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It has never been something that the Ravens have had to worry about. From 2006 through 2012, Sam Koch only had two of his 558 punts blocked.
However, what hadn't happened since 2006 has now occurred twice in the past six weeks, making punt protection a point of emphasis heading into Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.
Ravens assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Jerry Rosburg said that the team has addressed the miscommunication that resulted in Koch getting his punt blocked by tight end Ryan Taylor in the second quarter of the Ravens' 19-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers last Sunday.
"Obviously, it's something that just cannot happen," said Rosburg. "It's too vital of a player in football for us to allow it to happen, and we'll continue to address it. The reason we practice every camp practice
with punt and every [organized team activity] practice with punt and every mini-camp practice with punt is because it's so important. And we need to fix it."
Reserve safety Anthony Levine, who is the team's punt protector, took the blame for the block by the Packers. The Ravens actually maintained possession on the play when Packers' fullback John Kuhn tried to pick up the ball and couldn't hold on, allowing safety James Ihedigbo to recover.
"There was a miscommunication at the line of scrimmage, and then it was followed up by another miscommunication. And then the fail-safe mechanism failed," Rosburg said. "So, it was a chain of events that led to a guy running clean on the punt protection. It was real obvious that something was wrong on that play from the very get-go. … It wasn't a complex look. It was a simple front. We just communicated incorrectly."
The Ravens also had a punt blocked in their regular-season opening loss in Denver, and that one led to a touchdown two plays later that helped accelerated the Broncos' rout. That play was caused by David Bruton beating Ravens rookie Arthur Brown, not a communication breakdown.


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The Edge came to the aid of some tourists from San Francisco when he reunited them with their lost passports and luggage this week. The father and his two children were shocked to find that a rucksack that contained their passports was missing when they arrived at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in Killiney. "It was their last night in Ireland and they were supposed to be flying home the next day so the father was panicked," explained hotel reception manager Luighsighe Kenny to the Irish Daily Star.
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Jack Walker and the Crimson are 2-0 in the Ivy League (Gil Talbot).
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The Harvard men's lacrosse team, which enters the weekend 5-4 overall, visits No. 5/5 Cornell in a key Ivy League contest Saturday afternoon.
The Crimson is 2-0 in the Ivy League, while Cornell stands at 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the Ancient Eight.
Series History
Harvard and Cornell have played 85 times, with the Big Red leading the all-time series, 62-23. Harvard is looking for its first win against Cornell since 1998, as the Big Red has rattled off 14 straight wins against the Crimson.
Last season, the Big Red edged the Crimson, 13-12, in the regular season in Cambridge, and then downed Harvard, 15-6, in the Ivy League tournament final in Ithaca.
The Crimson has five games remaining in the regular season, including four Ivy League contests. Harvard will play two of those five games at home: Quinnipiac (April 10) and Princeton (April 21).
Strong Ivy Start
For the first time since 1998, Harvard is off to a 2-0 start in conference play, as the Crimson have opened the Ivy League portion of its schedule with wins over Brown (10-9 in overtime) and Dartmouth (15-10). The Crimson is one-half game behind Cornell (3-0) and Princeton (3-0) for first in the Ivy League.
One of the Nation's Best
Senior Jeff Cohen continues to be an offensive threat for the Crimson and ranks with the nation's elite. Cohen entered the week second in the nation in goals per game, averaging 4.0 per contest. Cohen is sixth with 4.44 points per game, while Keegan Michel stands 11th in faceoff win percentage (.610). Cohen also leads the Crimson and the Ivy League with 36 goals and 40 points.
Home is Where the Wins Are
Harvard has enjoyed the friendly confines of Cambridge Mass., under head coach Chris Wojcik. The Crimson has compiled an 9-3 record when playing on its home field under its current skipper, including a 4-1 mark this spring. In those 12 games, Harvard has outscored its opponents 147-107.
Leading the Way
With 36 goals and four assists, Jeff Cohen paces Harvard's offense with 40 points. Daniel Eipp (19-14-33) and Kevin Vaughan (10-15-25) stand second and third, respectively, on the team in points. Keegan Michel has picked up 36 ground balls, the most on the Crimson, while Stephen Jahelka has 10 caused turnovers.
Four-Goal Outburst
In Harvard's 15-10 conference win over Dartmouth March 24, the Crimson tallied four goals within a 45-second span of the third quarter. Harvard, which enjoyed a one-minute non-releasable man-up opportunity against the Big Green, netted goals at 9:41 (Jeff Cohen), 9:16 (Cohen), 9:03 (Daniel Eipp) and 8:56 (Kevin Vaughan). The first three of those tallies were man-up scores.
