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Ceremony planned for Feb. 1 south of the Pratt Public Library.
The Vernon Filley Art Museum Foundation is proud to announce plans to construct an art museum in Pratt. 2013 promises to be an exciting and fulfilling year for citizens of Pratt who are interested in the arts. Final details and negotiations have been completed which pave the way for the construction and opening of the much anticipated Vernon W. Filley Art Museum.
A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Friday Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. The museum will be located at 401 South Jackson adjacent to the Pratt Public Library and should be completed by the winter of 2013.
The architectural firm of Schaefer, Johnson, Cox, Frey is designing the project. Not only have they been involved locally in the recent addition to Pratt High School but partner J. Samuel Frey has designed a number of museum spaces including Exploration Place in Wichita and the most recent renovation and 3 story entrance for the Wichita Art Museum. J. A. Knight and Sons Inc. will build the museum.
The 4,444 square foot Vernon W. Filley Art Museum will house 2 large galleries, conservation and storage space for art, as well as offices, a gift shop and a large lobby. Situated between the museum and the Pratt Public Library will be an enclosed, landscaped, exterior courtyard.
The Vernon Filley Art Museum Foundation is a 501c3 corporation. Donations and gifts are tax deductible. The Foundation has the funds to build the museum. Operation will be funded by memberships, admission donations, fund raisers, and gifts and bequests.
With the completion of the museum building the dream of Mimi Filley to have a space to display the museum's permanent art collection as well as allowing space for visiting exhibits, artists and instruction will be realized. Conveniently located in the heart of Pratt, and near both Liberty Middle School and Pratt High School the museum will offer access to the arts to the students and citizens of Pratt and Central Kansas. It will also provide a cultural center to enhance the quality of life for all residents of Pratt.
Questions and comments may be directed to Stan Reimer, board chairman.
About the design
"The opportunity to construct the new Vernon W. Filley Art Museum immediately adjacent to the existing library presents a unique opportunity to unify the facilities for their mutual advantage and public benefit.
The museum will be positioned south of the library, with its stone walls extended to enclose an intimate sculpture garden between, thereby integrating the two facilities into a larger campus appearance, while preserving their individual autonomy."
J. Samuel Frey, Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture


text: "My knees hurt." "Well, you should sit down more." "I told you, I can't whisk when I'm standing." "Okay, but you're not whisking right now, right?" "Right." "So, get back into bed and I'll rub your knees." "Oh, c'mon, not that old ploy. I know what that's gonna turn into." "And you object? C'mere," he patted her side of the bed. "Okay. But, really. We gotta be up soon." "There's, um," he leaned over to check, "almost a half an hour until the alarm goes off," he kissed her. "'Ommy!" came a high-pitched call from the other room. "That would be me," she said. "Hurry back," he said. It was a few minutes before she returned. "Is Jeremiah okay?" he asked. "Yes, just a diaper change. And, my God! Jeremiah. How the hell did you convince me it was all right to name him that! It's not only Biblical, it's severely Biblical. Call him Joss, it's easier on everyone." "It was my father's name," he said. "Yes, I know. Jeremiah Logan Beckett. Named for Jeremiah and Lena Hayes, your parents," she leaned over and kissed him, "At least this one will be named for mine. Peter Matthew, for Peter and Marie Helêne O'Day." Kick Kick Kick. "Ow!" she complained. "Petey's very active," he said, and then kissed her huge belly, "Come back, we'll continue where we left off." "Who knew pregnancy would be such a turn-on for you?" she said, getting back in and trying to get comfortable, but her massive bulk made that difficult. "It is ... you need to understand, Lili," he said, kissing her neck, which made her moan a little, "I know how it all happened. How that baby got there. How you and me put him there. Very, very sexy." "You! So we'll, uh, do math again?" "That's all right," he conceded, "But I miss the intimacy of regular activities." "You know Dr. Miva said we can't do that." "I know. I also know what you and I did last time." "Yeah, and it was really frustrating, Doug." "Well, I will be careful. Really, really careful. Everything will be all right," he went back to kissing her neck and put his hand on her abdomen. "I don't want to hurt Petey," she said, patting her belly. As if in response, she got another sharp kick. "I felt that one, too," Doug said, "Now listen here," he said, pointing his finger into her midsection, "You are not being very kind to your hostess, Young Man. You need to lay off the kicking every once in a while, Pete." Kick Kick. "Fat lot o' good that did," she said, then kissed him. "'Ommy!" came their son's voice from the other room. She sighed. "Why doesn't he ever call for me?" Doug asked. "Because you're not the Mommy. It's all very Oedipal," Lili got up again, "I'm coming, Joss," she called out. A minute later, she returned, "Not hungry, not wet. Just wanted company, I guess." "He can hear us talking," Doug said, "So, let's stop talking so much," he kissed her. This time it was harder for Lili to get comfortable, "Gawd, I'm the size of a planet. Pretty soon forks and spatulas will start revolving around me," she said, "And this is only the fourth month! What am I gonna do? This is all your fault, you know." "My fault?" "Yes. That beach on Lafa VI – you were totally outta control." "Me? It was a nude beach for gosh sakes." "I didn't know that when I booked it. You were an animal. The Calafans were staring." "That's 'cause they could hear you. You're not exactly a little mouse when you, uh, when you know. It must kill ya to keep quiet with Joss in the other room." "I bite the pillow most of the time in order to keep quiet," she admitted, "Poor Pete's gonna come out, thinking pillowcases make for good eating." He smiled at her, a little more crinkly around the eyes but otherwise looking the same as he did when they'd first met almost two years before, "Well, I like to make it so that you have to bite the pillow." She smiled at him a little, "I just get afraid. Don't want to even take a chance of hurting this baby. Neither of us knew we could have one, let alone a second. He's a tremendous gift." "I know," he said, "I will be as careful as when we put in the windows in this house. I swear." "I'm gonna bite that pillow in half if you keep doing exactly what you're doing right now." Kick. "Oh? Tell me more, Mrs. Beckett," he said, kissing her ear. "Oh, yeah. Right ... there." "'Ommy!" "Oh, man," she said, "Doug, Doug, Doug, listen, I, Gawd, can I get a rain check? I so want to. You don't know how much I want to." He propped himself up on one elbow and checked the clock by peeking around her massive form, "Alarm's going off soon anyway," he sighed, "Rain check. I will come to collect, you know." "Yes, I know," she said, bending around and kissing him, "And collect the interest, too, while you're at it." "'Ommy! Duck Duck!" Doug sighed again, "He just wants to be entertained." "Yeah, I guess so. When Pete arrives, he'll have more entertainment." "Once Petey gets big enough, I guess," Doug allowed, "Man, there are gonna be a lot more frustrating days like this, aren't there?" "Yeah. I wish that wasn't the case," she said. "Lili, I'll, uh, I'll go put on the coffee. Then I'd really better, erm, take a shower." She smiled at him. "I, you don't have to." "Don't act like it's this huge chore for me to put on the coffee. It's okay. And, uh, this is okay, too. I just miss you. I miss our, our immediacy." "I miss that, too," Lili said, "Like crazy." "Duck Duck!" came Joss's voice. "So, are you gonna quack like a duck?" Doug asked. "Yes, of course. Are you gonna honk like a goose?" "Man, I'm terrible at that. You don't wanna hear me sing." "Of course I do! You have such a sweet tenor voice." "Will you do that little hootchie coo dance step when you sing about the swan?" he asked. "Yes, although I don't feel like a swan. I feel like a whale." "You are still a swan." "'Ommy!" "My public awaits," she said, and went into the other room. He could hear her singing to Joss, who was clapping but doing a lousy job of keeping time, just a toddler's irregular clapping: "The duck was quackin'" (finger snap, finger snap) "The duck was laughin'" (two more finger snaps) "The duck was dancin' by the water quack quack quack The rhythm made him think he oughta quack quack quack He was dancing to the samba the samba the samba Oh goose oh The goose was gaining passing by" She stopped for a second and called out, "Doug, you're supposed to be honking." "I feel stupid." "He's a baby. He has no idea the lyrics are silly. Now, you are the goose. The goose has to honk!" "I'm a gander." "Yes, I know. Can you honk a little, please?" "Okay. Honk, honk, honk," he sang. She continued singing, "He stopped and gave the dance a try" "Honk, honk" he answered. She sang, "The bossa nova had him dancing The new thing. The new swing. Then a lovely swan swam by, in all her majesty, and she loosened up. Hootchie-cootchie-coo did that swan. She joined the duck and goose and did the samba too. You should have seen the kind of samba she could do. They did the samba so long, they all fell right in the water. While they were singing away, quack quack quack, quack quack quack o pato, " Then she continued in Portuguese. And Doug Beckett knew – despite his mounting frustrations – that if Lili was singing, if Joss was clapping, if Petey was kicking, and if he was honking like a goose and feeling more than a little bit silly about that, that all was right, in this or any other universe.

