a two-goal halftime deficit to tie Slovenia 2-2. The Americans nearly won that one, too, but Maurice Edu's 85th minute goal was disallowed for reasons that are still unclear since referees don't have to explain their decisions.


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— From young phenom to ripened reliever, Jason Isringhausen has come full circle with the New York Mets.
Hoping to help their beleaguered bullpen, the Mets brought back a prodigal son Monday when Isringhausen joined the team for the opener of a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies.
Once a prized starter and part of a much-hyped trio nicknamed Generation K, the 38-year-old Isringhausen is back with the Mets for the first time since 1999.
"It feels good so far. I've only been here 20 minutes. It'll be different when I get on the mound," Isringhausen said. "I'll give 'em everything I've got."
Derailed by a string of elbow injuries, the two-time All-Star had not pitched in a big league game since June 13, 2009, with Tampa Bay. But first-year Mets manager Terry Collins was planning to use Isringhausen as soon as possible.
"I'd like to get him in the fire," Collins said.
New York also called up right-hander Ryota Igarashi from Triple-A Buffalo, putting eight relievers in a taxed bullpen that had a 4.98 ERA after nine games. To make room on the roster, the Mets optioned outfielder Lucas Duda to Buffalo and designated right-hander Blaine Boyer for assignment after Sunday's 11-inning loss to Washington.
New York relievers threw 11 innings during a three-game series last weekend, allowing 10 hits and 11 walks. That's one reason Collins was willing to play with just a four-man bench, at least for a little while.
"We've got to protect our starting pitching," he said. "I'm more concerned with blowing our bullpen out before June."
Isringhausen, who has 293 career saves, had been throwing at extended spring training in Florida. Attempting his latest comeback, he signed a minor league deal with the Mets on Feb. 15 after a brief bullpen audition.
The right-hander has had Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow three times during his 14-year career, but he was effective in Grapefruit League action this spring, going 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in eight outings covering eight innings.
After pitching in seven games for Cincinnati's Triple-A affiliate last year, he was looking for an opportunity this season when the Mets agreed to give him a shot.
"When my agent told me this, I said, `Yeah, this will be fun,'" said Isringhausen, who is wearing No. 45. "My wife and I talked about it. Full circle, and everything happens for a reason. So I'm going to run with it as much as I can. I don't know what's going to happen — nobody does. So when they call on me, go out there and give it everything I've got and let the chips fall where they may."
Isringhausen was selected by the Mets in the 44th round of the 1991 free agent draft and they converted him from a college outfielder to a pitcher. He made his major league debut in 1995, going 9-2 with a 2.81 ERA in 14 starts and finishing fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting.
Along with No. 1 draft pick Paul Wilson and left-hander Bill Pulsipher, Isringhausen was part of a young pitching threesome that was supposed to lead the Mets to years of success.
"The talk on the bench was, `Oh my god, when these guys grow up, holy cripes, this staff is going to be something special,'" said Collins, who was managing the Houston Astros at that time. "They all certainly had very, very, very good arms."
But all three got injured and Isringhausen was traded in July 1999 to Oakland, where he became a quality closer. He signed with St. Louis in December 2001 and had five seasons with more than 30 saves for the Cardinals, including a league-high 47 in 2004.
Isringhausen said it hurt to be traded by his original big league club, but he quickly moved on.
"Been a lot of games between then and now," he said. "It was hard, but I wouldn't change the path of my career for anything. … It's been a long road."
Isringhausen said he doesn't have many specific memories from his first stint with the Mets, other than striking out Brian McRae of the Chicago Cubs to begin his major league debut.
"I'm not near that person I was then. To me, I feel like I'm a better person," Isringhausen said. "I was real immature, and pretty much an idiot back then."
But now, his intangibles are a big reason he's back, and Collins made it clear that he wants his young relievers to soak up some of Izzy's veteran expertise.
First, Isringhausen had to find his way around Citi Field. When he pitched for the Mets the first time, they played at Shea Stadium.
"It's still the Mets on the chest. That never changes," he said. "This could be it, so I'm going to give it 110 percent every time I get the ball."