Jeff Cohen has scored at least one goal in all nine games this fall and has recorded a hat trick in seven of those contests. He has moved to third in Harvard history in goals with 130 in his career. Cohen has already posted a career-best with 36 goals this spring. Over the course of his career, Cohen has amassed 151 points (130-21-151), good for 11th in the Harvard record books.
Around The Ivy League
Harvard (2-0) sits one-half game behind Cornell (3-0) and Princeton (3-0) for first place in the Ivy League. The regular season conference champion will host the Ivy League tournament May 4-6.
In other games involving Ancient Eight teams this weekend, Yale visits Dartmouth, Penn hosts Brown and Princeton travels to face Syracuse.
He's Honored
After scoring eight goals and finishing with nine points last week, Jeff Cohen was selected as the Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time this season April 2. Cohen scored seven of those eight goals and dished out an assist for a career-high eight points in the 11-7 win over Michigan March 31.


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Description of 28 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, SC 29401
Gorgeous and spacious home with amazing views of Colonial Lake. This single family home was once 2 units so has 2 working kitchens, 2 washer/dryer hookups and 2 electric meters! The original hardwood floors are in excellent condition. Full piazzas on both first and second level allow you to take full advantage of the views of Colonial Lake and the Ashley River beyond. A rear courtyard is perfect for entertaining and there are 3 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES! Downstairs you'll find a large southern parlor with fireplace that opens onto the front piazza, a spacious dining room also with a fireplace, a family room with a fireplace, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths. Upstairs you'll find the large master bedroom with fireplace &ensuite bath which opens onto the 2nd floor wraparound piazza Also upstairs are a living room with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, 2nd full kitchen, a 2nd bedroom and bath with office area attached. The second floor can also be accessed by a rear staircase off of the courtyard. This home is truly unique and oh so Charleston! Convenient to walk to MUSC, Roper Hospital, the VA Hospital, Broad Street, King Street, Mason Prep School, Charleston Day or Ashley Hall school. Also just across the lake are the City tennis courts and baseball field! A must see! Truly one of a kind!
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Jonathan Petersson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Inspiring creativity
Local artists, poets and musicians are featured Wednesday, Aug. 29, during what should be an inspiring and entertaining evening of performances at Prairie Art Alliance Gallery II, south side of Old State Capitol Plaza. Rub elbows with some of Springfield's most talented folk from Springfield Poets and Writers, Prairie Art Alliance and the area music scene. Listen to a host of poets read their original poems, artists describe their work, and the spectacular singer/songwriter Josie Lowder and classical guitarist Hugh Moore performing. This event, where art inspired art, is in coordination with the Prairieland Compassion Network during its Year of Compassion. These groups hope to foster understanding and compassion through the arts. Art, poems and songs will be on display through Sept. 27 at Gallery II with an opening art reception on Sept. 7 from 5-8 p.m.
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Pulse of the Patient
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We believe we have a strong logo. The logo should provide guidance on the color scheme for the business card. Most people might not notice in our logo, the three dotted i's following the "e" in Pulse. This semi-hidden design is meant to suggest a support network or people holding hands, connected in the same struggle.
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Amnesty for All and Jobs for None
Big business has always supported cheap labor, which is why the Republican establishment has always been eager to dash away from its base to back the latest amnesty gimmick. Illegal alien amnesty however is even more damaging to the voting base for the Democrats, but that hasn't stopped the AFL-CIO and the NAACP, organizations whose members will take a severe beating from an illegal alien amnesty, from joining the amnesty parade.
After a decade, illegal alien amnesty that leads to citizenship and family reunification will kill the ability of the Republican Party to win national elections. But it will also kill the ability of black men under 30 to find a job. Black unemployment is already staggeringly high and throwing in millions of new low-skilled workers will make urban centers more blighted and dangerous than they are now.
But nobody in D.C. cares about that, even though many of the blighted neighborhoods are not all that far away from the gilded centers of power.
Big government needs cheap voters. Big business needs cheap labor. Big government wants big business to pick up the tab for their cheap votes through higher taxes. Big business wants cheap labor without having to pay for their social welfare benefits. After the obligatory tug of war wraps up, the tab for all those cheap votes and cheap labor will be dumped on the middle class which is being forced to fund its own destruction.
Cheap labor can lower the cost of production, but raises the cost of government. Cheap votes raise the cost of government and that raises the cost of production. Cheap labor cannot outrun the cost of cheap votes. Non-voting cheap labor is a social problem. Cheap votes are a political problem. Either way you end up with a welfare state and a police state combining into a nanny state.