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Play as Sam Fisher, a highly skilled Special Forces operative and fight a corrupt secret agency to get your daughter back. Follow a trail of intrigue that leads from Iraq to a high-security building in Washington.
Run, jump, fight, and shoot using a handgun, shotgun, AK47 and bazooka, or maintain stealth by improvising with nearby objects. You are now a renegade spy agent; you don't follow any orders except for your own rules of engagement!
- Go through 11 levels set in 8 different locations, including a smartphone-exclusive sequence on the Potomac River.
- Experience fully polished 3D graphics with an amazing depth of view.
- The Mark & Execute feature allows you to mark multiple targets then quickly eliminate them all at once.
- The Last Known Position indicates where your enemies think you are, allowing you to outflank and eliminate them.
- Use a wide range of equipment to get rid of foes. Pistols, sonar goggles and camera grenades are at your disposal!
- Beat your opponents in stunning hand-to-hand combat and interrogate enemies to get crucial information.


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Arsenal will be looking to maintain their perfect start to Group F when they host Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League.
Arsene Wenger's side have enjoyed a fine start to their European campaign, with a 2-1 win away at Marseille being followed up by a 2-0 success at home to Napoli.
Last year's runners-up Dortmund, meanwhile, went down 2-1 in Naples on the first matchday, before responding with a 3-0 triumph over Marseille, although they will be without coach Jurgen Klopp for Tuesday's game as he serves the second of his two-match touchline ban.
The hosts come into the game in fine form domestically and are currently top of the Premier League, having taken 19 points from their seven matches since an opening-day defeat at home to Aston Villa.
Klopp's side have been in similarly impressive early-season form in the Bundesliga, having won seven and drawn one of their opening nine Bundesliga games, with just a 2-0 loss at Borussia Monchengladbach blighting their record.
The two sides last met at the same stage two years ago, when they shared a 1-1 draw in Germany before two Robin van Persie goals gave Arsenal a 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal's home record against German sides is strong, with Wenger's side winning nine and losing just three of the past 13 fixtures, although they did taste defeat at home to Bundesliga outfits twice last season, 2-0 to Schalke in the group stage and 3-1 to eventual winners Bayern Munich in the second round.
Dortmund, winners of the competition in 1997, return to the city where they lost the final last year, and the last time they took on English opposition they drew 1-1 with Manchester City in the group stage on the way to that final appearance.
Arsenal could be boosted by the inclusion of midfielder Santi Cazorla, who made his return from injury in the weekend Premier League win over Norwich after an ankle problem, while full-back Bacary Sagna has also overcome a hamstring complaint picked up in the win over Napoli – although Wenger faces a selection poser over whether to risk both for a second game in quick succession.
The quartet of Theo Walcott (abdomen), Abou Diaby (knee), Lukas Podolski (hamstring) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee) are all long-term absentees and are unlikely to feature.
For Dortmund, goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller is available again after serving a one-game suspension for a red card picked up in the defeat to Napoli, while Lukasz Piszczek (hip) and Ilkay Gundogan (spine) remain long-term injury worries.
Marcel Schmelzer (thigh) and Sebastian Kehl (ankle) have not played since September, although the former was on the bench for the 1-0 win over Hannover on Saturday.
Sven Bender (groin) and Jonas Hofmann (knee) also both featured in that game, although both have been carrying knocks so may not be risked.
Marco Reus (ankle) came through the weekend win by scoring the winner and should play some part.


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Jackets' prospect Reilly making strides with Gophersby Dan Myers
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota assistant coach Mike Guentzel has coached plenty of players who went on to become NHL defensemen in his time with the Golden Gophers.
Since becoming an assistant coach at Minnesota 20 years ago, Guentzel has seen players such as Jordan Leopold of the St. Louis Blues, Paul Martin of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Alex Gologoski of the Dallas Stars and Erik Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche come through the program en route to the NHL.
He has another potential NHL defenseman under his watch now in Mike Reilly, a fourth-round pick (No. 98) of the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2011.
Reilly, a sophomore, is a late-bloomer who finally is starting to add some pro size to his already elite skill.
"When I was in ninth grade I was about 5-foot-4 and about 100 pounds," Reilly said. "Ever since then I've just kept growing and getting stronger. There's still a lot of muscle I can put on. I'm just focused on putting on the correct muscle."
He measured 5-foot-11 and 155 pounds when he was drafted, and last season as a freshman was listed at 6-feet and 170 pounds. This season he's grown another inch taller and more impressively added 15 pounds to his frame.
The added muscle has been a game-changer for Reilly, who Monday was named the Big Ten Conference's Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Big Ten First Team.
"It's a credit to him," Guentzel said. "He gained 15 points last summer and with strength comes a confidence adjustment. He's better in all situations, he can play in all three zones and he's still got some room to grow in his game."
Reilly always has had a reputation as a skilled defenseman capable of contributing in the offensive end. In 36 games this season he has eight goals and 21 assists -- numbers that ranked him first among Big Ten defensemen and in the top 10 nationally.
The added muscle and a commitment to improving in all three zones has yielded other impressive results.
"His ability to go back and retrieve a puck is improved," Gophers coach Don Lucia said. "His ability to make a play under contact is improved and his play without the puck is much, much better."
The added bulk has given Reilly an ability to make plays that perhaps he couldn't make last season.
"I didn't have a ton of confidence last year to make as many plays," Reilly said. "This year I've made more plays, and if I make a mistake I won't get yelled at as much."
That element of risk taking is something Lucia said is something Reilly has really made strides in over the past 12 months. Call it risk management.
"Mike's growth is picking and choosing rather than always playing a high-risk game," Lucia said. "He's not playing as risky a game as he was a year ago and he's a little more patient offensively. He's actually creating more offense because of that."
But that doesn't mean Reilly is afraid of taking risks. Lucia said Reilly has the green light to get involved offensively whenever he sees fit.
"He's the kind of guy that if he does make a mistake it's not going to bother him the next shift," Lucia said. "Some guys who make mistakes get rattled. Mike's not going to get rattled. You need to have high-level athletes that have a bit of amnesia when they make a mistake."
"This year I'm trying to make better decisions and that's something I'll need to carry with me to the next level," Reilly said.
Guentzel said Reilly has the pedigree to play at the next level and said he compares well with Martin, who saw a similar rise in his offensive production between his freshman and sophomore seasons. Martin also is 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, a weight Reilly said he would like to reach eventually.
"Similar style, body. I think his shooting when he came in was actually a little better than Paul's," Guentzel said of Reilly. "Ability to move the puck, both are really good with their sticks, move well. … I think he's the easy comparison of any of the guys I've been able to coach here."
It's high praise for Reilly. Martin is in his 10th NHL season and has represented the United States twice in the Olympics. But that's what people at Minnesota think of him and they expect that his best days are ahead of him.
"If you're a really good player here you can play in all situations -- power play, penalty kill, 5-on-5, 4-on-4, and you can play against the other team's [first and second lines] and still do your thing offensively," Guentzel said. "That to me is where he has to get to and he is getting there."
For now Reilly is locked in on trying to help the Gophers win their first NCAA championship in 11 years. A winner in his final season of junior hockey with the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League as well as consecutive conference championships to open his collegiate career, Reilly said he came to Minnesota for a chance to win the ultimate prize.
If the Gophers are able to get to the NCAA Frozen Four next month in Philadelphia, chances are Reilly will have played a big part.
"When you watch our games, Mike Reilly stands out because he's got the puck a lot," Lucia said. "When he's got the puck that's when he can really impact the game.
"Good things happen when he has the puck."


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So I spent a week in Sonoma but was fairly lazy about going anywhere else (hey, I was on vacation). We did one day in San Francisco visiting friends, but I had as my one food goal a visit to the legendary Blue Bottle Coffee. I've been hearing about Blue Bottle for years, but had never been. In fact, I hadn't been to the Ferry Building since its early inception as a gourmet food court, which predated Blue Bottle's stand there.
The only day we went to San Francisco was a Saturday, so I knew we would be facing a zoo, but I decided I wasn't leaving without a cup of that famous brew. There were three separate Blue Bottle lines at the Ferry Building, two inside and one outside at the farmers market, all about the same in length. The lines didn't look terrible, not much longer than a Sunday line at the Silverlake Intelligentsia, but they were painfully slow. It took nearly an hour to make it through.