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In a politically correct world we all need to be on the same page with the illusions of the world. Those few people that have come forward and claimed to have seen or stated that they were visited by extraterrestrial beings can be reprogramed with new memories to get them back on track with the status quo of human beliefs. Old fashion brainwashing by religious, political and scientific institutions has been ongoing throughout the ages. However, such methods of dispensing cool aid has become sloppy and inadequate for modern times. Soon, loose cannons (abductees) can be dealt with in a politically correct and humane way, pass the cheese.
False memories have been implanted
into mice, scientists say.
A team was able to make the mice wrongly associate a benign environment with a previous unpleasant experience from different surroundings.
The researchers conditioned a network of neurons to respond to light, making the mice recall the unpleasant environment.
Reporting in Science, they say it could one day shed light into how false memories occur in humans.
The brains of genetically engineered mice were implanted with optic fibres in order to deliver pulses of light to their brain. Known as optogenetics, this technique is able to make individual neurons respond to light.
Unreliable memory
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"Start Quote
End Quote Dr Xu Liu Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOur memory changes every single time it's being recorded. That's why we can incorporate new information into old memories and this is how a false memory can form..."
Just like in mice, our memories are stored in
collections of cells, and when events are recalled we reconstruct parts of these
cells - almost like re-assembling small pieces of a puzzle.
It has been well documented that human memory is highly unreliable, first highlighted by a study on eyewitness testimonies in the 70s. Simple changes in how a question was asked could influence the memory a witness had of an event such as a car crash.
When this was brought to public attention, eyewitness testimonies alone were no longer used as evidence in court. Many people wrongly convicted on memory statements were later exonerated by DNA evidence.
Xu Liu of the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics and one the lead authors of the study, said that when mice recalled a false memory, it was indistinguishable from the real memory in the way it drove a fear response in the memory forming cells of a mouse's brain.
The mouse is the closest animal scientists can easily
use to analyse the brain, as though simpler, its structure and basic circuitry
is very similar to the human brain.
Studying neurons in a mouse's brain could therefore help scientists further understand how similar structures in the human brain work.
"In the English language there are only 26 letters, but the combinations of letters make unlimited words and sentences, this is also true for memories," Dr Liu told BBC News.
Evolving memories
"There are so many brain cells and for each individual memory, different combinations of small populations of cells are activated."
These differing combinations of cells could partly explain why memories are not static like a photograph, but constantly evolving, he added.
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A possibility in the future is erasing memories, she told BBC News.
"Episodic memories - such as those for traumatic experiences - are distributed in neurons throughout the brain, and in order to make memory erasure a safe and useful tool, we must understand how the different components of each memory are put together.
"You may want to erase someone's memory for a traumatic event that happened in their home, but you certainly do not want to erase their memory for how to find their way around their home."
Erasing memories?
Mice have previously been trained to believe they were somewhere else, "a bit like the feeling of deja-vu we sometimes get", said Rosamund Langston from Dundee University.A possibility in the future is erasing memories, she told BBC News.
"Episodic memories - such as those for traumatic experiences - are distributed in neurons throughout the brain, and in order to make memory erasure a safe and useful tool, we must understand how the different components of each memory are put together.
"You may want to erase someone's memory for a traumatic event that happened in their home, but you certainly do not want to erase their memory for how to find their way around their home."
"If you want to grab a specific memory you have to get
down into the cell level. Every time we think we remember something, we could
also be making changes to that memory - sometimes we realize sometimes we
don't," Dr Liu explained.
"Our memory changes every single time it's being 'recorded'. That's why we can incorporate new information into old memories and this is how a false memory can form without us realizing it."
Susumu Tonegawa, also from RIKEN-MIT, said his teams' work provided the first animal model in which false and genuine memories could be investigated in the cells which store memories, called engram-bearing cells.
"Humans are highly imaginative animals. Just like our mice, an aversive or appetitive event could be associated with a past experience one may happen to have in mind at that moment, hence a false memory is formed."
Silencing fear
Neil Burgess from University College London, who was not involved with the work, told BBC News the study was an "impressive example" of creating a fearful response in an environment where nothing fearful happened.
"One day this type of knowledge may help scientists to understand how to remove or reduce the fearful associations experienced by people with conditions like post traumatic stress disorder."
But he added that it's only an advance in "basic neuroscience" and that these methods could not be directly applied to humans for many years.
