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Ex-Arafat adviser: PA funded Arab Israeli parties
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Mohammed Rashid demands probe into Abbas's wealth, says PA funded Arab parties in Israel during general elections.
Muhammad Rashid, the former economic adviser to Yasser Arafat who is wanted by the Palestinian Authority for embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars, revealed on Thursday that the PA had provided financial aid to Arab parties during general elections in Israel.
He also demanded an investigation into the source of PA President Mahmoud Abbas's wealth.
Rashid, who is currently in London, said that Abbas used to "take millions of dollars from the Palestinian Authority and the private sector under the pretext of helping Arab parties in Israeli elections."
Better known as Khaled Salam, Rashid did not name the Israeli parties that had received financial aid from Abbas.
His revelation came during an interview with the Saudiowned Al-Arabiya TV station.
Rashid scoffed at the PA's decision earlier this week to ask Interpol to arrest him and hand him over for trial on charges of embezzlement and fraud, allegedly committed during the years that he served as Arafat's top financial consultant.
A Kurd from Iraq, Rashid said he was prepared to report for interrogation only before an independent commission of inquiry and not one that is controlled by Abbas.
The PA's Anti-Corruption Commission, which issued the arrest warrant against him, is itself very corrupt, Rashid said.
He pointed out that two ministers in Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's new cabinet have been accused of involvement in corruption scandals, but the commission did not take any measures against them.
The former adviser, who is considered one of the wealthiest Palestinians in the world, launched a scathing attack on Abbas, holding him and his two businessmen sons responsible for corruption.
"When Mahmoud Abbas returned to the Palestinian territories [after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993], I gave him $25,000 at the request of the late president Yasser Arafat," Rashid claimed.
"Today, he and his sons have palaces and property estimated at 15 million Jordanian dinars [approximately $21m.] in Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia and other places."
Rashid said the timing of the arrest warrant against him was linked to a series of interviews he gave to Al-Arabiya and to the PA's fear that he would expose various corruption scandals.
Rafik Natsheh, head of the commission in the West Bank, denied Rashid's charges, saying he had been wanted long before his TV appearance.
Natsheh added that the PA had previously summoned Rashid for questioning, but the latter refused to comply. He said that Rashid would stand trial whether in person or in absentia for his role in the theft of public funds.
Welcoming the PA's decision to go after Rashid, several Palestinian political analysts wondered whether other senior officials would also be charged with corruption.
"The question is, how many Muhammad Rashids do we have in the Palestinian arena?" asked analyst Nabil Batrawi.
"Where are the others who became wealthy by working in the public sector? Where are the realtors who used to take money from investors who wanted to come to Palestine? "Where are all those who used to take bribes and extort investors?" he asked.
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The FCC's auction for two air-to-ground licenses in the 800 MHz spectrum has finally closed. AirCell, which won the larger 3 MHz lot, currently provides voice and data services, including cell phone use, to private planes and other small craft. They hold a number of patents on making cell phone calls from planes. It is possible that they will use this new spectrum to provide cellular service on commercial planes, however they are not allowed to comment on how the spectrum will be used, and the FAA still has not cleared cellular phone use on aircraft. The smaller one MHz block was won by JetBlue's LiveTV.
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Square engagement rings—those featuring square shaped diamonds at the center—have soared in popularity in recent years. If you are drawn to square engagement rings, know that there are many beautiful options for both center gems and setting styles, and we invite you to explore them all when choosing your dazzling, distinctive ring.
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Asscher cut diamonds are sometimes called "square emerald cuts" because they have the same facets and elegant shimmer of rectangular emerald cut diamonds, but in a square shape. Asscher diamonds are classic and supremely elegant, and although they are more widely seen in rectangular proportions, these square emerald cut diamonds have a rich history, making them a both fresh and timeless choice for your engagement ring. Emerald and asscher cut diamonds both feature "step cuts" of broad, flat facets, offering a look that shimmers and dances gracefully with light, for an effect that is less sparkling than some cuts but is incredibly sophisticated.
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Texas service sector activity picked up further in November, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
REVENUE: The services revenue index, a key measure of sector conditions, advanced 6.1 points to 11.4.
LABOR: Labor market indicators were mixed. Total service employment edged down from 5.5 to 3.9 this month, indicating the pace of hiring slowed slightly. However, retail employment rose from 6.2 to 9.1.
OTHER: Perceptions of broader economic conditions reflected more optimism in November. The general business activity index rose from 6.4 to 10.3. The company outlook index inched up from 4.9 to 5.5.
RETAIL: A related survey showed retail sales spiked in November and inventories rose. The sales index jumped more than 12 points to 20.3, its highest reading in three months.
FUTURE: Businesses continued to reflect optimism about activity in the next six months. The index of future general business activity rose from 14.5 to 21.1. The index of future company outlook remained in solid positive territory but fell 2 points to 18.5.
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A source said that 49ers defensive line coach Jim Tomsula either will interview or already has interviewed for the job as the University of Pittsburgh's head coach. Former coach Todd Graham left five days ago to take the job at Arizona State, after former 49ers coach Dennis Erickson was fired at ASU.
Tomsula replaced the fired Mike Singletary last year for the season finale in St. Louis. Tomsula is also highly regarded by the 49ers and his players. 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said players and coaches try to get on bus three while going to the airport. That's the bus Tomsula always sits on, and players and coaches feed off his energy and humor.
Tomsula would appear to be a perfect fit for Pitt. He has a tremendous record as a coach, including developing the 49ers front seven, which might be the best in the NFL. Before coming to the 49ers in 2007, Tomsula, 43, was a successful head coach in NFL Europa before the league folded.
Part of his coaching career was spent at his alma mater, Catawba College in North Carolina. He began there as a volunteer defensive line coach in 1997. He also worked part-time as a carpeting salesman and lived out of his car for part of the time while coaching at Catawba.