And suddenly I was that guy, the dumbass who spent an hour on a Saturday waiting for a damn cup of coffee amongst food tourists and suburbanites in between their purchases of salumi cones and $60 bottles of olive oil.
I had intended to only order coffee, but once I got to the counter I also grabbed a waffle, since everyone else seemed to, and after an hour, I was pretty hungry. It was one of those hand held European waffles, hot of the grill and slightly sweet, nothing I'd rush to order on my own, but a fine accompaniment to the coffee.
And the coffee was a great, the service was friendly, the latte art was beautiful. Was it worth an hour wait? Was it better than the best coffee in LA? These are questions that are just too painful to ponder after an hour in line.
My advice? Try the coffee, but go on a weekday.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
San Francisco Coffee: The Long Blue Line
3 comments:
- James said...
Steve, I could have saved you an hour by pointing you in the direction of Philz Coffee, which in my opinion is (easily) the best coffee in SF. I like BB as well, but PC is a step above BB. Another positive is the shorter wait time, but prices are even higher at PC than BB.
- July 18, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- sku said...
Ah, I wish I'd known. Next time.
- July 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Philz! My brother (Berkley-ite/Oaklander)loves Philz.
I refuse to suffer the line @ BB, especially at Ferry.
FYI, I cracked open my new "Clever" yesterday, and brewed an exact cup of rather decent coffee (with 2 week old espresso roast/grind beans no less) in 5 minutes. Freakin' changed my life.
- July 18, 2011 at 12:33 PM
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|2013-02-01, 08:21
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
This might just do 10k by Bluray itself before adding DVDs....
*28 *29 *30 *31 **1 **2 **3 週
*** **2 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 1 (Jojo)
*** **3 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | バイオハザード ダムネーション (Resident Evil CGI Movie thing)
*** **4 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | To LOVEる-とらぶる-ダークネス 2 (To Love Ru Darkness)
**1 **5 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | コードギアス 亡国のアキト 1 (Code Geass Akito)
*** **6 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | リトルバスターズ! 2 (Little Busters)
**2 **7 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | 境界線上のホライゾンⅡ 5 (Horizon)
*** **8 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | アクセル・ワールド 7 (Accel World)
*** **9 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | マギ 1 (Magi)
*** *17 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | さくら荘のペットな彼女 1 (Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo)
Accel World sells about 6k opening week on bluray, so that's a good figure to base the sales on for say Magi, TLR and Little Busters sold.. 9k first weeks?
Magi is 6th on DVD and Jojo is 14th. Jojo went out of stock on Amazon, should be restocked soon if not by now.
Anime is saved.
|2013-02-02, 02:07
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Art Block Specialist
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Sugita showed off his serious voice this episode, which is nice to see since now there's more range to Joseph and will make that character having more depth.
By the way, ACDC is so hot in this episode
|2013-02-02, 02:30
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Location: Alberta, Canada
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ACDC's sudden crying fit was pretty amusing. It's not usual to see an antagonist like this vent out emotions with anything other than pure rage.
I was pretty surprised at first that it seemed Joseph beat ACDC prematurely, but what seems like ACDC's brain clinging to his back doesn't bode well.
How the hell does Joseph not notice it?
|2013-02-02, 07:56
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Super Aja is one popular gem.
The final test for Jojo turned into more than he expected.
Jojo vs ACDC!
That guy is really weird and scary.
It seemed like ACDC was reading his mind of something..
Well, at least he got one antidote, but picked up quite a big leech.
|2013-02-02, 11:44
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Location: France
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Joseph's progress is astounding. Hard to believe this is the same man who was helpless in front of the pillar men three weeks ago. Brawn is not everything however, he still had to rely on a bit of trickery to beat ACDC. I wouldn't have it any other way of course. This is what makes Jojo's fights so entertaining. The protagonists have to use their brains as much as their muscles.
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Location: NJ, USA
Surprised Lisa Lisa even had the stone that they are looking for. She loked even more fabulous in that dress. Was worried for a second when Acdc used Jojo's trick on him, but nice to see Jojo pull off at the end. Though how does he not notice that on his back! Though in just a small bit of time Caesar and Jojo really have gotten a lot stronger.
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|2013-02-03, 01:16
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according to the forum next door stardust crusader is pretty much confirmed...it seems a game set is already being made to celebrate the famous part 3
these are the card that depict the protagonist and their stand...
our BAD-ASS protagonist
you know who this is right....
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|2013-02-03, 04:05
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What a great ep. It was great to see Caesar and that other guy doing the sensible thing and deciding to go back to Lisa Lisa, ACDC genuinely sobbing and then regaining his composure was amazing (I'm so glad it wasn't a ruse after all!), the fight in general was great, and then that brain...What is ACDC thinking, choosing to go in the direction of all those Ripple masters? Perhaps trying to get a new body from one of them? Maybe he'll take over the remaining assistant teacher.
I wish there was an official English-language DVD set for JoJo, especially after those great Japanese TV adverts for the series with voice acting from the cast. But the licensing issues mean it's just not going to happen...
I can't wait to see if Lisa Lisa and Caesar will get to have a serious fight against one of the Pillar Men sometime. It would be criminal to have Lisa Lisa be so cool and apparently strong and yet never get to win a fight.
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If you read this blog and stop by Metrovino for a cocktail, you might notice some recurring themes. The drink menu starts with a beer cocktail and ends with one featuring Bols Genever. In between there's Farigoule, three different brands of gin, Smith and Cross rum, plantains, Chartreuse and chocolate, and clarified citrus juice. If that sounds like the kind of menu I would put together, that's because it is. I've happily ended up playing a larger role in the bar program there than initially expected. I'm joined behind the stick by another Carlyle alum, Jason Karp, and a new arrival from Los Angeles, Elizabeth Foley, most recently at Wolfgang Puck's Cut and Sidebar at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Part of the fun of being behind a bar regularly again is getting to put into practice some of the things I've been working on only for fun or for special events during the past year. Among these is agar agar clarification. The method for this was developed by Dave Arnold at the French Culinary Institute and it's not too hard to work into one's prep, yet as far as I know no one in Portland is doing much with it yet. We have two cocktails on our new menu using clarified juice as an ingredient.
The first of these is the Crystal Caipirinha. The Caipirinha is one of the world's great cocktails, a rustic affair with cachaça, limes, and sugar. Traditionally one would muddle this drink. With clarified lime juice you don't have to. You can stir it instead, and serve it up for a more refined presentation. From the appearance it could be a boring vodka Martini, which makes it all the more surprising when one gets the strong flavor and aromatics of cachaça and lime.
This way of making the Caipirinha is very spirit-forward, so it's important to use a good cachaça. My favorite Novo Fogo is wonderful here. We served it in this cocktail at Teardrop Lounge recently and again at the Science of Cocktails event in San Francisco. Sugar cane really comes to the forefront in this take on the drink:
2 oz Novo Fogo silver cachaça
1 oz clarified lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
Stir, serve up in a cocktail glass, garnish with a lime twist. It's important to cut the lime twist over the drink; this isn't just a visual garnish, it's there to incorporate the citrus oils that would get released during muddling in a traditional Caipirinha.
The other drink we've put on our menu with clarified citrus is a take on the classic Aviation, the Cleared for Departure (possibly my favorite thing about clarified juice is all the clarification puns it opens up). According to one story, the Aviation is named for the sky-like color given to the drink by crème de violette, a liqueur flavored with violet petals. It's a fantastic cocktail, but shaking it with ordinary juice clouds its appearance and takes away some of the violette's striking hue. By substituting clarified citrus and stirring instead, you get a drink that's crystal clear and has beautiful color.
When I make this at home I use the Beefeater Summer Edition gin, which has floral notes that are just perfect for this drink, and the Deniset-Klainguer crème de violette. It's delicious but I can't get either of those ingredients in Oregon right now. However the locally made Aviation gin and Rothman and Winter crème de violette work well too, so that's what we use at Metrovino. And yes, I know that the Aviation cocktail is usually made with lemon, but lime also goes nicely here.
2 oz Aviation gin
1/2 oz clarified lime juice
1/3 oz maraschino liqueur
1/3 oz crème de violette
Stir, serve up with a lemon twist.
So far both of these drinks have been fairly easy to work into our cocktail menu. The execution is simple and the preparation isn't as time-consuming as it might at first appear. One can juice early, let the agar agar set while doing other work, then filter right before service. I'd like to see what other bartenders would do with the process.
The Pegu, clarified
A clarified coffee cocktail
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The 24th-ranked Birmingham-Southern football team plays its first road game of the 2012 season this Saturday, traveling south to face Huntingdon in Montgomery, Ala., in the fourth-annual Wesley Cup Game.