"But basic science always helps in the end, and it may be possible, one day, to use similar techniques to silence neurons causing the association to fear."
'Diseases of thought'
Mark Mayford of the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, US, said: "The question is, how does the brain change with experience? That's the heart of everything the brain does.
He explained that work like this could one day further help us to understand the structure of our thoughts and the cells involved.
"Then one can begin to look at those brain circuits, see how they change, and hopefully find the areas or mechanisms that change with learning."
"The implications are potentially interventions for diseases of thought such as schizophrenia. You cannot approach schizophrenia unless you know how a perception is put together."


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Residents in and around LaRue County now have a new place to eat, thanks to the opening on April 17 of the Decades restaurant at Magnolia Mall.
The Nolin RECC annual meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. June 15 at John Hardin High School in Elizabethtown. Children's entertainment, health fair and exhibits are included.
The business session is at 7 p.m. The Dove Brothers Band will perform at 8 p.m. in the main gym. Prizes will be given throughout the evening to registering cooperative members. Local beef and pork producers will sell sandwiches and the dairy association will sell ice cream.
For more information, call Patsy Whitehead, Nolin RECC at 270- 765-6153.
Heather Bailey has been selected as the June Employee of the Month for Nationwide Uniform.
She has been employed with Nationwide since June 2000 and is under the supervision of Claire Greyling in the trousers department.
She will receive an award for her dedication and service.
Jeanine Creason was selected as the May Employee of the Month for Nationwide Uniform.
She has been employed with Nationwide since January 1986 and is under the supervision of Kim Beard in the trousers department.
Joel Ray's Restaurant in Hodgenville celebrates its 53rd anniversary this weekend.
There may soon be a new bank in Bardstown. Hodgenville-based Lincoln National Bank comes before the Development Review Board June 12 with plans to build a 5,300-square-foot branch on Lincoln Way, formerly Mainstream Boulevard. The property is across KY 245 from Inoac and Nutter Drive. The proposed structure is relatively large for a bank branch, Joint City-County Planning Commission Director Janet Johnston-Crowe said.
Workers from Rodgers Sign Service in Elizabethtown installed a new sign Friday morning for The LaRue County Herald News.
Forty-nine water treatment plants in Kentucky have been recognized by the Energy and Environment Cabinet for their demonstrated success in producing drinking water in 2011 that consistently met or exceeded state water quality standards.
Unemployment rates fell in 110 Kentucky counties, including LaRue County, between April 2011 and April 2012, while nine county rates increased and one stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
LaRue's rate was 7.6 percent in April, down from 8.3 percent in March 2012 and in April 2011. Of a 6,876 workforce, 6,351 were employed.
Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 5.1 percent.
Sonora's newest restaurant, Dairy Dog, opened its doors last week and owner/operator Chris Smith said he sold the first hot dog at 10:45 a.m.
The hot dog and ice cream stand is on East Western Avenue in the former Hardin Pharmacy building next to The Cecilian Bank.
Smith and his fiancee, Lisa Price, recently moved to Sonora and wanted to get to know their new neighbors and help the local economy.
"That's what sparked the idea," Smith said, "And we're following that dream."


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With the Christmas holiday coming in the middle of the week, next week promises to be relatively dull. Many senior traders will take the entire week off, leaving only junior traders with orders not to take a position unless they absolutely have to. The past year has undoubtedly been terrible for bond desks and bond funds, so we won't see traders swinging for the fences this late in the year.
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Impact on mortgage REITs
Mortgage REITs like Annaly (NLY), American Capital Agency (AGNC), and MFA Financial (MFA) are highly interest rate–sensitive. We already know where the Fed stands with tapering, so there really isn't much more for the REITs to focus on. Originators will be relieved to hear that Mel Watt plans to delay the price increases for Fannie Mae loans. This is a positive for originators after a positively melancholy 2013.
Impact on homebuilders
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I love Heroku's add-ons.
I love Cucumber testing.
But I sometimes hate putting the two together. How do you test the infrastructure you don't know much about? I've been confronted with this recently with the "moonshado-sms" addon, which is a super-simple way to hook your application up to a cheap sms gateway. My integration tests were difficult, though. How do I check that everything got sent appropriately? That the SMS went to the right person, with the right number, and the right message?