The traditional American way out of this cycle was through the middle class, but that is less of an option now. Big government is still promising that a college degree will turn anyone into a member of the middle class, but that's a myth meant to subsidize the government-academia complex which has dumped a huge burden of debt on the children of the middle class while handing out worthless degrees to all comers. The debt is real, the jobs aren't.
College degrees don't create a middle class. Neither does the occasional tech boom out of Silicon Valley. The American middle class had three traditional gateways. Small business, manufacturing work and government jobs. Only government jobs is still booming and big government can't hire everyone. The people it has hired have become a ticking time bomb of unfunded pensions that once again falls on the rest of the middle class.
The original middle class expanded itself. The new middle class is a government toll road paid for by the shrinking middle class. While the government talks about opportunity, what it is really doing is reducing the middle class to a taxpayer-subsidized bureaucratic caste that there will be no one left to subsidize.
Amnesty creates more "clients" for the government bureaucracy to oversee while making it harder for the lower class to make it up to the middle class outside the government's toll road. It feeds in more cheap labor and cheap votes into the machine with the same old results.
Big government does not need a middle class. It needs a large underclass to exploit for cheap votes. Without the middle class it can have no revenue, but its sense of mathematical realities is so poor that it treats numbers as imaginary and government as a creator, rather than consumer, of wealth. Like most parasites, it would rather kill the middle class and then die, then stop drinking the middle class dry at least long enough for it to recover.
Amnesty is a declaration of war by big government and big business against the American middle class. It is a statement that they have no room for the middle class in their vision of the country.
Is the United States hard up for cheap labor? Hardly. Unemployment rates are staggeringly bad, and the average legalized illegal alien is here as unskilled labor. Even if the United States had a shortage of unskilled labor, importing unskilled laborers in large numbers has disastrous results during an economic downturn when the jobs dry up.
The American ghetto was created when the northern urban manufacturing jobs imploded, first as the GIs returned from WW2 and then as manufacturing moved overseas. Europe imported cheap labor when times were good and then watched them build No Go Zones when the times became bad. Cheap labor brought back street riots to European capitals and turned burning cars into a national pastime. It also opened the door to a whole new generation of terrorism.
Unskilled labor can go two places. To the legal economy and the illegal economy. Not only does the United States have high unemployment, but Obama's proposal of a minimum wage hike will make the bottom of the labor market even more blighted. If the employers of legalized illegals are exempt from ObamaCare, they will crowd out existing low wage laborers, also mostly minorities, and force them into surviving on government subsidies or working in the illegal economy. Probably both.
Either way unions looking to stem the illegal competition will still be stymied, but that is a problem for union members, not union bosses. The union bosses have decided that their interests lie in helping Democrats get ahead, no matter what. Their members may lose out but unions are dwindling anyway and turning toward a European model where they may not have large memberships, but they will enjoy guaranteed status in government contracts and on contractor boards. The unions will become a shell, but a very profitable shell, and they will continue to give the Democrats their small percentage of the white male non-college graduate vote.
The Democrats screw each part of their electorate separately, but balance it out with cheap goodies that seem like a prize in the short term. The Republicans back the cheap goodie giveaways and screw their own base collectively, and then belatedly wake up and begin asking who is going to pay for all the goodies. The answer, of course, is that the taxpayers will go on paying for it, directly and indirectly, as the economy continues being dismantled as a result of the destructive economic policies that have led to short term booms, but long term busts.
Both sides have a plan. The plan is to wait for the other side to collapse. The Democrats are waiting for the free market to collapse. The Republicans are waiting for big government to collapse. But neither is particularly sincere about it. Both are probably likely to win out in the end.
Government overregulation is making life harder for big business, but that just means that manufacturing goes abroad and those same products are made by Chinese workers and exported to the United States. Big business service industries will outsource what they can and weather the rest. Companies that can put down millions in lobbying capital and even more hiring experts who were formerly employed by Federal agencies to help them navigate the new regulations have only so much to worry about. It's small business that finds it nearly impossible to operate under those conditions.
Big government crafts overreaching regulations which big business fills with loopholes leaving behind a cage for small business. That describes ObamaCare and most of the regulatory state. And this is how it will go on being for the foreseeable future.
Big attracts big. Crony capitalism is a lot easier than actual capitalism. Why make bets when you can finance sure things with heaps of government money? America's new elite looks a lot like Russia or China's elite, an oligarchy that blends big government and big business, big bribes and big contracts.
The Chinese system makes up for its abuses by generating manufacturing jobs at a furious rate and expanding the middle class. Once it stops doing that, the whole system will probably crash, and half of China will turn into the rust belt, full of ex-farmers turned factory workers with no farms or factories to work at.
But the American system has become no better, tossing out technocratic gimmicks as meaningless sops to an economic disaster. In his State of the Union address, Obama promised to turn the rust belt into trading hubs full of 3D printers. He might as well have promised to hand out magic beans to everyone in the area.
The Democrats did their part to destroy American industry and their liberal base makes reviving it impossible. The furious attacks by environmentalists on the Keystone pipeline is why any plans to revive manufacturing in America are limited to Green Energy gimmicks and even emptier talk about trading hubs.
State governments that experience a boom are pressured to "invest" that money in education and the rest of the social welfare network that will become a sinkhole once the boom ends. And when the boom ends, then Texas is likely to become another California.
The ability to expand and sustain the middle class is what separate a failed state full of cheap labor and cheap votes from a nation. And that requires forward motion. America still has enough technical skill to create technological revolution, but lacks the infrastructure to take advantage of them. The iPhone may have come out of America, but it's built in China. Until that changes, America will not have a secure middle class.
The American worker has emerged as the collateral damage in the war between big government and big business. Amnesty for illegal aliens is the one area where both sides can agree on a truce pursuing their short term interests, at his long term expense.
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- IgorR said...
The Democrats do of course want cheap votes, and that's why the path to citizenship is the Holy Grail for them. The supposed reason why the Republicans support Amnesty, the Big Business theory (not to be confused with the Big Bang theory that would explain both the origins of the universe and the coming financial collapse of the United States) never made sense to me. If anything, the businesses currently employing illegals would want to keep them illegal. What would be the point of legalizing them and perhaps (although not that likely given that it would be the Democrats doing it, but still) some real identity verification measure prior to employment? It seems like every specific of why any Republicans support Amnesty requires Hillary-strength suspension of disbelief to accept. Appeal to the newly legalized Hispanic? There is that Democrat-friendly margin again. Big Business? No thanks, minimum wage increase coupled with legalization is certainly worse than the current situation. Besides it's mainly agri-business and Mom and Pop restaurants and other relatively small-scale operations like poultry processors that employ the illegals in high numbers, its not DuPont, IBM, and General Electric.
I think there is something more sinister about the Republican support. I can't tell you what exactly makes the Bushes, Karl Rove, Juan McCain, Lindsey Grahamnesty, and the slimy Rubio traitor love the aliens so much, but it's more likely to be connected to Soros, NWO, wanting to be invited to the DC cocktail parties, or some other form of selling out to bigger enemies of America than Big Business.
- 18/2/13
- Conservative Language Institute of America said...
Let's see...
Abort 30 million US babies...
Let 30 million anti-US culture L/I immigrants into the country...
Net population result: 0
Net societal result: Chaos.
- 18/2/13
- Anonymous said...
Sultan, a few points and questions.
1. What would you say are the chances of another amnesty passing congress?
2. There actually are some manufacturing hubs in the United States, but these were largely created when small busineses in industries with very high overhead decided to work together to compete with the large players, such as nanotech. It had nothing to do with government.
3. Do you think states like Utah, which are culturally conservative and have good economies, can resist falling to the democrats?
4. Do you think states can recover from being under long term democratic control? Indiana for example has had signifigant improvement in their economy since adopting more capitalistic policies?
- 18/2/13
- Elisandra said...
Looks to me like America will be fought for between the Mexicans and the Muslims. I see no hope for the rest of us. Low birth rate. No jobs. And most of us have no survival skills. There might be some hope for Texas since they're a tough proud bunch. Utah could last longest, since Mormons have a lot of children, but eventually they'll be attacked and destroyed by whoever wins the Muslims vs Mexicans war. The only hope I see for the rest of us is divine intervention of Biblical proportions.
- 18/2/13
- RonL said...
22% or 11 million, not 11%. If the GOP gets 39% , the Democrats get 61%. Of course, we all know that there are and will be be more than 11 million illegal aliens and that the impoverished and aggrieved are natural Democrats.
- 18/2/13
- levotb said...
That's right, RonL! Try 40 to 60 million newly legalized Democrats...Repubs are insane to push Shamnesty, but they're being pressured I'm sure by the Chamber and BigAg to "get it done", IgorRs comments on wondering "why" notwithstanding.
- 18/2/13
- Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog said...
it's an 11 percent advantage among that 11 million... even in the best numbers
- 18/2/13
- IgorR said...
levotb, please explain to me how it helps BigAg to legalize the illegals and have to start paying them drastically higher wages. What they want is an open border but not legalization.
It has been reported that Sheldon Adelson (who was so great on Israel) and his money are behind the latest GOP betrayal. You can make up your own mind if he supposedly needs cheap labor in his casinos (really, post-legalization?) or at his age and with his wealth status he can afford to speak his mind as the following quote illustrates:
"I'm pro-Dream Act, I'm pro the Dream Act. My parents were immigrants to this country," he said. "What are we going to do? Listen, I'm sure a lot of my parents' generation …..snuck into the ship and they came into the country.
"So – people will do anything to leave massacres and to leave the economic conditions – they can't put food on their own table.
"There has been in our history a lot of illegal immigration. Do I approve of it? No, but it's here.
"It would be inhumane to send those people back , to send 12 million people out of this country to disrupt a whole potpourri of family issues" over what happens to the children.
"I mean it's all ridiculous. So we've got to find a way, find a route for those people to get legal citizenship," he said.
- 18/2/13
- Anonymous said...
Perhaps Elisandra:)
Then again, we also have our friends in the True North as strong allies. It could all boil down to southern border versus northern border. Canadians will stand with us.
The US needs to secure the southern border as stringently as it does the northern one.
It's not our fault if the Mexican economy and culture is a mess. You can't just illegally enter another country and viola become an instant citizen or worse yet, reap the benefits of dual citizenship of both countries.
This Mexico thing is all about votes and money.
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"Here you get to know what the community really needs and wants, and since we're a smaller place it's easier to turn the ship to meet the needs of the community," Morse said.
Pampa City Manager Richard Morris said the hospital is a major part of the community, and it is important for the hospital to have stable ownership.
"There's been a lot of anticipation with not only the employees but also the community on what is going to happen to the hospital," Morris said. "I'm excited that we've got something that is stable here now."
Morris said Prime's issues in California will not affect what the company does in Pampa.
"We're looking forward to them making a big difference in our community," he said.


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MODESTO — Running back Matt Ringer had four touchdown runs to go with his game-high 264 rushing yards as the host Central Catholic High football team edged McClymonds 38-24 on Friday night.
Central Catholic led 14-12 at half but Ringer's rushing touchdowns of 10, 9 and 25 yards sealed the deal.
The Warriors were led by junior running back Lavance Warren and senior quarterback Emoni Fountain, as Warren scored three touchdowns and ran for 199 yards. Foutain had 112 passing yards with a touchdown to Lavon Washington, completing 9 of 19 passes. Fountain also ran for 48 yards on nine carries.
The Warriors were hurt by penalties as an interception return for a touchdown was called back, and later were penalized on a muffed punt by the Raiders.
"I am very proud of my team. They stayed in it until the end," said McClymonds coach Michael Peters. "Any other circumstance we win the game, but we were there, we were in it."


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It started on Wednesday, January 25, 1978, with snow, cold and wind. By afternoon, a blizzard warning had been issued for the state, and businesses were closing down. By the next morning, 17 inches of snow had fallen on Fort Wayne, temperatures were in the single digits, and additional snow fall drifted in front of the wind to make visibility poor and driving dangerous. Emergency workers and essential personnel struggled to aid victims and begin the clean up, but for several days, most residents stayed home or visited neighbors, and enjoyed the enforced vacation before emerging to gaze in awe at snowdrifts that might reach the roof. A number of collections of blizzard photographs were scanned for inclusion in the Allen County Public Library's Community Album, and are available for viewing. If you have a similar collection you are willing to loan, we'd love to include your visual memories as well.
Blizzard of'78
4 Responses to Blizzard of'78
Don't forget that a lot of people stayed in and watched Alex Haley's "Roots" during the blizzard! (Or was that the blizzard of 1977?)
One of the aspects of that particular weather event that was notable was the large geographical area it affected, covering the entire Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes. Mentions of this blizzard will get knowing nods from those older than forty throughout the region. For me, it was an occasion to wear my grandfather's full-length horsehide coat (yes, it had been one of his plow horses) as I trudged off across the college campus (classes were canceled, of course).
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Revered the world over for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was known to his many followers as Mahatma, or "the great-souled one." He began his activism as an Indian immigrant in South Africa in the early 1900s, and in the years following World War I became the leading figure in India's struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. Known for his ascetic lifestyle–he often dressed only in a loincloth and shawl–and devout Hindu faith, Gandhi was imprisoned several times during his pursuit of non-cooperation, and undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of India's poorest classes, among other injustices. After Partition in 1947, he continued to work toward peace between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi was shot to death in Delhi in January 1948 by a Hindu fundamentalist.
Gandhi's funeral - Indians' tribute
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Spring is on it way! That's pretty exciting, right? Even though most of the country has experience some pretty mild temperatures this year, I think we can all agree that spring is always a welcome sight. With all the beautiful flowers, vibrant colors, feelings of renewal it is a time that many people look forward to all year long. Today, on the Charming Chick Blog, we are going to feature some of our favorite items for spring.
Sterling Silver Spring Multi-Charm Necklace
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A fabulous new line that we recently introduced is the Rowallan of Scotland collection. These leather goods feature designs that are simple and elegant. The colors are vibrant and stunning. The organizational features mean you will have everything you need - right at your finger tips - as you navigate through your busy day. The key chain offers a smart valet design, featuring two key rings that can be easily removed for ultimate convenience. The matching business card case, which can double as a credit card or ID case, is designed with a clever pull tab so that cards may be easily raised from the holder for easy access.
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Cooking School: Grilling Great Steaks, with Recipes and Techniques
The "Queen of the Grill" enthusiastically encourages women to take their indoor cooking skills outside
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Guinness-Soaked Filets with Blue Cheese and Sweet Potato Frites
Grilled Steakhouse Filets with Lemon-Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Filets with Whiskey Butter and Potato-Onion-Mushroom Stacks
When chef-author Elizabeth Karmel talks about grilling, she's not giving someone the third degree, unless it's medium-rare. The "Queen of the Grill" enthusiastically encourages women to take their indoor cooking skills outside. "I want women to embrace grilling," she says. "Once you master the basics of direct and indirect heat, you realize how easy it is." Karmel acts on her words, her well-manicured hands doing a tango with the tongs to illustrate techniques of grilling filets in three distinct, flavorful ways.
Photography: Peter Krumhardt
When Karmel moved from her native North Carolina, she taught herself how to make the barbecue dishes she loved (and missed) so much. Karmel parlayed her craving into a career. She is the executive chef of Hill Country Barbecue Market in Washington, D.C., and New York and the author of three books. Visit Girls at the Grill for information.
Several grilled-steak recipes follow, along with Karmel's step-by-step instructions for juicy, perfectly seared beef filets. You'll find techniques for stuffing filets, making compound butters, and getting the same caramelized crust you usually only find at a steakhouse. You'll also see how to arrange coals in various configurations to establish areas of direct and indirect heat.
Guinness-Soaked Filets with Blue Cheese and Sweet Potato Frites
"Blue cheese and beef are a classic combination," Karmel says. "Stuffing the filets takes two minutes and turns a basic steak into something much more sophisticated." Wrapping the stuffed filet with bacon definitely gilds the lily. Does it get better than this? Yes—the steak takes a bath in Guinness prior to being stuffed. Stout gives a richness you would expect from a fattier cut of beef. Thyme-scented grilled sweet potato frites make a simple side.
- 4 (8-ounce) beef tenderloin steaks, cut 1 inch thick
- 1 (12-ounce) bottle stout beer (such as Guinness)
- 3 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed (12 to 14 ounces each)
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons crushed dried thyme, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 2 to 2-1/2 ounces blue cheese, such as Stilton, Gorgonzola, or Maytag, cut into 8 small chunks
- 4 slices bacon
- 4 small round toothpicks, soaked in water for 30 minutes
Place steaks in large, shallow dish. Pour beer over steaks; cover. Marinate in refrigerator 1 hour, turning once.
Meanwhile, leaving skins on, cut potatoes to resemble thick-cut French fries, about 1/2 inch thick. Soak potatoes in large bowl of ice water for 15 minutes. Drain; pat dry with paper towels. Place cut potatoes in large resealable plastic bag. Add 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Seal bag; toss gently to coat potatoes.
For charcoal grill, arrange hot coals in ring around perimeter of lower rack (indirect grilling). Test for medium heat above center of grill. Place potatoes directly on the grill rack in the center of the grill across cooking grates so they will not fall through (not over heat). Cover; grill 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. For indirect grilling, turn off one side of burners. Grill potatoes over burner that is turned off.)
Remove steaks from beer. Cut pocket in each steak by slicing horizontally almost to opposite side. Place 2 chunks of cheese in each pocket. Wrap one slice of bacon around side of each steak; secure bacon ends with wet toothpick. Brush filets with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil; season lightly with remaining 1/2 teaspoon thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
When potatoes are almost done, place filets on grill rack over direct medium heat. Cover; cook filets to desired doneness, turning once halfway through grilling. (Allow 10 to 12 minutes for medium-rare doneness [145°F] or 12 to 16 minutes for medium doneness [160°F].)
Remove filets from grill; transfer to serving platter. Cover, let stand 5 minutes before serving. Keep potatoes on grill while steaks rest; serve with filets. Makes 4 servings.
Grilled Steakhouse Filets with Lemon-Grilled Asparagus
There's a three-step process that creates the perfect steakhouse crust. First, sear the steaks over the flame (direct heat); then move the meat to the unlit section of the grill and close the lid (indirect heat). Finish the steaks under the broiler with a pat of butter for a steakhouse crust. "It's crazy good," Karmel says. Rubbing the steak with a combination of salt, dry mustard, garlic, and smoked paprika imparts added flavor and contributes to the crust.
- 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns, toasted
- 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon kosher or coarse sea salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 4 (8-ounce) beef tenderloin steaks, at least 1-1/2 to 2 inches thick
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 pound fresh thick asparagus spears
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt
- 8 tablespoons butter
- 2 small lemons, halved
Using mortar and pestle, crush peppercorns and garlic. Stir in 1 tablespoon salt, mustard, and paprika; set aside.
Pat steaks dry with paper towels. Let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. Brush meat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Sprinkle peppercorn mixture evenly and lightly on both sides of steaks.
Snap off and discard woody bases from asparagus. Place asparagus in large resealable plastic bag. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Seal bag; toss to coat asparagus; set aside.
For charcoal grill, arrange medium-hot coals on one side of the grill (indirect grilling). Place steaks on grill rack over coals (direct heat) and grill, covered, 1 to 2 minutes per side or until there are pronounced grill marks. Move steaks to indirect heat (no coals) and continue to grill, covered, 20 to 25 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer registers 135°F. (For gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium heat. Adjust for indirect cooking by turning off one side of burners. Place steaks on grill rack over heat. Cover; grill as directed, moving steaks to indirect heat when grill marks form.)
Transfer steaks to broiler pan. Spread 1 tablespoon butter over each steak. Place steaks under broiler. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat for 2 minutes. Turn, spread another tablespoon butter over each steak. Broil 2 minutes more or until desired doneness [for medium-rare (145° F) or medium-doneness (160° F)]. Let stand 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, place asparagus on grill rack directly over heat across the cooking grates so they will not fall through. Grill 8 to 12 minutes or until tender, turning occasionally. Grill lemons, cut sides down, 1 to 2 minutes or until grill marks form and lemons are heated through.
Serve filets with grilled asparagus and lemon halves. Squeeze lemon over asparagus. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.
Grilled Filets with Whiskey Butter and Potato-Onion-Mushroom Stacks
"The whiskey butter tastes like a complicated French sauce," Karmel says, "but it's really just shallots steeped in whiskey and pressed into butter." She advises letting the butter melt into the steak as it rests, then topping meat with a second butter pat for presentation. To make the butter, mash it with whiskey-soaked shallots, fresh parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. Roll softened butter in waxed paper; chill. Serve each filet with a stack of portobello mushroom, potato, onion, and fresh tarragon.
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons rye whiskey or bourbon, such as Bulleitt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon snipped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Pinch of ground white pepper
- Olive oil
- 4 portobello mushrooms, caps only (2 to 3 ounces each)
- 4 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 2 medium onions, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
- 4 (7- to 8-ounce) beef tenderloin filets, cut 1 inch thick
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh tarragon
To make Whiskey Butter: In small bowl, let shallot stand in whiskey for 5 minutes. Drain and discard whiskey. In medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and slightly fluffy. Add shallot and parsley; beat to combine. Stir in garlic, salt, and white pepper. Mix well; adjust seasoning to taste.
Place butter on plastic wrap or waxed paper. Form butter into round log about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Roll butter in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Refrigerate butter until firm and easy to slice, about 2-1/2 hours.*
Preheat gas or charcoal grill for direct medium heat. Tear off four 18x 36-inch pieces of heavy-duty foil. Fold in half to make 18x18-inch squares. Brush with olive oil. Place a portobello mushroom cap, gill side up, in center of each piece of foil. Top with half of potato slices, and half of onion slices. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Place 1/2 tablespoon butter on each stack. Top with remaining potato and onion slices. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper; top each stack with another 1/2 tablespoon butter. Top with sprigs of fresh tarragon. Carefully bring foil sides up to cover vegetable stacks. If needed, insert large skewer through vegetables to secure.
Grill vegetable stacks over direct heat about 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Meanwhile, brush both sides of beef tenderloin filets with olive oil; season with salt and black pepper. Grill over direct heat 10 to 12 minutes for medium-rare doneness (145°F) or 12 to 15 minutes for medium doneness (160°F).
Transfer filets to serving platter. Immediately cut 1/4-inch slices from Whiskey Butter log; top filets with butter slices. Cover; allow to rest for 5 minutes. Carefully open foil packets and use spatula to transfer vegetable stacks to platter, restacking as needed. Sprinkle vegetables with 1 tablespoon snipped fresh tarragon. Just prior to serving, top filets with additional butter, if desired. Makes 4 servings.
*Make Ahead Tip: Compound butter can be made ahead, wrapped well, and refrigerated up to one week ahead or frozen for up to one month.
More Great Grilling
For more grilling recipes, including one for Herb-Marinated Flank Steak, see our story on Chicago's Wooden Spoon cooking school.


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Johannes Vermeer
Vermeer, Jan
Jan Vermeer (vərmēr´, Dutch yän vərmār´, yōhän´əs), 1632–75, Dutch genre and landscape painter. He was born in Delft, where he spent his entire life. He was also known as Vermeer of Delft and as Jan or Johannes van der Meer. Carel Fabritius is presumed to have influenced him greatly. In 1653 he was admitted to the painters' guild, of which he was twice made dean. He enjoyed only slight recognition during his short life, and his work was forgotten or confused with that of others during the following century. Today he is ranked among the greatest Dutch masters and considered one of the foremost of all colorists. His most frequent subjects were intimate interiors, often with the solitary figure of a woman. Although his paintings are modest in theme, they exhibit a profound serenity and a splendor of execution that are unsurpassed. No painter has depicted more exquisitely luminous blues and yellows, pearly highlights, and the subtle gradations of reflected light, all perfectly integrated within strictly ordered compositions.
Vermeer apparently produced only one or two pictures a year during his period of greatest activity. His career is a mystery to art historians because, although his work was of the finest quality, his output was too small to have been the sole support of his family of 11 children. Only about 35 paintings can be attributed to him with any certainty. Among them are The Milkmaid and The Letter (Rijksmus.); The Procuress (Dresden); The Art of Painting (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna); View of Delft (The Hague); Soldier and Laughing Girl (Frick Coll., New York City); Girl Asleep and Young Woman with a Water Jug (Metropolitan Mus.); Woman Weighing Gold and Young Girl with a Flute (National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.); and The Concert (Gardner Mus., Boston). Forgeries of Vermeer's work have been frequent, Hans van Meegeren's being the most successful (see forgery, in art).
See biographies by F. W. Thienen (1949), A. Vries et al. (1988), and A. Bailey (2001); studies by P. L. Hale (repr. 1937), P. Descargues (tr. 1966), L. Goldschieder (rev. ed. 1967), L. Gowing (new ed. 1970), M. Pops (1984), J. M. Montias (1989), and A. K. Wheelock, Jr. (1995); catalog of exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., ed. by A. K. Wheelock, Jr. (1996). See also P. B. Coreman's study of Van Meegeren's forgeries (tr. 1949).


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at United States Army
No experience required
Part Time - Full Time
8516 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209, USA
Overview The wheeled vehicle mechanic is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and recovery operations on wheeled vehicles and associated items, as well as heavy-wheeled vehicles and select armored vehicles. Job Duties Maintain wheeled vehicles, their associated trailers and material handling equipment systems Inspecting, servicing, maintaining, repairing, replacement, adjusting and testing of wheeled vehicles and material handling equipment systems, subsystems and components Service automotive electrical systems including wiring harness, and starting and charging systems Perform wheeled vehicle recovery operations Requirements Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you. Training Job training for a wheeled vehicle mechanic requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 13 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Helpful Skills Interest in auto mechanics and the industrial arts Enjoy physical work Troubleshooting and repairing mechanical problems Interest in automotive engines and how they work Required ASVAB Score(s) Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 92 OR Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 87, General Technical (GT): 85 Learn more about the ASVAB and see what jobs you could qualify for. Compensation Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time. Learn more about total compensation. Earn Cash For In Demand Jobs You could earn up to $40,000 in cash bonuses just for enlisting under certain Military Occupational Specialties. Visit Jobs in Demand to see if this job qualifies for an enlistment bonus. Education Benefits In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses. Learn more about education benefits. Future Civilian Careers The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career with service stations, auto dealers, farm equipment companies and state highway agencies. You'll be able to pursue a career as a garage mechanic, carburetor mechanic, transmission mechanic, radiator mechanic, construction equipment mechanic or endless track vehicle mechanic. PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH SUCCESS (PaYS) Program Those interested in this job may be eligible for civilian employment, after the Army, by enrolling in the Army PaYS program. The PaYS program is a recruitment option that guarantees a job interview with military friendly employers that are looking for experienced and trained Veterans to join their organization. Find out more about the Army PaYS Program at https://www.merlinjobs.com/ AT&T, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Sears Holdings Corporation Time Customer Service, Inc. Walgreen Co.