The Panthers are 1-0 after defeating LaGrange, 41-14, in the home opener last weekend in Panther Stadium. The Hawks are also 1-0 after a 49-33 win at home last weekend against Maryville College.
In BSC's game against LaGrange, senior quarterback Jimmy Stainback led the team with 89 yards rushing on 17 carries, and was 7-of-12 with 165 passing yards and no interceptions. He had two touchdown passes and a touchdown on the ground. Senior tailback Shawn Morris led with 79 receiving yards and had two touchdowns. Sophomore LaPrintence Gunn led the BSC defense with eight total tackles (six solo, two assisted), followed by sophomore Austin Hansard and senior Andrew Shannon with six apiece. Senior Cory Corcoran had two sacks.
In Huntingdon's win against Maryville, senior running back Trevor Manuel scored the first three touchdowns of the game for the Hawks. Senior quarterback Neal Posey also had two touchdown passes.
BSC is 2-1 all-time against Huntingdon. The Panthers won last year's battle in thrilling fashion, scoring on the final play of the game to tie things up and then winning with a Morris touchdown in the second overtime to clinch the 35-29 victory.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's indoor track and field team opened its season at the Northeastern University Invitational held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston this past weekend. Besides the opportunity to run on one of the fastest tracks in the world, (and the only meet on a banked oval for the runners this season), the invitational format provided an experience quite apart from the team's focus on scoring dual, tri, and quad meets. The fields were very large and opening heights were set to whittle fields down quickly. TheEngineers turned in a number of Personal Bests and Top-10 All-Time performances.
Merry Silberstein finished 54th out of 102 runners in the 200 with a time of 28.70. She then placed 15th in the long jump with a distance of 15' 8.75". Christine Fanchiang also had a strong showing in the long jump with a leap of 15' 11" to rank 13th out of 32. Also competing in a field of 32, Leanne Veldhuis took 12th place in the 500 with a time of 1:22.98. Caroline Gorman finished the mile in 5:35.57 for 15th out of 41. In the 3,000, Karen Condon took 11th place (11:20.94) while Nancy Benedetti was 16th (11:31.18).


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Switching Orientations
If we have an oriented manifold , then we know that the underlying manifold has another orientation available; if is a top form that gives its orientation, then gives it the opposite orientation. We will write for the same underlying manifold equipped with this opposite orientation.
Now it turns out that the integrals over the same manifold with the two different orientations are closely related. Indeed, if is any -form on the oriented -manifold , then we find
Without loss of generality, we may assume that is supported within the image of a singular cube . If not, we break it apart with a partition of unity as usual.
Now, if is orientation-preserving, then we can come up with another singular cube that reverses the orientation. Indeed, let . It's easy to see that sends to and preserves all the other . Thus it sends to its negative, which shows that it's an orientation-reversing mapping from the standard -cube to itself. Thus we conclude that the composite is an orientation-reversing singular cube with the same image as .
But then is an orientation-preserving singular cube containing the support of , and so we can use it to calculate integrals over . Working in from each side of our proposed equality we find
We know that we can write
for some function . And as we saw above, sends to its negative. Thus we conclude that
meaning that when we calculate the integral over we're using the negative of the form on that we use when calculating the integral over .
This makes it even more sensible to identify an orientation-preserving singular cube with its image. When we write out a chain, a positive multiplier has the sense of counting a point in the domain more than once, while a negative multiplier has the sense of counting a point with the opposite orientation. In this sense, integration is "additive" in the domain of integration, as well as linear in the integrand.
The catch is that this only works when is orientable. When this condition fails we still know how to integrate over chains, but we lose the sense of orientation.
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In 2009-10 (Sophomore): Swansey sat out the 2009-10 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
University of Georgia: As a freshman, Zac had
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helpers in his college debut against Jacksonville State…hit
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Kentucky, which propelled the Bulldogs to the NCAA
tournament…scored a career-high 12 points against Hawaii,
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32 games as a sophomore, including 17 starts…averaged 4.3
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High School: Zac was a first-team all-state selection his senior year at Dunwoody High school…averaged 19.7 points, 4.2 assists, 3.4 steals and 3.1 rebounds his senior season…as a junior Zac helped Dunwoody to its second consecutive Class 3A state title while averaging 10.3 points and 6.3 assists per game...in his four year high school career, including two seasons at Flowery Branch High School, Zac scored 2,368 total points, and made the state playoffs all four years.
Personal: Full name is Zachary Douglas Swansey…son of Ron and Cherlyn Swansey…born December 20, 1988…Majoring in fitness and wellness.


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Having made several items of clothing for my two daughters, I was beginning to feel a little left out. So I decided it was time to make something for myself for a change!
It's a little harder to take pictures of myself than it is of my girls, but I did my best!!
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I used a dress that was too small for my girls - but I loved the colour!
One of my husbands old singlets...
Cut them all up and set to work...
I've been wanting some ruffles of my own for a while now! And a bit of sparkle down the side just because I wanted to!! (you're never too old for sparkles!!)
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Re: Comments On AuthorSkeptics' Discussions With Professor "A" And Professor Powell
May 26, 2005
[[[audio]]]Re: Comments On AuthorSkeptics' Discussions With Professor "A" And Professor Powell.
From: Dean Lawrence R. Velvel
Dear AuthorSkeptics:
I should like to make some comments about a small number of the many points discussed in your correspondence with Professors "A" and Powell.
1. It seems to me that there is nothing wrong in having research assistants find cases, articles, and books for professors to use in a substantive way when writing a piece. However, I believe the professor herself must read and analyze the materials pointed to by the assistant, and must herself do the ultimate writing related to those materials.
As for the creation of (crazed?) string cites, I suppose it is alright for assistants to put those together, although the professor should check them out to be sure each cite stands for the proposition it is claimed to stand for. (This is what Professor "A" called "verify[ing] the citations.") One would be amazed how often citations, at least in briefs, do not support what they are claimed to support.
2. I would think that, in many cases, probably most, an uncredited ghostwriter is not very culpable for the dishonesty perpetrated on the public, although he or she was of course part of the apparatus that produced the fraud. The reason for this view is the vast inequality of position that normally obtains. The ghostwriter, especially student assistants, needs the money, may lack other reasonably accessible or desirable employment opportunities, may need recommendations, etc. She pretty much has to do what she is told. As is almost always true, the person on top, the person with the authority and power, here the professor, is chargeable with the lion's share of the blame. This is only the more true here because the professor is the one taking credit for what he did not do (which is, of course, a species of personal dishonesty).
One reads and is told, moreover, that there are situations in which this personal dishonesty is of monumental proportions, as when professors simply put their own names on manuscripts produced entirely by assistants. One may perhaps be forgiven for thinking that a professional field -- the academy -- and a society in which this happens and goes unpunished, as apparently is often the case, are a field and a society in trouble because regard for honesty has sunk so low.
There is another unfortunate aspect, too, relating to the use of ghostwriters, especially student assistants (and law clerks as well). It is the code of omerta, of silence and confidentiality, that appears to generally accompany the ghostwriting. As I gather you have found, former ghostwriters, reflecting the enforced norm, are reluctant to talk about what they did, and those who do talk about it find themselves neck deep in dung being flung at them (see, analogously, Edward Lazarus). The code of silence, which one is forced to absorb into one's very pores, is a method of protecting the ghostwritee (if I may (again) coin that word) against public knowledge that it was not he, but an underling, who did the work. It is a method, that is, of defrauding readers and the public, as well as of obtaining the credit for what one did not in fact do. It is also a method of cheating history by denying it knowledge of the truth -- this is not to be overlooked (though it usually is overlooked).
3. I agree with Professor "A" that we should not "uncritical[ly] . . . accept the practice of judges." One would guess that, as he or she says, "the vast majority of the public doesn't" "understand" the practice. (I take it that Professor "A" used the word "understand" in the sense of the public being aware of the practice, not in the sense of the public being aware of it but disagreeing with it. But this is no never mind for my agreement with "A.") Professor "A" also makes a most salient point in saying that ready acceptance of ghostwriting for judges also results in "lump[ing]" Posner "with the average clerk-writing judge," instead of giving credit to the judge who writes his or her own opinions.