I stumbled a bit, but came up with something that I think is pretty clever, and I'm going to share it here in case you have the same insatiable desire to see a series of green dots before deploying that I do. In my env.rb file (for cucumber), at the bottom, I include some monkey patching of Moonshado's API:
module Moonshado
class Sms
cattr_accessor :sent_messages
def deliver_sms
raise MoonshadoSMSException.new("Invalid message") unless is_message_valid?(@message)
data = {:sms => {:device_address => format_number(@number), :message => @message.to_s}}
self.class.sent_messages ||= []
self.class.sent_messages << data
response = RestClient::Response.create('{"stat":"ok","id":"sms_id_mock"}', "", {})
rescue MoonshadoSMSException => exception
raise exception
Now mix in some clever step defenitions with "sms_steps.rb" in your cucumber "step_definitions" folder:
When /^the sms message "([^"]*)" is sent to "([^"]*)"$/ do |number, message|
Then /^there should be an SMS sent to "([^"]*)" saying "([^"]*)"$/ do |number, sms_text|
messages = Moonshado::Sms.sent_messages
messages = Moonshado::Sms.sent_messages.select{|data|
data[:sms][:device_address] == number and data[:sms][:message] == sms_text
messages.size.should == 1
messages.each{|msg| Moonshado::Sms.sent_messages.delete(msg)}
Then /^there should be no SMS messages sent$/ do
if Moonshado::Sms.sent_messages
Moonshado::Sms.sent_messages.size.should == 0
Take and edit for your own purposes, and may your code always be well tested.
(PS: All code on this page is also available as a gist here: GIST)


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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon is a member of the Israel Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) political party which has made a name for itself by bluntly describing things as they are instead of doing the diplomatic dance their coalition partners are so adept at.
In particular, party leader and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has repeatedly pointed out that as things currently stand, there is no chance for a genuine and lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Arabs. Last month he also told visiting European diplomats that they should take care of their continent's own problems sticking their noses in Israel's affairs.
Ayalon, a former ambassador to the US, is second in command to Lieberman in both the party and at the Foreign Ministry, but is no less outspoken.
Addressing foreign pro-Israel activists at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Monday, Ayalon suggested that what Israel and the Palestinians are currently engaged in is not a peace process. Rather, the Palestinians and the Arab world are continuing their effort to eradicate the Jewish state, just using different tactics.
"They tried to take us on militarily and they couldn't, then economically… and then with terror. Now the [battle] front is the political and legal warfare," explained Ayalon. "We have to understand that we are facing a very dedicated enemy."
Ayalon noted that even while being involved in direct peace talks with Israel last month, the Palestinian Authority continued to do its best to de-legitimize Israel in every way possible. He said that this is part of the "peace process" tactic currently being employed against Israel.
"If you try and paint Israel into a corner there is no incentive for the Palestinians to negotiate because they believe that someone else will do the job for them," said Ayalon, referring to the constant international pressure brought to bear on Israel to surrender to Arab demands despite a lack of reciprocity.
Ayalon said Israel and those few governments that actually support it cannot fight this alone, not in the age of instant communication and social media. He urged the foreign activists to help Israel form a network that goes beyond governments and forms grassroots movements banded together in support of Israel's cause.
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text: Master Modder Makes Xbox 360 Into A Surprisingly Sleek and Slim LaptopKate Cox10/22/12 3:30pmFiled to: Xbox 360ben heckModstweet95EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Benjamin J. Heckendorn, more easily known as Ben Heck, makes a lot of cool stuff. He's made laptops out of the Atari 800 and Commodore 64. He's used household objects to help make a controller that severely physically disabled gamers can use. He's even made an Xbox 360 controller dispense Hot Pockets, because why not? In the most recent episode of his web show, Heck builds an Xbox 360 laptop. And not just any 360 laptop: he makes the machine as small and sleek as possible. So how large does an Xbox 360 laptop have to be? The answer is, not very. Though he does admit, at the end, to leaving out the hard drive for reasons of space, heat, and power. But with a handful of easy-to-reach USB ports on the Laptop 360, storage is still easy to find. Advertisement Episode 52: Watch Ben Heck's Xbox360 Laptop Episode [Element 14]Reply95 repliesLeave a reply