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"Prentice Hall presents . . . The Student Orientation Series" Our "Student Orientation Series" (S.O.S.) consists of various short booklets on special interest topics-an excellent resource for when an assignment or the course focus takes you beyond the standard coverage. The first two booklets in the series help students maximize the benefits provided by service learning and learning communities. watts, "Service Learning," discusses the various programs available to students; the difference between service learning and internships; how to find these programs; and how such experiences help students determine their majors, give back to the community, and find the right career fit. Connolly, "Learning Communities," explores various programs, why they have been established, and how students benefit from them. FUTURE TITLES: Additional topics of interest "Computer Basics" will provide the basic skills necessary for using the computer and appropriate applications to ensure oners" s success in college. "Your Guide to Procrastination" will provide the basic strategies for acknowledging, addressing, and ultimately overcoming procrastination to ensure oners" s success in college and beyond. "English Language Learners" helps students find and assess resources that facilitate their transition into the college culture, academically and socially, and thus increase their comfort level in college. "Peer Mentoring" discusses reasons why and how peer mentors improve studentrs" s performance. It also examines qualities of successful peer mentors and strategies on how to become one. At last, handbooks thatallow students to explore key topics in a meaningful way-and serve as a resource throughout their college career! Additional Support-in and out of the classroom For instructors and students alike, we encourage you to visit our Student Success Supersite. This valuable resource is at www.prenhall.com/success. Features include: Majors Exploration Career Advice Web Links Tips from Successful Students Student Bulletin Boards Faculty Resources To learn more about Prentice Hallrs" s Student Success and Career Development textbooks and resources, please visit our online catalog at www.prenhall.com.Watts, Margit Misangyi is the author of 'Service Learning ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780132322010 and ISBN 0132322013.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Important Katrina Decision on Anti-Concurring Cause Clause By Mark Nation on November 18, 2009 Posted in Anti Concurring Cause Clause, Coverage Questions, Efficient Proximate Cause, Flood In a unanimous decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has explained how the anti-concurring cause clause (ACCC) in the standard homeowners insurance policy should be interpreted. Although this decision was from Mississippi, it will prove to be informative in Florida as there is very little Florida law on this important issue. I've previously blogged extensively on the… Continue Reading
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text: The Wonderful World of Custom SculpturesBrian Ashcraft8/02/12 5:45amFiled to: JapanWonder FestivalKotakueast14EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink At the recent Wonder Festival in Japan, there was an array of figures. Heck, there was even fake food. There were also peculiar—odd, even—custom sculptures that were both strange and totally wonderful. Ever wanted to see miniature teeth and gums? Here ya go. Stereotypically, custom sculptures in Japan often refer to sexually explicit works. Sure, those do exist, but there are also figure creators who simply want to explore the unusual or even the banal—often choosing to do so in miniature. Advertisement Advertisement There's a long, proud history of miniature in Japanese art and society, and these craftsmen are making their contribution in small (forgive the pun) and unusual ways.Have a look at the above gallery—which ranges from Chinese cookery for action figures to a miniature, running train in a matchbox. There's even a lovely Amaterasu from Okami.スマートフォン用アホ毛など、一般にはまず入手不可能なWF2012[夏] [Akiba Blog] Reply14 repliesLeave a reply


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As a member of the legendary uptown crew Diggin in the Crates, Andre the Giant knows how to pick his beats. For Get Dirty Radio, his first solo album in seven years, Andre wisely chose to record in California, allowing him easier access to the top-shelf underground production from the likes of Madlib, Jake One, and DJ Design. AG hasn't updated his style much in the last decade, but he still sounds sharp on tracks like "Gigantic" and "Say Yeah". He also avoids the hip-hop proselytizing and endless references to back in the day that drag down most rappers past their salad days; AG sounds like he still likes rap, and isn't just recording out of nostalgia.
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Large scale sanctions are seen as a potential market threat
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Markets are being closely scrutinised for their reaction to Russia's annexation of Crimea. A number of analysts have observed that the impact of the crisis to date has been limited, but most warn of the effects of large scale sanctions. Simon Derrick, chief market strategist BNY Mellon pointed out that Russia has yet to start seriously reducing its holdings of dollar assets or the dollar, beyond what it has had to spend already defending its own currency. "As a result, central bankers throughout the developed world are likely to be keeping a particularly close eye out for any signs of Russian money heading their way and, no doubt, will react accordingly if they do so." Andrew Cole, investment director of the Global Multi Asset Group at Baring Asset Management said that from the perspective of Russia, the rouble has fallen sharply in recent weeks and there is a risk that an intensification of the confrontation and the imposition of further sanctions could further undermine the Russian economy. He added that the situation in Ukraine could also have negative consequences for economies reliant on foreign trade and investment with Russia, but believed that other factors such as the slowdown in Chinese economic activity are of more investment significance in the long term. According to BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich, stock prices are close to their all-time highs, which suggests they are not factoring in a lot of bad news. "As such, should the situation in Ukraine deteriorate, stocks could be vulnerable in the near term." "In addition, there are some specific risks for Europe. Europe imports roughly 30% of its natural gas from Russia and should any sort of economic sanctions come to fruition, Russia could decide to interrupt this supply. At this point we are not expecting this to occur, but should significant sanctions be enacted, such actions would certainty hurt Europe's already-fragile economic recovery and would act as a drag on European stocks." However, Jan Dehn, head of research at Ashmore said the crisis is a convenient vehicle for revving up negative sentiment to support a broader unwind of pregnant positions in developed equity markets. "The story that Russia is holding the entire civilised world hostage over Crimea, threatening the very foundations of global security is of course a bit ridiculous. For one, West Texas Intermediate crude would not be trading below $100 per barrel if there was a real risk to Russian energy exports. Russia accounts for 12% of global oil exports and is by far the world's largest producer of gas. Russia and the West have overwhelming incentives to compromise, but only after a suitably public row." Simon Colvin, research analyst Markit observed that rouble-denominated bonds in Gazprom have started to trade at a premium to the local Russian benchmark rates, possibly implying that in the recent turmoil, Russian credit investors are favouring loans backed by tangible corporate assets over those backed by the Russian government.
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Unreal Tournament 2004 Editor's Choic...
mrkniceguy says: A standard by which LAN gaming is measured. Does it equal the fun of Utk4? Then don't bother.
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mrkniceguy says: A true shooting adventure. Even made prettier with user created content, this game is simply a must play.
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Jeremy Grey: What do you like better, Christmas or Wedding Season?
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John Beckwith: Mr. Grey?
Jeremy Grey: Yes. The answer would be, um, Wedding Season?
Happy Wedding Season! I feel especially excited about this year's wedding season because 1.) two of my best friends are getting hitched this summer and 2.) I am planning my own nuptials. I feel so incredibly grateful that I get to live in such a beautiful place as Lake Tahoe, I can't imagine anywhere else I'd want to say 'I do.'
Here are a few reasons why I think Lake Tahoe is the greatest wedding destination:
1. Scenic beauty, everywhere you look. Seriously, you want the beach? Check. Mountains? Check. Stunningly clear blue water? Check. Expansive forest? Check. How about all four at the same location? Check.
2. Endless entertainment. Lake Tahoe offers adventures for every type of person in your family. From casinos to mountain biking to lake cruises, you won't have to worry for a minute about your wedding destination's fun factor.
3. Large to small wedding venues. Whether you have a party of 20 or 200, Lake Tahoe has the ideal wedding venue for you.
4. Everyone will want to come. Now this could be a good thing, or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. But for me I love the idea that guests can extend their time here into a weeklong vacation. It gives me more time to spend with my family and friends, and takes the pressure off trying to meet with everyone on the Big Day. Reno-Tahoe airport is less than an hour from the Lake, or if guests prefer they can fly into San Francisco (three hour drive).
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Quest for solitude - a villanelle
I often wonder whether I'm alone
And if you walk beside me in the lane
And think, why is he always on his own?
I try to think of all those that I've known
In youthful days of sun and lively rain
In all the moods of weather, I'm alone.
In dismal days when cheeriness has flown
I see the looks that follow me in vain
And ask: why is he always on his own?
Across my path, the wind lets out a moan
I shiver, hitch my collar, then complain
I'm cold and ponder whether I'm alone.
And consider all the frailties I have shown
To those who fail to understand my pain
And wanting to be always on my own.
Arrival! Now my hopes are fully grown!
There's no-one here, my solitude is plain.
They might all wonder whether I'm alone
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In a post on the FCC's blog (yes, even the FCC has one), agency Chairman Tom Wheeler pointed on Tuesday to a variety of needed changes in the network, including the move from circuit-switch time-division multiplexing to Internet Protocol, or IP. Wheeler joined the FCC as chairman at the beginning of this month, replacing Julius Genachowski.
Wheeler said the agency would begin "a diverse set of experiments" in 2014 to move the U.S. telephone system from one that still employs circuits and copper wires to one that is based on Internet technology.
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In addition, the chairman said he expected the FCC to approve a plan at its January meeting that would look at the revision of the legal, policy and technical issues required for such a major overhaul. The plan will be presented at the December meeting by a task force that has been looking into the transformation.
There is some question as to what the FCC's authority over an IP-based system actually is, given that it has only limited authority over the Internet. But federal regulations have shaped what we know as the standard phone system, such as guaranteeing there is at least one phone company serving every part of the U.S. The consumer group Public Knowledge has called on the FCC to ensure that telephone service remains accessible to everyone.
Other policy and regulations will have to deal with such issues as how 911 calls are managed in an IP network, what the rules are for minimum service, and how "Net Neutrality" -- where network providers provide the same service to everyone -- is handled.
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Wheeler has come under criticism for being too close to the telecommunications and broadcast industries, since they previously employed him as a lobbyist. In response, he has said that today, "the American people are my client."
Wheeler described this transformation of the phone system as the Fourth Network Revolution, and compared it to the "creation of industrial organizations and the standardized time zones that followed in the wake of the railroad and telegraph."
Analog technology and physical switches are still used in parts of the network, supporting POTS, or Plain Old Telephone Service. But, with the use of mobile devices growing by leaps and bounds, users are rarely employing just phone service, and the outdated components limit the traffic-carrying capacity.
Completion of the IP conversion is intended to enable more information to be transmitted, which could help support the additional traffic load imposed by the growing use of video. IP-based phone service is already being used by millions of customers of Verizon FiOS, AT&T's U-Verse, and services provided by Skype and Vonage.
Last year, AT&T formally requested permission from the FCC to start the transition to IP-based service, beginning with tests.
Landlines are much better!!
During the transition to a fully digital voice network it will be necessary to continue to support analog transmission of digital data. That means we're not talking about VoIP as it's currently provided by low-cost and no-cost carriers. We're talking about digital transmission that supports the voice quality standards of the current telephone network.
He also points out that copper loops carrying analog voice provide service even during power outages. Loop technology between the customer and the nearest telephone building has nothing to do with network technology between telephone buildings. Copper loops are reliable because they carry electric power from batteries in the telephone building, so they don't depend on the electric power grid. I agree that it's unacceptable to provide telephone service that fails when the power grid fails. Telephone service providers should be required to supply power to the telephone equipment not only on the loop but also at the customer premises, as they used to.
In truth, these are three different issues. One is that digital services like voice and credit card validation should be digital from end to end without using the voice network. The second is that the coming packet-switched voice network should support voice quality equal to the best the telephone network currently provides. The third is that telephone service providers should accept responsibility for providing basic voice service even when the electric power grid fails.
...which could save the life of a person who, for example, needs to call an ambulance during a power outage, and who doesn't have a cell phone (or said cell phone is also dysfunctional because the same power outage that's affecting his/her home is also affecting the nearby cell towers. Or perhaps the outage lasts so long that the cell phone's battery goes dead before it's restored: how, then, does the person recharge it?
One of the safety precautions I always recommend for the elderly, for example (or, really, anyone with a marginally higher statistical likelihood of ever needing to call for help during a power outage) is that they can use a cordless phone -- even on VoIP -- all they want; but they had better also have a completely old-fashioned POTS line with an old-fashioned wall or desk phone connected to it so it can be used when there's no electricity. People in certain parts of the country might just dismiss that need because they happen to live in a place where the electric company is reliable. But just try to convince anyone in Florida, for example, that such places even exist! I'm from Northwest Indian, where its NIPSCO electrical utility was built with the needs of local giant steel mills in mind; and so power, for NIPSCO's customers is among the most reliable in the country. But whenever I've lived (or even just spend any appreciable amount of time) anywhere else, I've experienced, in only let's say six months more outages than in my whole life when living in Northwest Indiana.
Additionally, until cellular service costs as little as does POTS service -- especiallly for the elderly, who sometimes get special packages -- and delivers as much utility for the dollar, wholesale conversion away from POTS will just make telephone more expensive for those who both most need it, and can least afford it.
I'm sorry, but I've been against this for a long time; and I'm very sad, indeed, to read that the handwriting's on the wall for old-fashioned POTS telephony.
Gregg L. DesElms
Napa, California USA
gregg at greggdeselms dot com
Pusing 40 years in IT and telecom.


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Reviews of AMD's first Radeon R7 and R9 graphics cards hit the web overnight, but we're still waiting for the big daddy. The R9 290X revealed during AMD's recent GPU press event was the only new Radeon shown based on the next-gen Hawaii graphics chip. Early listings suggest BF4 editions of the 290X will be priced in the $700-800 range, and a fresh leak indicates that a less expensive variant may be in the, ahem, cards. A presentation slide posted on Hermitage Akihabara details specifications for not only the Radeon R9 290X, but also a cut-down R9 290 model with fewer shader ALUs and a lower peak clock speed.
According to the leaked specs, the R9 290X will have 2816 shader ALUs clocked at "up to 1GHz." The R9 290X will supposedly trim the ALU count to 2560 and cut the peak clock speed to 947MHz. There will be no change in the memory configuration, though. Both cards are listed as having 4GB of 5Gbps GDDR5 on a 512-bit interface.
With the Radeon R9 290X poised to challenge the GeForce GTX Titan at the top of the food chain, we wouldn't be surprised if AMD were harvesting sub-par GPU dies for use in a cheaper version with fewer functional units. Such a product would likely target the GeForce GTX 780, which is a mildly de-tuned version of the Titan.
GeForce GTX 780 cards are available for as little as $625 right now, and the Titan starts at a grand. AMD could challenge both Nvidia products and still keep plenty of distance between the R9 290 and the Tahiti-based 280X. We'll know more before too long—I hope.
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David Roth Mar 9, 2012 10:11 AM (in response to Adam Ulacha)I never liked Common Connect. I would recommend using MCXP.
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Americans are struggling with trying to understand the motivation behind the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Professor Charles Selengut of County College of Morris (CCM) in Randolph, NJ, is an internationally recognized expert on terrorism, religion and political violence and can offer insight into how the Tsarnaev brothers may have become so politicized to undertake such a violent act. Author of
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Selengut has spoken widely on the topic of religious violence including at the International Conference on Terrorism's Global Impact and as a keynote speaker for the Colloquium on Religion and Violence, an international association of scholars dedicated to exploring the relationships between violence and religion.
Selengut joined the CCM faculty in 1970. He received his B.A. from Brooklyn College, his M.A. from New School University, and his Ph.D. from Drew University. Included among his honors and recognition, he was named a member of the McArthur Foundation "Project on Fundamentalism," a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at Harvard University, and a 1997 finalist for the Carnegie Professor of the Year Award. Locally, he has spoken and given courses on the topics of religion and fundamentalism at CCM, Drew University, and religious and civic groups across New Jersey.
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I'm not famiiar with the EU but I'm wondering what the names of the kids are.
I'm not famiiar with the EU but I'm wondering what the names of the kids are.
Donald Rumsfeld briefed the President this morning. He told Bush that 3 Brazilian solders were killed in Iraq. all the color drained from Bush's face,visibly shaken, almost in tears. Finally, he composed himself and asked Rumsfeld, "Just exactly how many is a brazillion?
Jaina and Jacen Solo (twins, born in The Thrawn Trilogy, Hier To The Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command.) and Anakin Solo (from the comic Dark Empire 1, Dark Empire 2, and Empire's End).
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Football: Appeared in 11 games for the Bears as a true freshman in 2006...Caught four passes for 82 yards with one touchdown...Lone touchdown was an 11-yard strike from Blake Szymanski at Oklahoma State...Longest reception of the season was a 51-yard gain, also against the Cowboys.
High School: Signed with Baylor in 2004 but did not enroll until June 2006... Committed to Baylor during the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the first time the Bears landed a participant from the prestigious prep event...Caught a 39-yard touchdown pass in the All-American Bowl...Rivals.com ranked Gettis as California's 50th-best prep, while he was the nation's 26th-best receiver in 2004...SuperPrep rated Gettis as the Golden State's 38th-best player...Caught 31 passes for 600 yards and nine touchdowns in final prep season en route to all-city honors...Also played free safety for the Dons' defense totaling 40 tackles, three interceptions and six pass breakups...Had 23 receptions for 496 yards and seven scores as a junior...Played for coach Ralph Caldwell...California's first prep ever to capture three consecutive state 400 meter titles, he also won Los Angeles City 400 crowns as a junior and senior...Won state 400 title in 47.1 seconds as a sophomore, then ran a 46.3 to claim his second state 400 gold medal in 2004 and smoked the field by nearly two seconds to win in 45.84 as a senior in 2005...His 45.84 400 in 2005 was nation's fastest by a prep...Also anchored Dorsey's victorious 4x400-meter relay team and ran second leg of its gold-medal 4x100-meter relay team at 2005 state meet...Selected as The Los Angeles Times' 2005 Boys' Track & Field Athlete of the Year...Owns a 4.35 40-yard dash best...Had football scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Washington and San Diego State, as well as a track offer from Southern California.
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BOSTON (AP) — Veteran U.S. Rep. Edward Markey has won the Democratic nomination to run in Massachusetts' special election for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by John Kerry.
Unofficial returns show Markey defeating fellow U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
In the June 25 special election, Markey will face businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez, who won a three-way Republican primary against former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and state Rep. Daniel Winslow.
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An important part of a Fedora release is its announcement. The release team composes a release announcement sent on the day of the release. These announcements are typically whimsical, meaning they take a fun approach rather than a typically serious press release approach.
Each local team is encouraged to write its own announcement in a way that makes the most sense for the local community. This is a truly localized version of the release announcement for Fedora.
For Fedora 26, use F26 talking points. Read #Talking points for more about how that works.
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- A small committee of Fedora writers, marketeers, and technical leaders draft and approve a final list of release talking points.
- A Release announcement template is produced using structured text in plain ASCII. It includes a block at the top for the local content, then a complete amount of standard boilerplate.
- To use the template, copy the content from the Release announcement template page and paste in to a plain text editor so it removes all formatting from the HTML/wiki.
- Any local group wanting to write a native-language Fedora release announcement needs to form a group of 2 or more collaborators.
- Drafts can be worked on here on the Wiki, via direct email, or whatever method the collaborators choose.
- The draft must be reviewed and approved by an independent reader of that language.
- This needs to be someone from outside of the collaboration circle that wrote the draft
- Any Fedora contributor who reads the language is an eligible editor.
- Formal announcements are sent out to fedora-announce, fedora-list (either the main list or a language-specific one), via blogs, and into various support channels (#fedora, fedoraforum.org, fedoraunity.org et al, etc.), either international or local ones.
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A talking point is a term meaning, "These are the topics the group wants to address, in the same way, with the same message, for all audiences." Having a common set of talking points helps keep a common message about the Fedora release. The talking points cover technology, features, exciting news, and participation/contribution invitations.
You do not need to use all of the talking points in an announcement or presentation, but at least some of them should be covered. If you substitute others, be sure that you have a good reason for not using the common talking points. An example would be if a technology or feature is particularly useful in your region.
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- Use at least some of the content
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These release announcements are for use in your local region. No one in Fedora is gathering these to send out. The best resource is to work with your local Ambassador team(s), who know where to send announcements regionally.
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North Carolina ranked No. 6 in number of bank branch losses in the fourth quarter, losing a net total of 13, according to a report Tuesday from SNL Financial.
As banks continue to reconcile customers' increasing online habits and low interest rates with expansive (and expensive) branch networks, the nationwide total has been steadily dwindling. But the fourth quarter, with a net loss of 229 branches, represented a "spike," SNL said. Charlotte's Bank of America closed the most across the country, with a net 47.
Another North Carolina bank, BB&T, ranked fourth in that category, closing a net 22 branches in the quarter. The Winston-Salem bank has already announced, however, that it will open 30 branches in Texas in 2013.
States that lost the most branches, per SNL's data:
1) Pennsylvania: -28
2) Indiana: -25
3) Florida: -18
4) Colorado: -17
5) Illinois: -15
The only states to gain more than two branches were California (9) and Massachusetts (5).
South Carolina lost a net three branches.
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North Carolina No. 6 in bank branch losses
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The total number of US bank branches has INCREASED 22% Since 2000. Maybe there is too much money sloshing through these institutions.
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Crisis Call
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Documentary filmmaker Laura Sky wants to work with police to change the way they respond to people in psychiatric crisis. First she made a film about it, and now she's stepping out from behind the camera to engage first-hand in changing the system. Last September, Sky helped launch the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Project in Thunder Bay, which brings police together with psychiatric survivors and other members of the community to create new policies and practices for police and mental health services when they respond to people who are experiencing a crisis.
Sky Works Charitable Foundation, the organization through which the filmmaker delivers her own brand of community education and social advocacy, has undergone "a very significant change," according to Sky. "We started out making documentary movies — we've always loved doing that, and we've always worked with community groups — but now we have an equal emphasis on actually using the films when they're done. Not only using them for one-shot screenings, but working with communities to maximize the effectiveness of the film over the long run."
That approach has been remarkably successful. In fact, Sky's most recent documentary, Crisis Call (2003), inspired the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Project in Thunder Bay, where much of the research and filming took place.
Crisis Call begins with the death of Edmond Yu, a homeless man with schizophrenia who was shot and killed by Toronto police in 1997 during a confrontation on a downtown bus. Exploring the role of police in situations of crisis, the filmmaker asks whether people with guns should even be the ones who respond. "Have police become the new frontline mental health workers?" she wonders.
"My own feeling," says Sky, "is that we should be talking about diverting people long before they encounter police or the courts. The real diversion has to include an alternative to either hospitals or jails. The medical model is often more restrictive to people than the jail system is. Sometimes it's very helpful, and there are really good people in the health system, but it's often not an option that survivors prefer."
"If you speak with survivors, many say they would prefer to be in a safe place, with a group of peers who can just give them the space they need and work with them to resolve the issues that are leading them into crisis. Being relentlessly poor and homeless would bring any of us to crisis in six minutes."
Sky has worked with the psychiatric survivor community before, notably on the film Working Like Crazy (1999), a profile of six people who overcome the challenges of poverty and unemployment by creating their own jobs and support systems. "One of the key people in that film," recalls Sky, "went off to a groundbreaking conference in July 2000, a coming together of psychiatric survivors, cops, lawyers, judges, the whole gamut, in an effort to deal better with what happens to people when they get into crisis." When she realized that the police had never sat in the same room with survivors in an official way, Sky immediately saw an opening.
"That said to me there was a possibility for some kind of work together around an issue that cops and survivors agree about. In fact, cops and survivors want to be seeing a whole lot less of each other when survivors get into crisis, and that agreement alone made me believe that some kind of systemic change was possible."
Creating films as a catalyst for change is something Sky learned during her early years with the National Film Board. "It's a model I learned in the 1970s when I worked in the NFB's Challenge for Change program. The purpose of our work was to provide tools to communities that were involved in social change. That's what we're doing now. It's a wonderful, hopeful process."
Explaining how Crisis Call got started in Thunder Bay, Sky recalls the existence of three important conditions: "There was a police officer on the board of the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, a community organizer who happened to be a cop. We also knew that the CMHA in Thunder Bay had particular credibility with the survivor community, as a good advocacy group. And we knew that survivors in Thunder Bay were organized. So I went up to do research on how those issues were living out in Thunder Bay, and I discovered really amazing people, who were very honest and direct about the problems."
During the filming of Crisis Call, Sky interviewed police and psychiatric survivors in several communities, including Montreal and Toronto. One of the most engaging portraits in the film is that of Andria Cowan, a police officer who was involved in the shooting of Edmond Yu. Cowan speaks openly of her experience and how it changed her views about police interactions with people in crisis.
"I felt that society had let him down," says Cowan, who feels "haunted" by the shooting. "[Police] have the authority under the Mental Health Act to make an assessment and take someone's liberty away, but we don't have the authority to make an assessment to get someone the help they need."
Participating in the film "was a very courageous act on Andria's part," agrees Sky, "because she really reveals her own difficulties and her own vulnerabilities — and certainly her own strengths. I really value her courage."
"As soon as I realized that a woman police officer had been involved in the shooting of Edmond Yu," Sky continues, "I had a very intuitive feeling that one day we would have an important reason to tell the story of what happened. I waited to approach Andria, because I knew that she had been very traumatized by the experience, but from the minute we sat down, we knew we would be doing important work together. We just had this connection, and we continue to have it. We work together and we travel with the film on the road often."
For the past two years, Crisis Call has been travelling throughout Ontario. Not only has it screened and been the subject of panel discussions in communities from Hamilton to Rainy River, but it has also been picked up by the police as a training film. "The reaction from police is everything we hoped for," Sky declares. "It's used in many centres across the country as a training film by cops, including in Toronto and in Aylmer, Ontario, where the police college is located. That makes us very happy."
"Our hope is that this film will change behaviour," says Sky. "One of my goals was to keep cops in the room when they were watching the film, to give them enough surface of identification, and give them the opportunity to think about these things in a different way than they were used to thinking about them. I wanted to say to them, 'We think you're capable of positive change,' rather than just to scold them and give up."
"Of course, it's one thing to make a movie, but it's another to say, 'Okay, how are we going to work on concrete change — social change, institutional change?' So we went back to Thunder Bay, where the space for that kind of exploration exists."
The new project is a partnership between Sky Works and the Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay Branch, with funding provided by the National Crime Prevention Strategy, Community Mobilization Program. "We now have a group of 65 stakeholders involved in this process," says Sky. "We're just at the point of agreeing on priorities. To find a basis of unity for 65 stakeholders is a pretty tall order, aside from everybody acknowledging that there are inadequate resources."
"What we really wanted to do with the film was create an opportunity for people to sit down at the same table together. We didn't want to create a falsely rosy picture by saying, 'Everything's fine, and if you've had a bad experience it's just your problem.' We wanted to say, 'If you can find your own hopefulness, then take a look at this and let's figure out how we can build a coalition to make things happen — not only to make things better for people in crisis, but to prevent crisis.' Because we all know that people who find themselves in a psychiatric crisis are often there because everything else has failed — because they haven't gotten the services or support they needed, they're poor, they're isolated… So we wanted to work with people who wanted to address those systemic issues. We were hoping we would find survivors and police officers who would feel that that was possible."
Both the Thunder Bay police and the Ontario Provincial Police are now sitting at the table with other community members. "That was a big goal for us," says Sky. "And they're sitting beside survivors, aboriginal survivors, people who never expected to be sitting together at the same table in the same room, trying to fix things. It's pretty amazing!"
For more information about Sky Works Charitable Foundation, seewww.laurasky.org.
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It's safe to say that between cellphones and the internet, apparently you really need to focus on who's around and what you're doing, because you never know when it might come back to get you.
Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes (PHOTO: Icon/SMI) |
Linebacker Brandon Spikes is dealing with just that right now, after a video has apparently surfaced of the former Florida linebacker who is said to be naked in a video of a recorded Chatroulette interaction.
According to WikiPedia Chatroulette is a website which pairs random strangers for webcam-based conversations. Visitors to the website randomly begin an online stranger chat (video and text) with another visitor. At any point, either user may leave the current chat by initiating another random connection. Spikes reportedly used the website, and a user reportedly offered it to DeadSpin for $1,500.
This link to the Huffington post has photos of the person pictured in the video (again – it's said to be Spikes) and a normal photo of Spikes to compare it against.
Even if the video surfaces you won't see it here, and to offer up a bit of advice I wouldn't run out there and start looking for it. Sites who like to distribute viruses love opportunities like this to trick users into thinking they have these types of videos on their sites. So just when you think you've found it, you may find that you've arrived on a site that may cause your computer to start having issues.
So I wouldn't recommend looking for it. And let's be honest, if Spikes is indeed naked in it, do you really want to see it anyway?


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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Six days in between games offered a chance for the Ducks to get away from hockey and Coach Bruce Boudreau believes the rest will particularly help Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu.
"I think the best thing about the break was it gave Teemu and Koivu a rest," Boudreau said. "We've got some older guys on the team. I thought near the end [before] the break, they were looking tired."
Perhaps the amount of minutes piling up on the two veteran's legs is a reason for their recent slowdown on the scoresheet. Selanne has just two assists in the last five games and Koivu has just two assists over seven following a scoring binge that came after he returned from a groin injury.
Selanne, 41, famously opted to decline his invitation to the NHL All-Star game and encourage the league to select Corey Perry instead. A quick jaunt to Palm Springs proved refreshing.
"It was important to recharge the battery and mind," Selanne said. "You don't get those very often. I really believe it was big."
Both Selanne and Koivu said that the first game after the break is usually the toughest to play after a layoff of several days. It is the subsequent games where they believe the rest is particularly beneficial.
Koivu, 37, said he addresses the prospect of developing some rust over each lengthy break by working out the first couple of days before he gets back to practicing with the team.
"Earlier in my career, if you had a break or if you went to the All-Star game, you kind of loosen up too much and then it really takes a couple of games to get back at that rhythm," he said. "Now I feel it works better for me to get a couple of workouts towards the end of the break and then kind of get physically and mentally ready for the games again.
Said Selanne: "I find myself, in back to back [games], usually the second game is where you always feel better. The break is always good in the long run."
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Mumbai: Oct 26, 2012
The 27th Sportstar Trophy MCA Under-19 selection trial cricket tournament will be played from October 30 to November 22.
Four teams named after former Mumbai cricketers – Vijay Merchant, Vijay Manjrekar, Khandu Rangnekar and Dattu Phadkar – will take part in the six-match round robin format, it was announced here by the the sports magazine's owners – The Hindu Group.
The four teams will be selected by the MCA Under-19 selection committee.
The tournament, comprising three-day games, will commence with the opening round matches between Merchant XI vs Manjrekar XI at Elf Vengsarkar CA ground and Rangnekar XI vs Phadkar XI at Sachivalaya Gymkhana ground.
The second and third round matches, commencing on November 6 and 20 respectively with a break in between for Diwali festivities, will be held at the Parsee and P J Hindu Gymkhana grounds, according to the organisers.
The player of the tournament would receive a full cricket kit and the Ramakant Desai Trophy.
Besides, there would be six man-of-the-match awards and the best fielder award donated by the family of former MCA joint secretary Bal Mahaddalkar. (PTI)


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Most (non-computer) perpetual calendars do not render good representations of a month. For example, see http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/1717/2276perpetual_calendar.jpg and http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/scientific-american/sup4/images/PERPETUAL-CALENDAR.png. Some show the month with a variable starting day of the week. Others show the month with the maximum number of days instead of the actual number of days in the month. In general, they usually require a complicated table lookup to determine how to set the calendar view.
This calendar attempts to address this by:
1) Eliminating table lookups by providing viewports that show only relevant information.
2) Providing an accurate representation of a month, always starting with Sunday and showing only the days that actually exist in the month.
3) Providing a logical process for setting the calendar: set the year, set the month, set the starting day of the month, then mask off the days that don't appear in that month.
The calendar is double sided to reduce the diameter of the overall calendar. A single sided version could be created by putting the year and month information on outer rings. That was my initial design, but it got too big, and I was hoping to create a smaller, pocketable version like some of the older ones. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:50yearcalendar.JPG.
This calendar would be easy to convert to laser cut and laser etched metal sheets, which would yield a keepsake that would work for more than a century. Replacing the year disk would make it work for another century.


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Something that caught my attention in between packing and carrying boxes. (I'm moving.)
It's a story about the Wheeling Nailers coaching search from the Martins Ferry, Ohio, paper. What it lacks in paragraph breaks, it makes up for in information. Two things I can add: First, Todd Reirden was with the Penguins as a volunteer coach during much of the playoffs. I meant to talk to him and write about it, but I got sidetracked by something or another. My bad. Reirden has connections to Dan Bylsma. They played together in college at Bowling Green, as well as in the Ducks organization. Second, I noticed Nailers interim coach Greg Puhalski was at Penguins practice in Chicago one day during the playoffs. He wanted to stop by and meet Todd Richards because they'd only previously spoken on the phone.
Three other quick links today. Ex-Pen Matt Carkner re-ups with Ottawa for two years. Press release here. And Jon Mirasty re-signed with Syracuse. Mirasty seems to indicate in this blog entry that he turned down NHL two-way offers to stay with the Crunch. That's curious. And this Edmonton Journal story says JF Jacques is there for the taking. He needs a change of scenery. Because he was drafted so high and was so highly touted, the expectations are too high for Jacques in Edmonton. If a team traded a late-round draft pick for him and installed him as a fourth-line left wing who hits like a truck and fights when need be, I think they'd be pleased with him.
To some comments.
Eric, Patrick Ehelechner is a goalie that was included in the Nils Ekman deal with San Jose. Ehelechner came over for camp two years ago, didn't really impress and went back to Germany. He won't get an RFA offer, unless Pittsburgh knows something I don't. Perhaps you know him better as The White Tiger?
Daniel Fernholm was here for 27 games three years ago and didn't pan out. His tenure was most memorable for the white shoes he wore with suits after games and the caviar he ate out of a tube.
To saunders, I forgot about Veilleux. He's on the there now. Thanks.
To Jocke, I don't know Bonvie's minor league salary. The PHPA doesn't make that info public and like architect said, players look at you funny when you ask them. I have in the past. It went poorly and I don't even bother anymore. I will tell you this. The top-end for AHL salaries (exclusing guys on NHL one-ways) is about $250,000. Established veterans can crack six figures. The minimum is around $40,000 these days, I believe. And Hard Hitter sometimes gets a little excitable. Don't take it personal.
To TK, I'm with Alex. Smith was respected in the room. That's the most important trait for a captain. Between Smith, Brent, Nasreddine and Bonvie, among others, leadership wasn't a problem with this team.
To MakeBelieve, gg is right. Players aren't technically paid in the playoffs but they get a share of the AHL playoff revenue. I don't know exactly how much, but I've heard players in the past say they were going to use it to buy a bike, so it's not nothing.
And Rich, thanks for the Euro links. I'll take their word for it that Ardelan and Nasreddine are indeed heading across the pond. They're now in the "Signed elsewhere" column on the chart. It's a good move for Ardelan. I think he was born too late to be an impact player in North America. In today's day and age, teams aren't as willing to trade the kind of offense he provides for the kind of turnovers he commits.
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By David Brandt/The Associated Press
STARKVILLE — From the beginning, Dee Bost knew Mississippi State wasn't playing with enough emotion. In the end, the senior point guard said the Bulldogs got what they deserved.
"You saw what just happened," Bost said. "We didn't have no energy, no nothing."
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points, including a crucial 3-pointer in overtime, that led Georgia to a 70-68 victory over No. 20 Mississippi State on Saturday.
Mississippi State lost for just the second time in six games and ended a three-game homestand on a sour note.
Mississippi State had a 66-65 lead in overtime until Caldwell-Pope juked to his left, stepped back and coolly knocked down Georgia's biggest shot of the season with 1:02 remaining in overtime. Mississippi State could never recover.
"That was a big-time shot that big-time players make," Georgia senior Gerald Robinson Jr. said. "I don't care what year you are classification-wise, when you hit shots like that you're a star."
Caldwell-Pope made 7 of 15 shots from the field, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range.
Georgia (12-12, 3-7) earned its first Southeastern Conference road win this season and only its second road victory overall. Robinson added 13 points, including eight in overtime. Dustin Ware had 11.
Mississippi State (19-6, 6-4) was led by Bost's 21 points. He missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that could have won the game.
Georgia trailed for much of the afternoon, but Robinson hit a driving layup with 27 seconds remaining that sent the game into overtime.
Georgia won at Humphrey Coliseum for the first time since 2002.
Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said his team appeared flat from the opening tip.
"When you're not yourself, it's a fine line and unfortunately today we were on the wrong side of that line," Stansbury said. "… Nowhere in that game did I feel that we got that emotion to where it needed to be. When you don't get to that level, that's what can happen."
Jalen Steele scored 15 points and Arnett Moultrie added 12 as Mississippi State lost the final game of its three-game homestand. Steele missed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer in regulation that would have won the game.
The game was back and forth in overtime with Mississippi State taking a 66-65 lead on Steele's 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining. But Caldwell-Pope responded with his own 3-pointer just seconds later, faking fellow freshman Rodney Hood before making the long jumper for a 68-66 lead.
Robinson missed a free throw with 8 seconds remaining in overtime, which gave Mississippi State a chance to tie or win. Bost got a decent look from about just beyond the 3-point line but missed everything and Georgia celebrated.
Bost said he was expecting Stansbury to call a timeout in the final seconds, but didn't want to make excuses.
"We didn't bring it, so that's what we get," Bost said.
Georgia was coming off arguably its most impressive game of the season, an 81-59 home victory over Arkansas. And the Bulldogs played well again against Mississippi State, slowing the pace of the game by packing in the defense against MSU's talented frontcourt.
Caldwell-Pope scored 14 points in the first half, helping Georgia shake off a slow start. Mississippi State led 34-31 at halftime.
Caldwell-Pope was quiet for much of the rest of the game, until the big 3-pointer in overtime. He is the team's leading scorer with 14.2 points per game.
Moultrie's been one of the SEC's most consistent players, averaging 17 points and a league-leading 11 rebounds per game. But he didn't find a lot of room to work in the paint against Georgia and had a team-high three turnovers.
"We didn't do anything really different, we just played with heart," Robinson said. "We knew we'd be a little undersized, but it's about playing with pride and putting a body on someone."
Sidney helped offset Moultrie's subpar performance with one of his better outings. The inconsistent 6-10 sophomore contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.
Read more in Sunday's NEMS Daily Journal newspaper. Video highlights of game below.
Click here for more at Inside Mississippi State Sports with Brad Locke.


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Jewel Roasted Vegetables + Beet Tutorial Print Recipe
One too many glasses of wine this weekend? Or perhaps your eyes were bigger than your stomach? I feel ya, which is why I'm kicking off day one of health week – an entire week committed to keeping you in your skinny jeans or out of your "fat" pants. If you're new to With Style and Grace – welcome! Since January 2011, I've decided to dedicate an entire week, once a month to providing you with delicious, but healthy recipes. I've got lots of fun recipes to share with you so stash the chocolate – mine's in the freezer and bring the cookies to the office for your co-workers (sorry if you're the co-worker)
We all know I love to roast, well pretty much anything, but this combination is like candy to me. I love the color variety of all the vegetables, reminds me of a fall or winter harvest. This also makes for an excellent side to any Pork dish or even on top of a salad. It's incredibly easy, delicious and best of all, healthy!
Now, first things first – How to Roast Beets…
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking pan/sheet with foil + extra to cover
2. Cut off greens and wash/scrub beets
3. Place beets in prepared pan and drizzle olive oil
4. Cover beets with foil
5. Roast for 30-60 minutes depending on size and freshness of beets. Test with fork to determine if it's tender
6. Let cool before you peel away the skin
7. Sprinkle with salt + pepper.
Easy, no?
Jewel Roasted Vegetables
{Recipe from Fine Cooking}
- 4 medium beets – used red and yellow beets
- 1 1/2 pounds carrots
- 1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts
- 8 large cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Put the beets into a small baking dish and rub them with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Cover the with aluminum foil and roast for 30 minutes.
While the beets are roasting, peel and cut the carrots, and trim the Brussels sprouts before cutting them in half (lengthwise). Put the carrots, sprouts, and garlic cloves in a large baking dish and toss with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with salt + pepper.
After the beets have cooked for about 30 minutes, add the large pan of vegetables to the oven separately, and cook everything (including beets) for about an 1 hour more. Stir the vegetable mixture once or twice.
Remove the beets from the oven and transfer them to a cutting board to cool. Stir the thyme into the carrot and Brussels sprout mixture – let it continue to cook for another 10 minutes while the beets have cooled and are cut.
When the beets are cool enough to handle, after about 5 minutes, peel, then cut them into 1-inch chunks. Remove the other vegetables from the oven, toss with the beets, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve + Enjoy!
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March 7 2011