From what I have occasionally heard, moreover, the situation may sometimes be even worse than generally thought. It is widely thought, and certainly, to use your word, "hope[d]," that (as you said) "it is actually the judge who is initially deciding the case." But one gathers that this is not always so. One has heard that there are lower court judges who tell clerks to decide a motion or case and to then write up the decision. One has even heard that these clerks may still be (young) law students, who therefore are in reality not even clerks, but interns. I rather imagine that if what one has heard is true, and were to be brought to the attention of the public, the reaction could be volcanic. After all, and without meaning any offense, it is hard to believe that most parties would want a 24 or 25 year old youngster, who is not even out of school yet, to be deciding matters of enormous personal importance to the parties.
I also think that the use of ghostwriters by judges should not be accepted on the ground that no fraud is involved, "as the practice seems very well accepted" by the cognoscenti. The problem here is that for the practice to become well accepted, fraud had to be perpetrated, i.e., ghostwriting had to be done, secretly, while the practice was not accepted and therefore could not be admitted, until finally so many judges were committing this fraud that it became widely accepted and no longer fraud. To put the matter crassly, the principle involved is that the way to obtain public acceptance of lying, cheating and stealing is for people to lie, cheat and steal until this is widely accepted as okay. (I gather that there are countries where this kind of thing prevails -- where graft, bribery, baksheesh, etc., and dishonesty, are so prevalent that they are accepted as being permissible, indeed expected, ways of acting.)
So the fact that "everyone is doing it" (as one might say) should not justify the use of ghostwriters by judges. Nor should a judge who does her own work not be regarded as a norm to be emulated just because so many judges do not do their own work. As a profession and a society we seem so often to be engaged in a race to the bottom rather than in a struggle to the top. It would be better for judges to try as much as they can to emulate the example set by Posner than to accept the current (is it permissible to say bottom dwelling?) practice.
Some last points on judges' use of clerks. The Long Term View is a journal of public policy put out by our law school. Each issue deals with a single topic; the topics are usually not legal ones, but occasionally are legal ones. About ten years ago, in its Spring, 1995 issue, LTV devoted 109 pages to the subject of judges' use of clerks. The issue was entitled Law Clerks: The Transformation of the Judiciary. There were original articles, reprinted articles and interviews by or with such prominent judges, writers and professors as Abner Mikva, Richard Posner, Patricia Wald, Kenneth Starr, Alex Kozinsky, Andrew Kleinfeld, Mary Ann Glendon, Nat Hentoff, Wade McCree and others. Ghostwriting was one of the subjects discussed. As a whole, the issue discussed the reasons why judges increased their reliance on clerks, the duties of clerks, their degree of influence, and so on. For all I know, the Spring 1995 issue may be the widest, and it certainly seems likely to be one of the widest, compendiums of discussions on the use of clerks, and you may wish to read what some of the authors had to say. The issue is, I believe, in the Harvard library holdings. Also, the issue used to be online, I think, and it will be reposted online at http://mslmedia/LTV/index.htm.
Also in connection with ghostwriting, let me say that I was apparently wrong to some extent in a previous statement to you about ghostwriting by law clerks in the 1950s and early 1960s. I said previously that the reason those of us in Michigan's law class of 1963 were surprised to learn that a classmate who clerked for Chief Justice Warren had written the reapportionment decisions of June, 1964, was that such things weren't done in those days, not that they were done but we didn't know about it. Apparently there was some ghostwriting by clerks in those days that we did not know about. In a recent article in Legal Affairs which bitterly attacks Harry Blackmun, and which is entitled The Brains Behind Blackmun, the eminent Professor Garroway put it this way: "not until Justice Frank Murphy and Chief Justice Fred Vinson joined the court in the 1940s did clerks take the lead in writing opinions and sometimes determine a justice's vote." Garroway also said that "[s]ome of the best-known opinions of such renowned former justices as Felix Frankfurter and John M. Harlan III were written entirely by their clerks." (Professor Garroway did not say which opinions of Frankfurter and Harlan were written by clerks. Neither did he say how he knows the rest of what he said. But if he made these statements of fact, one thinks they likely are well based and true.) So apparently there was some ghostwriting way back in the mid 20th century, but we Midwestern naifs were innocent of such knowledge.
Moreover, it must be noted that Garroway said clerks "sometimes determine[d] a justice's vote." This sounds suspiciously like he is saying that "it [was not] actually the judge who is . . . deciding the case," or at least deciding a vote. If this was or is so, it bears on the previously discussed question of whether the situation may be worse than generally thought.
4. Professor "A" has said that you should deal with the ghostwriting problem "in a less judgmental, more constructive way, than the issue seems to have been framed." Here is a fuller text of what he or she said:
. . . I would suggest you deal with this in a less judgmental, more constructive way, than the issue seems to have been framed. It is at least clear that there's uncertainty about the underlying "norm" and "practice." Rather than adjudicating past behavior in light of that past uncertainty, why don't you develop a list of principles to which professors can pledge. That would seem a constructive and clarifying procedure, much more constructive than forcing people to out themselves on the basis of an uncertain, and insufficiently established, line of "appropriate behavior." That procedure would still permit the criticism of the extremes -- I take it everyone agrees re the behavior alleged about "Tree" and Tribe. But it would focus attention on setting a standard, rather than defending different lines.
With great respect, I tend to disagree a bit with some of what Professor "A" said. He or she did say that we can all agree about the impropriety of the conduct alleged to have been engaged in by "'Tree'" and Tribe. So far so good. But I also think punishment is necessary, not merely the setting of standards for the future. Plagiarism and ghostwriting were and are clear, serious no-nos in my judgment, and people should not be let off the hook for these clear violations just because there are matters of less clarity, such as the compilation of string cites, or assistants presenting professors with memos describing what the assistants have found in their research. People who violate clear rules should be punished. Punishment of violations is the only way violations will be stopped. This is as true in the academic world as in the business or political worlds, a subject discussed in my long post about the Tribe matter. Punishment is the only way to stop the Enrons, Tycos, Arthur Andersens, Global Crossings, Johnsons, McNamaras, Nixons, Kissingers and Bushes of this world, and lack of punishment is a major reason why politicians who do evil by violating law are not stopped. Sad to say, people respond to fear and the possibility of punishment far more than to love and sweet reason. Exposure of bad deeds cannot and should not usually lead to nothing but a form of Truth And Reconciliation Commission, if we expect bad deeds to stop. This is no less true for the powerful and influential than for the powerless and non-influential. In fact, maybe it is far more true for the former because of their very power and influence, and the oft accompanying hubris which leads them to think they can get away with things.
5. My last point involves complicity. Professor Powell raises some incredibly salient points about this subject, ranging from bringing in the parallel of Iraq to the fact that most people have other matters to devote their time to. Yet, on the other hand, you seem to me right in thinking that persons, at least collectively through their institutions if not individually, should stand up for honest conduct or be deemed to be to some extent complicit in the race to the bottom.
You know, complicity is not a subject which this country ever seems to want to face. (Are we any different in this regard than the once collaborationist France, a country now despised by right wingers who undoubtedly do not wish to face American complicity in anything, just as France would not face its collaborationist past of World War II.) The American unwillingness to consider national and personal complicity exists even though we are a democracy where people have the right to speak and vote, therefore allegedly can change things by speaking and voting, and thus might fairly be considered complicit for not speaking out or taking action. (Of course, given the nature of our politics, where money and influence seems to be everything, and decency nothing, or at least relatively little, perhaps people could justifiably feel they have no voice notwithstanding the rights to speak and vote.) To this day, lots of southerners deny, or in effect try to deny, the personal complicity of ordinary everyday southerners in slavery, and sometimes even in keeping down blacks for 100 years or more after the Civil War. People do not accept personal blame for Viet Nam. Nor for Iraq. And so forth. This is somewhat paradoxical one might think, since, even though dissenters in Nazi Germany were liable to find themselves strung up by piano wire or hung from meat hooks, few of us would absolve everyday Germans of the 1930s and 1940s of all responsibility for what their country did -- and the post war generations of Germans themselves have apparently felt that their parents and grandparents, and their nation itself, were complicitous. There are also Americans who think -- and certainly China thinks -- that it is wrong of the Japanese to fail to admit responsibility for what Japan did in World War II, and to thereby implicitly deny, or to at least ignore, all personal and national complicity of that generation of Japanese.
The question of complicity is a large one. Not the least of what it involves is the comment by Edmund Burke that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. In the instant situation, one would judge, at least a significant number of academics should do something. They should speak out about the practice of claiming someone else's work as one's own, and about where one draws whatever lines have to be drawn in this regard. This is true not just in law, but also in sciences and other fields where there are professors who apparently have been in the habit of claiming others' work as their own.*
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Celebrating Independence on July 2nd!
Yesterday we shared an Independence Day message from John Quincy Adams on the Beehive. In keeping in the spirit of preparing to celebrate our nation's birthday, today we share some of John Adams' words on the subject. In a letter dated 3 July 1776 future president John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail:
The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
Adams was correct about everything but the date! His description of people using "Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations" to mark this "most memorable day" is spot on for most American communities today. On Monday, 2 July visit the MHS to hear Stephen T. Riley Librarian Peter Drummey explain why John Adams believed 2 July 1776 would be the most memorable day in the history of America. We will offer two gallery talks, at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM, for interested visitors to learn the story.
If you cannot make it to a gallery talk, you can still plan to visit the MHS to view the exhibition The Most Memorable Day in the History of America: July 2, 1776. The exhibition, features letters exchanged between John and Abigail Adams, manuscript copies of early drafts of the Declaration of Independence in both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's own handwriting, and the Society's own first printing of the Declaration, also known as the Dunlap broadside. The exhibition is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from 2 July through 31 August.
Alex Ashlock of WBUR spoke with Peter Drummey about the exhibition over the weekend. Read more in his write-up Should We Be Celebrating July 2nd?
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The Declaration of Independence is considered by many Americans as the founding voice of an oppressed people who decided to stop the abuse and proclaim their reasons for rebellion from the authority of the King.
Our folkloric tales tell us that Thomas Jefferson drafted the entire document and it was his intellect and flourish of combining words to create, in essence, a prime directive of inspiration which enlightens the spirit of common rights for all individuals. But, in truth that is a myth that is either over-looked in the teachings or misunderstood within the telling of the story.
It is on 11, June 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that the 2nd Continental Congress agreed to vote on the proposed articles of independence within the upcoming week. The statement to clearly define the reasons for declaring independence needed to be created. Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston as a committee to draft this declaration. Thomas Jefferson was to undertake the task to compose a document. Many of the phrases and special flourishes of language that Jefferson utilized are found in other earlier documents and literature. For example, there is wording from the Massachusetts Charter and Constitution and the Virginia Declaration of Rights also from Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry and Locke.
Jefferson's "original rough draught" was revised first by Adams, then by Franklin, and then by the full committe
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Every year, we hear "this is a thin crop of NFL free agents" in the NFL. With the uncapped year, it's thinner than ever. And older.
Under the new rules, players don't hit unrestricted free agency until they have been in the league six seasons. With few exceptions, players only get to the market because their teams didn't truly want to keep them.
Behold: the top-50 unrestricted free agents for 2010. We did not include restricted free agents that require trade compensation in return.
Previous team is listed in parenthesis.
1. Julius Peppers, DE (Panthers)
He's not Reggie White, but Peppers is the best pass rusher to hit free agency since the Hall of Famer. He'll cost an insane amount of money for a player with inconsistent effort, but is undoubtedly one of the league's most talented players. Seattle, Washington, and Chicago are possibilities.
2. Karlos Dansby, LB (Cardinals)
It's a big drop to number two on this list. Dansby is a smart, versatile linebacker who excels in coverage. He a knack for big plays, but has yet to make a single Pro Bowl.
3. Dunta Robinson, CB (Texans)
He's a good, not great, young cornerback who is about to be paid like a Hall of Famer. The Falcons are interested.
4. Aaron Kampman, DE (Packers)
Kampman looked like a fish out of water as a linebacker in Green Bay's 3-4 defense. He fits better as a rock-solid starting defensive end. He's coming off a torn ACL.
5. Antonio Bryant, WR (Bucs)
Sure, he's a head case. But he's a head case in his prime who can stretch the field! Towels not included.
6. Antrel Rolle, S (Cardinals)
He's going to do well for someone who was once benched for Rod Hood. A failed cornerback, Rolle is an above-average free safety. In this market, he may become the richest player at his position.
7. Leigh Bodden, CB (Patriots)
A solid starting cornerback who has size and playmaking ability. He should be a better value than Dunta Robinson.
8. Chad Clifton, T (Packers)
Clifton has some knocks against him (34-years-old, so-so run blocker), but he's easily the best pass protector on the market.
9. Dwan Edwards, DE (Ravens)
Young linemen who don't mind doing the dirty work are hard to find. The Ravens pedigree helps.
10. Gary Brackett, LB (Colts)
A classic undersized linebacker with incredible leadership skills, Brackett is worth more to the Colts than anyone else.
11. Ben Watson, TE (Patriots)
Watson is athletic, can play every down, and will help a team in the red zone. Just don't expect him to be a huge difference maker.
12. Kevin Walter, WR (Texans)
A secondary receiver with size, Walter gets a huge bump because he's only 28 and is low maintenance.
13. Terrell Owens, WR (Bills)
He's like Walter, except the exact opposite. T.O. can still help a team out as a second receiver if he can accept the role.
14. Darren Sharper, S (Saints)
Overrated because he's a stat-hound who struggles in run support, Sharper still is a weapon if used correctly. He'll likely wind up back in New Orleans.
15. Thomas Jones, RB (Jets)
Was his late-season decline because of overuse or is age about to catch up to Jones, 31? He's a committee back stopgap at worst.
16. Chester Taylor, RB (Vikings)
Taylor is one of the best third-down backs and doesn't have nearly as much mileage on his legs as bigger-named over-30 backs.
17. Lito Sheppard, CB (Jets)
He's competent, young and has starting experience. An acceptable starter, but two teams have let him go.
18. Kyle Vanden Bosch, DE (Titans)
The Titans can spot good defensive linemen, so it's not a great sign they are letting him walk away.
19. Derrick Mason, WR (Ravens)
Still putting up 1,000-yard seasons as a possession receiver, year after year.
20. Ryan Clark, S (Steelers)
He wouldn't look as good away from Troy Polamalu, but Clark could be a good value for a team looking for an enforcer.
21. Justin Bannan, DT (Ravens)
Little known Ravens reserve has some upside.
22. Bobbie Williams, G (Bengals)
Williams, 33, is a mauler in the running game.
23. Derrick Burgess, LB/DE (Patriots)
Took a while to adjust to playing linebacker in New England, but he closed the season strong. New England traded two mid-round picks for him only a year ago.
24. Adewale Ogunleye, DE (Bears)
He would best be used as a situational pass rusher now. Quality linemen swallow him whole.
25. Stephen Neal, G (Patriots)
We're afraid of what the former NCAA champion wrestler would do if we didn't rank him this high.
26. Jason Taylor, LB (Dolphins)
Far from his peak, Taylor is still a useful tool when his snaps are limited.
27. Leonard Little, DE (Rams)
Washington and St. Louis would both love to have Little as a situational pass rusher if he chooses not to retire.
28. Chad Pennington, QB (Dolphins)
There are two ways to look at his last shoulder surgery — He had no arm strength anyway; and what arm strength will he have left?
29. Joey Porter, LB (Dolphins)
His mouth is looking for a check his play can no longer cash.
30. Nate Burleson, WR (Vikings)
Wildly up-and-down career went back up during a contract year. Where the cash at?
31. Brian Westbrook, RB (Eagles)
Westbrook could help a team if he gets medically cleared. Huge if.
32. Scott Fujita, LB (Saints)
Valued veteran leader seems likely to return to New Orleans.
33. Keith Bulluck, LB (Titans)
A torn ACL late in the season crushed his free agent stock. He's worth a shot because of his leadership.
34. Chris Chambers, WR (Chiefs)
He's a stop-gap solution, but not a bad one. He re-ignited his career with a nice run in Kansas City.
35. Tully Banta-Cain, LB (Patriots)
9.5 sacks have rarely been given so little league-wide respect. (His unsuccessful try to leave the Patriots last time is one reason why.)
36. LaDainian Tomlinson, RB (Chargers)
We're not even sure he would be a good role player at this point. And we're almost certain he doesn't truly want to be a role player.
37. Jamal Williams, DT (Chargers)
It's not a good sign the Chargers couldn't find anyone to trade for him before they cut him.
38. Roy Williams, S (Bengals)
The former Cowboy can hit, but he can't cover.
39. Tony Pashos, T (49ers)
He could slip under the radar because he was hurt all last year. A fine run-blocker, Washington should show interest.
40. David Carr, QB (Giants)
He's sat on the bench long enough for everyone to forget how bad he was. (In all seriousness, he's worth a gamble.)
41. Jimmy Kennedy, DT (Vikings)
He could help a team in a defensive line rotation.
42. Shayne Graham, K (Bengals)
His season ended horribly in the playoffs, but he's had a solid career.
43. Willie Parker, RB (Steelers)
Not Nearly As Fast Willie Parker doesn't have the same ring to it. He doesn't help on passing downs.
44. Neil Rackers, K (Cardinals)
Once named the NFL's sexiest man.
45. Torry Holt, WR (Jaguars)
He needs to play on turf and came off the bench.
46. Nick Harper, CB (Titans)
Way older than you think (35) because he didn't play a NFL game until he was 27. He fits best in a zone defense.
47. Kevin Faulk, RB (Patriots)
The godfather of third-down backs may find a home with a Belichick disciple.
48. Chris Redman, QB (Falcons)
He's quietly a competent backup if you need quarterback help.
49. Larry Johnson, RB (Chiefs)
Dick Vermeil once said it was time for L.J. to get out of his diapers. In running back years, he's now closer to Depends.
50. Laveranues Coles, WR (Bengals)
A great competitor, Coles' body has taken a lot of abuse. He's a small receiver without any speed, which is not an ideal combination.


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Michael J. Murray
Instructional Assistant Professor
Michael J. (Mike) Murray, PhD, PE is a Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management in the department of Decision and Information Sciences at the University of Houston, and Chief Operating Officer of Cougar Investment Fund, LLC. He earned his PhD and MBA at the University of Houston, holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and is a registered professional engineer.
Mike has significant business experience and a diverse portfolio of skills developed over a successful career in manufacturing operations, corporate planning and business consulting. His operations experience includes positions as both a production superintendent and as a manager of engineering/technical development for Lyondell Chemical and its predecessor, as well as roles in manufacturing evaluations and corporate planning during and after Lyondell's Initial Public Offering. Mike's business consulting experience includes positions as a senior consultant in KPMG's (now BearingPoint) supply chain management practice, and as a senior petrochemical/refining consultant for Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (now part of IHS, Inc.) and Jacobs Consultancy.
Research Interests
- Building on a successful career in manufacturing operations and management consulting, my primary research interests are business analytics, process economics and finance, decision support systems (LP/ERP), continuous production systems, and supply chain modeling and analysis.
Areas of Expertise
- Financial Modeling
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- Petroleum refining and petrochemical operations
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- Murray, M. J., Chin, W. W. and Anderson-Fletcher, E. (2012). Satisfaction with Enterprise Systems in Supply Chain Management. 7th International Conference on Partial Least Squares and Related Methods, Houston, TX, May 19 � 22, 2012.
- Murray, M. J. (2012). Teaching Business Intelligence Concepts with PowerPivot.
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- Reducing order variability in complex supply networks with Demand Portfolio Management
- Improving the Value of Enterprise Systems in Supply Chain Management
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In this lesson about cosmic rays, students will describe why cosmic rays are dangerous to astronauts. Includes information about student preconceptions. This is activity 3 of 4 from The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER).
Keywords: Cosmic rays; Radiation; Astronaut
Audience: Middle school
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This is an annotated children's story about the Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres in the asteroid belt. Learners will dissect the story for real and fictional objects and places in the solar system, and for those scientific concepts or processes that... (View More) may be true. Support materials include the story with space for kids to illustrate, an audio recording of the story by the author and an extension activity. (View Less)
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The technical virtuoso at Ashima, Wayne Moore, had a couple of interesting multi layer rotors on display in his booth at Interbike 2011, including the Matrix and Spider Rider. He is always poking around with new brake designs and lightweight brake rotors, and I was surprised at the simple design of the AiNeon rotor. The AiNeon is a two-piece brake rotor, that is comprised of a stainless steel outer ring attached to a colored aluminum spider.
The use of the aluminum carrier and their lightweight rotor design, keeps the weight at a uber light 72 grams (measured at 71.3 grams), making it one of the lightest two-piece rotors on the market. According to Wayne, the power should be comparable to their AiRotor, with improved heat management due to the higher conduction rates of the aluminum spider. The outer ring looks exactly like their new Ai2 rotor, with the same cutouts and wavy braking surface, which I have been recently testing. In another weight saving design, the current model uses just 3 rotor bolts, which was a practice done by many weight weenies. I presume that a 6 bolt version will be following closely, since not everyone likes to run their rotors in that manner? The AiNeon will only be available in 160mm and 180mm sizes, with Red, Blue, Black and Gold aluminum spiders, and come with 3 titanium bolts. The 160 will be released at the end of April, and the 180 will follow in late May, and no word on pricing as yet?
I wonder if the trick Matrix and Spider Rider rotors that I saw at Interbike will ever see the light of day? The Matrix performs the same sort of trickery as the Shimano ICE system, combining steel and aluminum together, using each of their unique properties to make a well performing rotor. The Spider Rider is meant for the Freeride and All Mountain riders, and uses the same basic design as the Martix, but with a slight twist, it sandwiches in the steel a short distance into the aluminum carrier, creating a blend of lightness, strength and heat dissipation.


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Who went home and who are the finalists of ANTM cycle 19?
IT'S NASTASIA! (i always thought she would come in third)
LAURA (she will probably win ugh)
LEILA (she should win)
KIARA (she better not win, although i'd like to see the look on lauras face lol)
Source: my tv and their facebook page
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I'm excited to offer another fun 12 Days of Christmas series at Deal Seeking Mom. Each day through 12/7, I'll post a new 3-day giveaway! Browse all of the giveaways here.
Last year I made the decision to toss all of our Teflon cookware after reading an article about how the coating can potentially break down at higher heats, and my husband has complained bitterly about it on a semi-weekly basis. He often prepares grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids at lunch, so he probably feels the loss of that wonderful non-stick coating a little more keenly than I do.
But that's all in the past thanks to Scanpan! They recently introduced the world's first induction-compatible PFOA-free cookware, produced with layered recycled-aluminum and stainless-steel.
Now I'll be the first to say that this cookware is on the pricey side. I'm not a gourmet cook, but I really enjoy cooking and appreciate high-quality cookware because I know I'll use it often. After trying it out and considering the benefits, I think that Scanpan is well worth the pricetag:
- Scanpan boasts an ultra-durable nonstick surface that is safe for metal utensils and is PFOA-free (no Teflon)! Why is this important to me? While I'm always careful to use non-metal utensils, I always worry about others in the household not being quite as diligent. I'm glad to know that I don't need to worry about this. Go ahead and use those metal utensils — the patented ceramic titanium surface is virtually indestructible!
- Go ahead and crank up the heat! Scanpan will not warp at higher heats, and there's no need to worry about the non-stick coating being damaged. This allows for browning and caramelization of foods with little to no added fat (healthier cooking!), something you can't achieve with traditional Teflon pans. Plus it's oven safe up to 500 degres as well.
- Scanpan is dishwasher safe! I probably don't really need to tell you why this is such an awesome feature, but I just can't help but gush over it. Not having to slave over scrubbing dirty pots and pans get high marks in my book.
I'll admit I was a little intimidated upon opening the box and seeing these lovely pots and pans, each individually packaged in their own velvet bags, but after using them I'm hooked. Scanpan offers a lifetime warranty on their products, and they truly are engineered to last a lifetime. So while they do require a somewhat substantial investment for the average cook up front, when you consider the quality and cost-per-use over a lifetime, I believe the price is more than reasonable.
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1. Re: Can not split pages in Adobe Reader XGreedje Feb 28, 2012 7:07 PM (in response to bmw735)
I was wondering... Did you ever find a solution for this? I have exacty the same problem! I only have the tools pane on the right where you can create, export, and send pdf files but that's it. Like you said, online advice is useless - cannot do any of it. I haven;t tried unistalling and reinstalling yet but I have the feeling that it won't change anything anyway.
So, what did you in the end?
2. Re: Can not split pages in Adobe Reader XDrdan0 Apr 20, 2012 9:53 AM (in response to bmw735)
I found if i print selected pages with a no frills free add on from cnet or download.com such as doPDF I can pull the pages i want and save them as a PDF to any folder i wish by simply using the print command. i know it's a little drawn out that way especially if you have multiple pages at different locations, but there are also some pretty good free compiler out there to and it seems to work pretty nicely without the annoying toolbars.
hope this helps
3. Re: Can not split pages in Adobe Reader XDrdan0 Apr 20, 2012 9:55 AM (in response to Greedje)
a print addon seems to help (see reply to original thread)


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You may know that we handspin all our yarn. Mostly on drop spindles. People are amazed and dumbfounded by this . Horrified even. But really ,in a way, I yarnbomb so I can sit and spin on my drop spindle.I need hours of repetitive hand movement to be able to think really clearly. Some people really need to always be doing something with their hands. I was a kid who sat at the dinner table every night ripping my paper napkins into tiny perfect strips. I fondly remember completely covering a desk in high school with foil gum wrappers, so pretty, and driving the school janitors into madness. So now I have found a true reason to get to knit and spin ALL THE TIME.
Some people need to get to play cards all the time. You know who you are.
The Russian and I did a pretty big installation at CCA In Oakland a couple of weeks ago. I went there for ceramics and textiles and The Russian is interested in it.The young woman in Oakland are very kind and encouraging. "Very pretty" They would murmer as they walked by.You've already seen the bike rack we put on campus.
Yarnbombing is beautiful. And unnecessary, which makes it even better.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Updated from Beta 3 to beta 4 this morning. Seemed like it was working good. Suddenly my hybrid/core detected some hardware on my network. Locked up myth. Closed out, started again, lock up within 20 seconds. I really wish there was a fix for this that would allow it to work as intended within LMCE. Looking forward to more updates.If any of the developers are interested in using and fixing a system that has myth locking up I will gladly send mine to help find a solution. (Of course you would have to send it back when you're done)


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What's all that stuff?
Toys! I found them in The Writer's office. They were in corners and under desks and stuff.
Yeah, The Writer is renovating her office. The whole room is one big mess.
And she's one big grouch.
The Writer is having a hard time working in there. She needs order.
She's not a very good housekeeper. Look at all the loot I found.
You can't play with all those toys at once.
Watch me. First I bat the red ball, then I throw the white mouse down the stairs. Then I drop the green mouse in The Writer's Husband's shoe . . .
Didn't anybody teach you about sharing?
Why should I share? They're mine. Oh, no. Don't give me that sad no-eyed stuffed animal look.
[Ellsworth stares silently.]
All right! You can have this bald mouse. But only for ten minutes and then I want it back.
Never let it be said you aren't the soul of generosity.


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A Captain America writer confirms the movie features villainous Nazis. Bill Murray says he's singlehandedly delaying Ghostbusters 3...but considering the latest casting rumor, we can't really blame him. Will Transformers continue without Michael Bay? Plus a new Source Code trailer!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Captain America.
Captain America
Fred Van Lente, who is writing some comics tie-ins for the movie, says he's seen the script and there's absolutely nothing to the concerns some people have expressed that HYDRA is taking the place of the Nazis in this movie:
It isn't. Captain America: First Vengeance is chockfull of Nazis, particularly once we start getting into Johann Schmidt's origin in chapters 3 and 4. They're not downplayed. Schmidt runs an organization called Hydra, which starts as a part of the Third Reich power structure, and so therefore they are Nazis.
I can sort of see why people are like, they're not seeing a bunch of guys in SS uniforms or Gestapo uniforms running around in the Super Bowl trailer- that's because many of the Nazis in First Avenger wear Hydra uniforms.
It is not some kind of rewriting of world history. There are Nazis in the movie, I've read the script. It is not trying to pretend that the Nazis didn't exist, or that World War II didn't happen the way we all know it from history.
Here's a fresh batch of high-res photos: [NBC Miami]
And here are a few more from Thor. [/Film]
Source Code
Here's a new trailer:
Ghostbusters 3
Bill Murray admits he's had the script on his desk for a while, but he hasn't got around to reading it:
Yeah, I guess I'm the problem. Before I was an asset, [but] now I'm a problem. There's a script somewhere [on my desk], but I haven't read it yet....Yeah, Ivan [Reitman] wants to make it and I - I owe him, ya know. He's puzzled that I haven't gotten to this one.
There's more at the link, including his thoughts on the disappointing first Ghostbusters sequel. [Screenrant]
Comedian Dane Cook says he's been approached to do the film, although he was saying this just to irritate a blogger who had called him a bad choice for such a role (long story), so it's possible Cook was just trolling. Anyway, might as well throw him on the pile with the other hundred casting maybes. [Shadowlocked]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Optimus Prime voice Peter Cullen says his character has scenes with the Apollo 11 astronauts we glimpsed in the first trailer. Specifically, he seems to suggest he has scenes with the present-day Buzz Aldrin, which certainly fits with Aldrin's willingness to appear in pretty much anything space-related.
In the feature film coming out this Summer, they have Neil Armstrong, a former astronaut, and Buzz Aldrin — Optimus has a scene with Buzz Aldrin, and this is where it all started to come together in my mind. I thought, wow I really got to get these guys and Optimus together after the movie. Maybe we can do a series of some kind.
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner explained why Revenge of the Fallen didn't work, and how this new movie is different:
"If everyone had understood why each Transformer was in the movie, people wouldn't have cared how many there were. But once they're just these robots without any real meaning of why they're there, it just became robot melee, and that's not as enjoyable as knowing something about each robot and their personality so that when they do fight, there are stakes to it. That's really what was missing. It wasn't that there were so many robots; there were so many robots that you didn't know...'Dark of the Moon' has many meanings. It's clearly what we know from the teaser trailer, but it's also this idea that there's darkness, a real cataclysm that could occur here based on knowing the truth of what's happening."
He also didn't rule out a fourth Transformers movie with or without Michael Bay, although it isn't currently a priority:
"I would say to you right now that I've so enjoyed working with Michael Bay. Michael has got this incredible visual sense for showing you things you've never seen before. Perhaps he'll change his mind, perhaps he won't, but I'd rather put out this movie first, then cross that bridge at some point."
Here's a bunch more photos of the new NASCAR-themed Autobots, the Wreckers. [Aeromental]
G.I. Joe 2
Brian Goldner also offered this update on a sequel to The Rise of Cobra. [MTV Movies Blog]
"You might begin with the knowledge of having your president as an impostor [Zartan]. What would that mean? From that, you can tell a very big story without only having to rely on the chronology of the first film."
A visitor to the set says a PA mentioned that Leonard Nimoy had been filming scenes as William Bell a few weeks back. So, obviously this is second-hand and just a rumor, but it's at least a possibility. [Un Canadien Errant]
Fox's website has posted the article "Smiley - The saber-toothed tiger has been genetically resurrected", written from the perspective of the over there universe:
The New San Diego Zoo is creating a habitat for "Smiley," the first genetically resurrected saber-toothed tiger. Smilodon fatalis, which thrived in the Pleistocene epoch over 12,000 years ago, will be available for public view later this year. The zoo hopes it will be joined by an American mastodon by 2014.
For a bit of analysis, check the link. [Fringe Television]
No Ordinary Family
A tender scene between Daphne and her boyfriend Chris in the March 1 episode will be accompanied by the song "Til I Come Home", sung by... Michael Chiklis. It's a song he originally recorded for his Michael Chiklis Band. Honestly, I don't even know where to begin with this one. [EW]
Here's another promo for the ultra-meta episode "The French Mistake." [BuddyTV]
This episode is fully committed to its twisted behind-the-scenes look, as actor doppelgängers for executive producer Sera Gamble and series creator Eric Kripke (who takes time off from writing a Syfy monster movie to deal with the suddenly erratic actors) both put in appearances. More details at the link. [E! Online]
Episodes 20 and 21 are rumored to be titled "The Man Who Would Be King" and "The Haunter of the Dark." [SpoilerTV]
Here are some photos and a synopsis for episode 8, "Uneasy Lies the Head." [Daemon's TV]
Erica, now officially in charge of the global Fifth Column, leads them in a high risk attack against Anna. Anna meanwhile, growing closer in her plan to destroy humanity, finds a major obstacle in a certain Live Aboard candidate; and Ryan sneaks back onto the Mothership to try and rescue his daughter.
And here's the same for episode 9, "Devil in a Blue Dress." [Daemon's TV]
Anna is about to pull the switch on the planet's first Blue Energy reactor, but Sid realizes that the size of the reactor is much too large for just the various Concordia sites – the Fifth Column needs to figure out what Anna is really up to. And Diana tells Lisa she must act against Anna now, fulfill her destiny and save humans from annihilation.
And let's finish it off with the season finale, "Mother's Day." [Daemon's TV]
Anna is focused on having Lisa breed with Tyler to ensure the evolution of the Visitors, while Erica and Diana enlist Lisa to stage a coup against Anna and remove her from power before humanity is destroyed. Erica and the Fifth Column join Lisa in the attempted coup, which has devastating results.
Michael Rosenbaum explains why Lex is returning, narratively speaking:
"Obviously there's unfinished business between Clark and Lex that has got to get resolved. Our future is depending on it."
He also says that, because it takes him four months to grow his hair back after shaving it off — time he can't afford to lose — he will be wearing a bald cap in the finale. [Screenrant]
This week's episode "Fortune" - in which Clark and Chloe appear to get married accidentally after some drunken merrymaking — may well be Allison Mack's last appearance in the series, as she's not currently confirmed for the finale. Here's a sneak peek at the episode. [Zap2It and SpoilerTV]
Additional reporting by Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders.