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Spiral Dining
But when Cat of The Verdant Life sent me a link to a Groupon deal offering a World Cuisine Spiralizer for $25 with shipping, I jumped on that. It was the one raw food tool that was missing from my arsenal, but thankfully, it arrived a few weeks back. Before, my raw spaghetti was more like fettucine because I only had a vegetable peeler for cutting wide noodles.
But now, I can make fabulous looking 'sketti to use in recipes like this Sweet Potato & Zucchini Mac 'n' Cheese from Eat Raw, Eat Well:
Not only does the spiralizer make for lovely noodz, but Eat Raw, Eat Well makes for lovely healthy dinner ideas. I've tried lots of raw pasta dishes over the years but never a raw mac 'n' cheese. It's so good, y'all! The cheese is a simple cashew cheese made in the food processor, and it's all topped with a sprinklin' of Chipotle & Cayenne Parma.
I was sent Eat Raw, Eat Well by Douglas NcNish to review, and it hasn't let me down yet. There are several other raw pasta recipes I'd love to try, like the Pasta Bolognese and Zucchini Pasta Aglio e Olio (zuke noodles with an olive oil-based sauce).
There are 400 recipes total ranging from raw Pear & Pumpkin Porridge to Raw Chickpea Hummus and Barbecue Pulled Burdock Sandwiches and Lemon & Cilantro Falafels. Yum!
I made one of the salad dressings from the book to top the salad I served with my raw mac 'n' cheese. This "Roasted" Garlic, Hemp, & Parsley Dressing was the bomb-diggity:
The garlic is "roasted" with a dehydrator, and even though I have a trusty Excalibur, I didn't "roast" my garlic for this dressing. I just forgot. You have to plan way ahead for that kind of stuff, and that didn't happen. But even without roasting, the garlicky green dressing was delicious atop my garden salad.
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- s o p h i e said...
UGH, so jel! Can't wait to get my hands on a spiralizer!!
also, if you find the secret to successfully sprouting chick peas for raw hummus, please share. mine never sprout! they always end up getting moldy. and i have sprouted many a bean in my days.
- May 16, 2012 at 6:39 AM
- Barb@ThatWasVegan said...
Ha! I use my peeler like you used to, so EVERYTHING was a raw fettuccine :)
- May 16, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I found mine at a yard sale. They were so ready to get rid of things that they let me have it for free!
- May 16, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Caitlin said...
i've always wanted a spiralizer! that is one amazing deal! your raw meal looks sooo good!
- May 16, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- xvavaveganx said...
I'm so jelaous!! I've wanted a spiralizer for so long!! Your raw noodles look like perfection! Great deal!
- May 16, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- Cat said...
Hell yeah, raw noodles! I've been digging my new spiralizer too. I have to laugh every time I use it because it's so ridiculous, but I don't care.
- May 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- Kevin Sullivan said...
Its called a spiralizer? Ours has a asian lady on it and so it was dubbed "The Asian Lady"
- May 17, 2012 at 12:29 AM


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The PCP results appeared in conferences in 1992, Sanjeev Arora's thesis appeared sometime after, and the "journal version" appeared in 1998. Similarly, the PRIMES in P result was announced in 2002, but was published in the Annals of Math in 2004.
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Now Jay sends in some news that continues to build on the legend of Minecraft, pointing to a story claiming that Persson is making $350,000 per day (see the update below). With alpha software, and without going after "pirates" who are supposedly destroying the industry. Yeah. Apparently, he's selling a copy every 3 seconds. And he's done all this with no distribution. No retail deals. Just creating a really good game, getting people interested in it, not treating them like criminals, and giving them a reason to buy.
Whatever happened to "pirates" killing the gaming market, huh?
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The Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes and head coach Kelly Britsky announced the signing of seven incoming players for the 2008-09 basketball season.
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In this year's signing class, four players hail from the Peach State while Alabama, Florida and Louisiana each are home to one.
Junior guard Clarissa "Shan" Corbett comes to GSW after playing at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Alabama. She played in 30 games last season for the Lady Saints, averaging 14.8 points per contest, hitting team-highs with 153 field goals, 22 three-pointers, 78 assists, 40 blocks and 87 steals.
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Corbett, a native of Macon, Ga., was a member of the 2005 AAAA state runner-up Westside High School team.
A 5-foot-10 forward transfer from Southwest Mississippi Community College, junior Whitley Wiltz was a Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges All-Star in 2007-2008 while earning second team All-State honors.
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A transfer from Gulf Coast Community College (Fla.), Nadirah Gardner was a member of the 2008 NJCAA National Championship team. The 5-foot-7 sophomore point guard, played in 13 games for the Commodores.
"We are excited to have Nadirah in our program," Britsky said. "Even though injury limited some of her opportunities last year on the court we know the potential she brings to this program. Anytime you can get a player that knows how to win and has been a member of championship teams both on the AAU and junior college ranks it is a positive move. Nadirah is hungry for playing time and to get back to her elite status. We can't wait to see this happen."
Gardner was a 2004-2005 third team selection to the Florida Sports Writers Association All-State Basketball Team while at Tallahassee FAMU High School and made the HoopGurlz Top Recruits of Florida Class of 2007.
Junior transfer Brandi Burris joins the Lady Canes after two successful seasons at Northwest Shoals Community College (Ala.). The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 12 points a game for the Patriots while connecting on 29.2% of shots from beyond the arc and 71.2% from the foul line during her career. Brandi was an All-State and All-Region team selection during her two years at Northwest Shoals.
"Brandi is a strong pick up for us," Britsky said. "She can do it all at the guard position, but we will probably concentrate her efforts at the three position where she will bring strength and size. Coming from Northwest Shoals she is not stranger to hard work and she understands what her role will be here at GSW. I look forward to watching what Brandi will do for the Canes this year."
A 5-foot-5 guard, Terra Branch was a two-time All-Region selection and a 2007-2008 Northeast Georgia Second Team selection. A native of Athens, Ga. Branch averaged 15.3 points during her senior campaign at Clark Central High School.
"Terra is a catch and a half for the Canes," said Britsky. "She is a true scorer. She knows how to put the ball in the basket and her potential in the league is huge. Terra comes to us from a fantastic high school program so she, too, has winning encoded in her brain. The next four years with this talent young lady should be great."
Tiandra Billings, a 5-foot-6 guard from Perry, Ga., was Second Team All-Region in 1-AAAAA for Warner Robins High School last year while earning Honorable Mention All-Middle Georgia.
"Tiandra will definitely be one of our defensive stoppers," Britsky noted. "Although she can score, we will look for her to put the pressure on other teams with her quickness and court sense. If she develops like we think she will, you can look to see her defending some of the best offensive players in the league."
5-foot-7 guard Sylvia Elkins, from Heritage High School in Conyers (Ga.), was a 2007 Wendy's High School Heisman recipient and an honorable mention All-Area 2006-2007. Her GPA ranked sixth out of a class of 359.
"Sylvia is a ball of exciting potential to me," Britsky said. "She can play the point, the two or the three. She is a great athlete and I think she will become one of the better players in this program. Her desire to play basketball at a high level and her love of the game is contagious."
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The menthol crystals that Natures Garden carries are actually crystallized peppermint essential oil. These crystals are 100% natural and have a variety of uses when introduced into your products.
Although menthol crystals can be made synthetically, when derived naturally they come from mint oils such as cornmint or peppermint. Once the extraction occurs, the oil is immediately frozen (cold extraction) which forms the menthol crystals. These crystals, which look similar to smaller oblong rock crystals, are solid at room temperature but have a melting point of around 107 degrees Fahrenheit. These menthol crystals which are a white or clear crystalline substance are soluble in alcohol and propylene glycol and they are miscible in oils.
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Menthol crystals are used to flavor various tobacco items such as cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco, and chewing tobacco.
The shelf life for these crystals is 2 years when stored accordingly. However, areas with high humidity may experience the hardening and mass joining of these crystals into a solid lump. This lump may be broken up by lightly hitting it with a mallet. Also, areas with high levels of heat may melt the crystals. Menthol crystals are best stored in a tight fitted glass, aluminum, or double lined container. The crystals should be kept in a cool and dry area away from heat and direct sunlight.
Care should be taken when using menthol crystals in skincare products, as using too much may irritate the skin.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
We're looking for a 1 page design (no coding, of course) for a new website for a company that sells sweeper and scrubber brushes, and a sweeper machine. Please "read the brief" for all the details. And ask any questions you may have.
The brushes are from this supplier: http://www.cardinalbrush.com and the sweeper machine is from this supplier: http://www.trekclean.com. You can use any imagery from either of suppliers' websites in the design/layout (ie: Cardinal Brush fill material & fill pattern pictures). We have also uploaded a .ZIP file of a few images we would like utlized as main images in the design: http://sweepscrubbrush.com/pics.zip
*UPDATE: Please focus on both the "radial" sweeper AND the brushes.
The company is called "Hi Country Equipment" and does not have a logo (been using just a basic font). Update: No logo is needed, just a a basic font or "insert logo here" in the design. So please just focus on the website design.
Website Menu Pages:
- Home ( <-- we would like this opening page designed)
- Company
- Brushes
- Sweeper
- Contact InformationSome Website We Like the Look of:
- http://www.csbministries.org
- http://www.stonetire.com
- http://www.toystorage.ca
- http://www.garagetown.comLinks to brush images:
- http://www.cardinalbrush.com/images/hp_photo.jpg
- http://www.cardinalbrush.com/images…images.jpg
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- A creative & modern design
- Something unique
- A well designed site that will be nice eye candy for the customers
- Site width = 950px
- Any colors you'd like
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- .PSD, layered, file supplied in the end
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When my grandfather passed away, he was creamated. In the memorial service we held for him, my younger cousin sighted him in the back of the room. It was odd for us to hear him talking about it.
My grandfather was in the airforce many years ago. After the service my cousin asked his mom, "didnt you see grandpa in the back of the room? You couldnt miss him mom. He was back there talking to the other men, but his uniform was different." :o This was almost impossible for him to know b/c there arent any pictures of my grandfather in his uniform. My cousin was 9 (i think) at the time of the service. I believed he saw him, as most of the family did. We all believe in spirits, ghosts, enitity's etc......
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10 (More) Non-Alcoholic Drinks to Have With a Meal
This time last year, we shared 15 great non-alcoholic drinks to have with a meal. But the possibilities don't end there. Here are 10 more alcohol-free beverages to sip with your food, whether it's a casual supper or a fancy dinner party.
• 1 Navarro Vineyards Grape Juice – A sophisticated line of juices hand-crafted from varietal grapes in Mendocino County
• 2 PureBlue UnWine – A full-bodied juice made from wild blueberries, black currants, and Merlot, Syrah, and Sauvignon Blanc grapes
• 3 Italian Aperitivo Soda – Technically meant for pre-dinner, these soft drinks have ingredients like bitter citrus and herbs that stimulate the appetite
• 4 Rooibos – Served warm or chilled, this tisane is naturally caffeine-free, which many people appreciate later in the day.
• 5 Non- or Low-Alcoholic Michelada – This tangy cocktail is ideal for tacos, fajitas, and other Mexican meals.
• 6 Dr. Oz's Green Tea, Tangerine and Mint Tonic – Health claims aside, this drink is simply cool and refreshing.
• 7 Iced Chrysanthemum Tea – This delicate tisane is especially nice with a light spring meal.
• 8 Non-Alcoholic Sangria – A punch for all ages, packed with fresh fruit, black tea and pomegranate juice.
• 9 Vinegar Shrub – A tangy, refreshing beverage made with seasonal fruit and vinegar (invent your own combo!).
• 10 Water with Citrus Garnishes – Perfect for entertaining, this array of pretty garnishes spruces up plain water.
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The Bank of Japan unleashed the world's most intense burst of monetary stimulus on Thursday, promising to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years, a radical gamble that sent the yen reeling and bond yields to record lows.
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New Governor Haruhiko Kuroda committed the BOJ to open-ended asset buying and said the monetary base would nearly double to 270 trillion yen ($2.9 trillion) by the end of 2014 in a shock therapy to end two decades of stagnation.
The U.S. Federal Reserve may buy more debt under its quantitative easing, but with the Japanese economy about one-third of the size of the United States, the scope of Kuroda's "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing" is unmatched.
"This is an unprecedented degree of monetary easing," a smiling Kuroda told a news conference after his first policy meeting at the helm of the central bank.
"We took all available steps we can think of. I'm confident that all necessary measures to achieve 2 percent inflation in two years were taken today," he said.
One of those steps was to abandon interest rates as a target and become the only major central bank to primarily target the monetary base -- the amount of cash it pumps out to the economy. It adopted a similar policy in 2001-2006, but not on this scale.
The scope of the changes Kuroda pushed through, and the fact he secured unanimous board support for them, drove the yen down sharply, knocked the 10-year bond yield to a record low, and nudged Tokyo share prices just shy of a 4-1/2 year closing high.
"The result is nothing short of regime change," HSBC's Japan economist Izumi Devalier said in a report.
"The BOJ has now made a much firmer commitment to achieving its 2 percent inflation goal, and has demonstrated that it will do anything short of foreign-bond buying to achieve this goal."
The scope of Kuroda's overhaul offered immediate comfort to Japanese markets, but contains major risks.
It could leave the central bank heavily exposed to government debt and potentially huge losses if it failed to stoke inflation and investors lost faith in its efforts to revive the economy, and it could trigger a currency war as other Asian exporters seek to remain competitive with a weaker yen.
"It is as if we've gone back to the quantitative easing of the 2000s," said Hiroaki Muto, senior economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management in Tokyo.
"Targeting the monetary base will lead to a huge increase in current account balances that commercial banks keep at the BOJ, but I'm still not sure if this money will move through the economy."
Monetary base, or cash and reserves at the BOJ, already hit a record in March, but the huge pile of money has failed to end deflation or boost wages.
Kuroda's first policy meeting since taking office on March 20 was seen as a big test of his ability to steer the BOJ towards unorthodox measures to meet the inflation target it adopted in January, and markets liked what they saw.
Government bond futures soared and the benchmark 10-year bond yield hit 0.425 percent, its lowest ever. The yen, which had been creeping up in the run-up to the meeting, plunged, driving the dollar up by more than 2 percent to around 95.25 yen from around 92.90 before the decision.
The Nikkei stock index unwound losses of more than 2 percent to end up 2.2 percent, just shy of a 4-1/2 year closing high hit last month.
The BOJ will buy 7.5 trillion yen of long-term government bonds per month, roughly 70 percent of bonds sold in markets. It combined two bond-buying schemes, its asset-buying and lending programme and the "rinban" market operation, to buy longer-dated government bonds, including those with duration of 40 years.
The central bank will also increase purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETF) by 1 trillion yen per year and real-estate trust funds (REIT) by 30 billion yen per year.
"I can say that the BOJ came up with a perfect answer in response to market expectations," said Junko Nishioka, chief Japan economist at RBS Securities.
"Kuroda made good on his promise of boosting monetary easing in terms of both volume and types of assets that the bank purchases."
Kuroda said the BOJ wanted to push down bond yields enough so that investors will start buying riskier assets, such as property and stocks, and to prompt households and companies to spend now rather than later on expectations of rising prices.
The central bank temporarily scrapped a self-imposed rule of capping its holdings of government bonds to the value of bank notes in circulation, despite reservations by some board members that doing so could nudge it closer to monetising public debt -- or directly underwriting government borrowing.
Kuroda brushed aside concerns that excess money printing by the BOJ will sow the seeds of a future asset price bubble, which was repeatedly mentioned by his predecessor.
"I don't see a risk of a sudden spike in long-term interest rates or a creation of an asset price bubble," Kuroda said.


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Is Anonymity Good Or Bad For Wikipedia?
from the depends-on-who-you-ask dept
However, perhaps an even more interesting discussion is somewhat buried at the end of the Forbes article linked above: the question over whether or not anonymity is a good or bad thing for Wikipedia. The article quotes Marc Rotenberg, the director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, complaining that Wikipedia needs to do a better job protecting individuals' privacy. Griffith responds that removing anonymity should improve the quality of Wikipedia:
"I would say that if people are anonymous, the quality of their contribution is probably much lower. Wouldn't you want Wikipedia users to be held accountable for what they change?"This brings up a few interesting questions. Rotenberg's complaint seems misplaced. The fact that your IP address is revealed with each edit is a known fact. Anyone editing Wikipedia should take that into account. That's hardly Wikipedia's problem. But anonymity can also be an important factor in getting content out. And so far, it appears that all of the "scandals" associated with Wikiscanner were related to biased parties changing info in their favor -- which certainly suggests Giffith has a point: catching those who are changing Wikipedia with ulterior motives does seem to improve the reliability of the site.


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The former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Donald Berwick infamously made the following statement in praising Britain's National Health Service:
[A]ny health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized, and humane must – must – redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition redistribution.
ObamaCare- or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- is the product of this same socialist ideological tradition that views government-run health care as a central component of any comprehensive wealth transfer scheme. However, the PPACA's methods are more devious and radical than the NHS in accomplishing this goal. The main consumer-level redistribution provisions in PPACA are the refundable premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies available to individuals purchasing policies on the soon-to-be-established "exchanges."
These tax provisions were at issue on Friday as IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Shulman's difficult job was to defend the Department of the Treasury's recently issued regulations implementing PPACA's tax credits. Why was that such a difficult job? That requires some background on how PPACA's statutory provisions are structured.
As expertly laid out in a working paper by Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler and Cato Institute Director of Health Policy Studies Michael Cannon (available here), PPACA orders the states to setup exchanges where individuals can purchase insurance policies. Of course, the federal government has no constitutional authority to compel the states to enforce federal law (see Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)), but such trivial constitutional matters weren't much of a concern for the Pelosi/Reid tandem.
Many state governors have already refused to comply with this requirement. And none have done so quite as bluntly as Rick Perry's recent letter to Secretary of HHS Sebelius, in which he stated of the state exchange requirement: "It essentially treats the states like subcontractors through which the federal government can control the insurance markets and pursue federal priorities rather than those of the individual states."
And what of the states that intend to snub their subcontractor orders from Washington by not setting up an exchange? PPACA directs Sebelius to establish a federal exchange for the state. Section 1321(c) states:
(c) FAILURE TO ESTABLISH EXCHANGE OR IMPLEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—
If…the Secretary determines, on or before January 1, 2013, that an electing State…will not have any required Exchange operational by January 1, 2014…the Secretary shall …establish and operate such Exchange within the State and the Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to implement such other requirements.
So they covered all their bases, right? Not quite. The tax credits in PPACA specifically apply only to individuals who purchase insurance though an exchange established by a state. (See Sections 1401 and 1402 of PPACA)
It would be difficult to overstate the magnitude of this oversight considering the scale of PPACA's intended reach. This loophole should have largely undermined PPACA's concept of affordability. Without wealth redistribution, how could PPACA possibly make coverage larded up with expensive mandates "affordable" for the law-abiding citizen intent on satisfying his new individual mandate? After all, PPACA is supposed to provide the refundable premium tax credit to individuals up to 400% percent of the federal poverty level, which is a whopping $92,200 of annual income for a family of four in 2012.
Enter the Department of the Treasury. Multiple media outlets are reporting that only 14 states have adopted plans to establish an exchange prior to the January 1, 2013 deadline to get Sebelius's special bureaucratic stamp of approval for operation beginning January 1, 2014. The Obama administration has already gone to extreme ends to assert executive power in the executive branch's failure to perform its constitutional duty to execute the law (e.g., immigration, welfare work requirements, DOMA). So maybe it should come as no surprise that the administration would show similar disregard for the Constitution's legislative process by rewriting PPACA through the regulatory process.
The full text of the final regulations is available here. In the preamble, Treasury offers the following feeble defense of applying the tax credits to the fallback exchanges established by the federal government:
The statutory language of… the Affordable Care Act support the interpretation that credits are available to taxpayers who obtain coverage through a State Exchange…and the federally-facilitated Exchange. Moreover, the relevant legislative history does not demonstrate that Congress intended to limit the premium tax credit to State Exchanges. Accordingly, the final regulations maintain the rule in the proposed regulations because it is consistent with the language, purpose, and structure of…the Affordable Care Act as a whole.
In what's commonly referred to as Chevron deference, the U.S. Supreme Court has established strong deference to an agency's statutory interpretation (see Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)). Under the "Chevron two-step," the court first looks to whether the Congressional intent is explicit in the statute. If not, the court will defer to the agency's reasonable interpretation. Unfortunately for the Treasury, in this case there's no need for step two.
When pressed last Friday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the clear discrepancy between PPACA's statutory provisions and Treasury's implementing regulations, IRS Commissioner Shulman stated: "Congress writes the laws and we interpret them. If you disagree, there's always the courts." Shulman has every reason to be confident that the courts no longer pose a serious threat to PPACA. But where he got it wrong is presuming that the courts would be the logical outlet for disagreement with this latest in the Obama administration's prolific record of constitutional crises. What he should have said is that if you disagree, there's always the ballot box.
We should be equally confident that a Romney administration will withdraw these regulations immediately while seeking full repeal of PPACA. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Shulman is withdrawn from his office in much the same manner.
Brian Gilmore is an ERISA and employee benefits attorney who specializes in assisting employers with health and welfare plan compliance matters.


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Anyone with experience in chinese, mandarin immersion schools?
DD got accepted to a mandarin immersion school next year and we are very excited (was lottery), but also terrified since we don't speak mandarin. But we chose the program since she is advanced (reads chapter books already), so we wanted a program that is academically challenging for her. She is pretty outgoing extroverted so I don't think she'd get frustrated with not understanding and meeting new kids. Plus, since it's a public school, it's free! They'll be teaching 90% mandarin, 10% English. Teacher is a native speaker and will not speak English. The English is from the librarian or art teacher.
Has anyone had a child who has gone through a mandarin immersion program? What are some good resources to help families? I'm sure I'll learn more as I meet more parents of kids already in the program (this is their 3rd year), but wanted to check here first.
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Re: Anyone with experience in chinese, mandarin immersion schools?
My sisters are in one in Oregon. They are 8 and 10 currently. My father and step mother barely speak Mandarin. My dad has been to China 3 times though (twice to get my sisters).
From what I have been told (keep in mind I live in New Jersey so I could be WAY off), you don't really need to know it at home. They will learn FAR faster then you so just go with that. I think if you wanted to be a bit ahead of the game, you could get Rosetta Stone so you could learn it, but I think that only goes up to level 3 (most of their programs have 5 levels).
One of my sisters is extremely driven in academics and is a tremendous self starter. She has done very well in the school. My other sister is equally as driven, but just to sports rather then academics. From my understanding, neither is doing bad in school.
My father does do the typical parent things and help out with different festivals and stuff at school. I guess you can get a bit of what you are to do from that. Dad is also trying hard to learn Mandarin but it is a hard language to learn.
I am going to be away this weekend, but if you have any questions, pm me and I can try to contact my father for answers.
Congratulations on getting in! If we had a school like that here, I would be trying to get my son in, if for no other reason then we are a multicultural family and it is important for him to learn a bit of what his aunt's heritage is (DH and I am are northern European mutts).
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1. They push the food around on their plates and don't finish what you give them. Telling kids to "finish everything on your plate" does little to help them learn to read their body's fullness cues. If their eating is slowing down or stopped, give them a few minutes to let their stomach feel full, and don't pressure them to eat every last bite.
2. They're not very hungry for the next meal or snack-which they normally would have eaten. A lot of parents who think they have picky eaters just have kids who snack too much. While we ate an average of one daily snack in the '70s, today's kids eat three. And it's not just the quantity, it's the quality. A study from the University of North Carolina found that high-sugar and high-fat processed snacks (like cookies, chips, and crackers) account for 28 percent of 2- to 6-year-olds' diets and 35 percent of 7- to 12-year-olds'. "Forty or 50 years ago, kids snacked on strawberries," says David Ludwig, M.D., director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Children's Hospital Boston and a professor at the Harvard Medical School. "Now they eat fruit candy."
3. The amount on their plates is close to the amount you have on yours. Kids don't need adult-sized portions. A good serving size is about the size of the palm of your hand, and that applies to kids too. For snacks, a good, easy-to-remember gauge of a serving is what you can grab with your hand.
4. The first thing you do when your kids are upset, stressed, fatigued, or cranky is hand over a snack. What they may really need is just a hug, some quiet time, or something to drink instead (thirst is often confused for hunger-ditto tiredness). They might also just be bored. Try address the underlying problem before handing over a snack pack, with distraction or just a little one-on-one time.
5. Their clothes are becoming tight in the chest, waist, or rear, even though the length is still fine. "A lot of parents don't notice if their child gains a few pounds-it's the whole 'love is blind' thing. But they will pick up on pants or shirts that suddenly look snug," notes American Dietetic Association spokesperson Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D. If your child's weight is increasing while his height stays the same, it's a sign he's consuming more than he needs to.


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David Byrne writes about riding bicycles in NYC for nearly 30 years, including the early years withTalking Heads (iTunes) where they made fun of him for being like Pee Wee Herman. While noting how exhilarating riding across town is
"A ride across town gets the adrenalin going as one heads to work or to the studio in the morning. By the time one arrives for a meeting one is fully awake blood pumping, on alert " having often just had 3 near-death experiences."
he also observes a wonderful new bike path up the Hudson and how some NYC streets now have marked bike lanes.
For more NYC rides, check this guide to NYC metro area bike paths that not only describes the ride, but tells its history.
Concluding his post, Byrne talks about the freedom of riding through a chapel in Vegas, strange looks in Instanbul, and the levees in New Orleans. He reminded me of why I take my bike with me most everywhere I travel and the cycling perspective.
In Beijing, we rode in the "flow" of the city and we'll ride in more cities this year on the Modal, a new travel bike project.
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The great nineteenth-century Princeton theologian Charles Hodge said, "The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches." The gospel is absolutely fundamental …Read More
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In the beginning, God created all of mankind in His image, male and female alike (Gen. 1:26). And we know that before the foundation of the world, God, in His goodness and kindness, had His people in mind (Eph …Read More
Truth Exchange: An Interview with Peter Jones
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Long ago, Augustine of Hippo pointed out that the desire of every human heart is to experience a love that is transcendent. Regrettably for us today, however, I don't think there's any word in the English language that …Read More
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New Küat NV hitch rack comes loaded with features
Relative car rack newcomers Küat may not have been on the scene for very long but their new hitch-mounted NV flagship comes loaded with an impressive list of features and some very clever design.
Twin ratcheting arms and deep plastic-and-aluminium trays securely hold two bikes in place by their front wheels (thus requiring no wheel removal) while additional ratcheting straps at the other end keep the rear wheels from bouncing about. Spacing between the two bikes is fixed but a generous 33cm (13in) between the trays and offset tilting should prevent most handlebar/saddle interference.
A quick-release handle allows the rack to tilt down for boot/tailgate access or up when the rack isn't in use and in the latter position, there's also an adjustable-height repair stand built right into the main spar of the rack for trailside repairs and maintenance.
Cable locks are neatly tucked away inside the trays, too, and a hand-tightened wedge keeps the 1 1/4in or 2in extension from rocking too much in the receiver. Powdercoated alloy construction keeps the weight to a reasonable 20.4kg (45lb) and suggested retail price is US$495 (available in US and Canada only at the moment).
The Küat NV hitch rack features a built-in repair stand which is handy for trailhead fixes
Scott Helium range blends road fit with off-road styling
Scott's Helium jersey – available in both short-sleeve and long – uses moisture wicking polyester blends and polyamide mesh panels fashioned in a traditional road-style cut, complete with ¾-length front zipper, standard array of rear pockets, and siliconised lower rear hem.
We wouldn't have normally put brown, orange, grey and white together but it somehow works
The matching six-panel bib shorts feature similar fabrics joined together using flatlock seams, mesh inserts for additional ventilation and a stretch, multi-thickness seamless chamois. Retail prices are as follows: Helium jersey, short-sleeved £69.99/US$74.99/€79.95; Helium jersey, long-sleeved £79.99/$79.99/€89.95; Helium bib shorts £79.99/$79.99/€89.95.
Scott's Helium range blends road-style cuts with colours more typically seen on the dirt
Also included in our test kit are the Freeride and XC full-finger gloves. The Freeride (£34.99/$39.99/€39.95) features a lightly padded palm, silicon grip appliqués and a colourful knit nylon back with Velcro wrist closure. The more minimalist XC (£26.99/$29.99/€29.95) goes with an unpadded palm, a more open-mesh back for additional ventilation and a simple pull-on wrist.
Scott's Freeride gloves feature grippy silicone rubber appliques and a lightly padded palm
Lazer Helmet's new off-road model seeks Nirvana
The new Lazer Nirvana is the company's latest mountain bike-specific model, featuring extra rear coverage and an internal reinforcement skeleton, a removable peak, generously sized vents tuned to evacuate hot air, X-Static pads and a distinctly angular appearance.
The Nirvana is Lazer's latest off-road helmet, with X-Static padding and lots of channeling
In addition, the retention system uses Lazer's superb Rollsys system, which adjusts the interior circumference via a top-mounted dial and lends a snug, pressure-point-free fit. Optional padsets include a winter variant to retain more heat and an insect net to keep stinging bugs away from your head. Weight is a reasonable 309g for our XXS/M size and price is set at £119.99/US$140.
The easy-to-operate Rollsys dial up top tightens the retention system around your head
RAR Magnum road race wheels use lessons learned from testing data
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RAR's Magnum carbon road tubulars feature custom made hubs with wide bracing angles
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The Magnum front hub flanges and bearings are widely spaced
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The Magnum rear hub is made for RAR by Tune
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Williams Cycling's Wheel System 58 is a deep-section carbon fibre road tubular
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Giordana's FR-C Trade jersey and bib shorts offer a skintight fit and advanced fabrics
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The Giordana FR-C Lightweight Jacket lends wind and water protection in a packable shell
Rounding out our test kit is the FR-C Custom Glove ($50) with seamless wrist openings and silicon rubber appliqués for grip and the Formared Mid Cuff socks ($17.50) with specific left/right sizing for a closer fit.
Seamless wrist openings are featured on the FR-C Custom glove


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Heika: Jamie Benn not holding out for more money says something about Stars' future
Kari Lehtonen has the eye of the tiger right now. The 29-year-old goalie signed a five-year contract extension with the Stars in the summer and cemented his future with the team.
Reports are that Lehtonen was proactive in his negotiations and helpful in getting the deal done, because he likes how the Stars have treated him and he likes where this team is going.
Which brings us to Jamie Benn.
The 23-year-old center agreed to terms with the Stars Thursday on a five-year contract extension at an average of $5.25 million that could have him in the lineup by Monday against Columbus. And all indications are he was proactive in negotiations because he likes how the Stars have treated him and he likes where the team is going.
And that should make Stars fans very happy.
With Benn now signed through 2016-17 at $5.25 million, Alex Goligoski through 2015-16 at $4.6 million, Loui Eriksson through 2015-16 at $4.25 million, Trevor Daley through 2016-17 at $3.3 million, and Lehtonen through 2017-18 at $5.9 million, the Stars have their core. And they seem to have it at a pretty reasonable rate.
"I'm really proud of the fact that we're identifying a core group of players that we think we can win with, and Jamie is definitely one of those players," Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk said. "To have Loui signed up, and Kari, and Goligoski, and Trevor Daley … I think it just shows that guys want to be here, and they're committed and we're headed in the right direction."
And that's where the Lehtonen comparison is important for Benn. These negotiations had stalled at times, and it appears Benn and his agent, Rich Evans, were the ones who moved. That's a great sign. Yes, a five-year deal at $5.25 million is nothing to sneeze at, but Benn could have held out for more. The fact that he didn't says something.
Lehtonen has completely remade himself as a player in Dallas, and he really likes what he sees in the mirror these days. He could be a top-10 goalie for years to come, and he clearly is the team's MVP right now. So committing to the Stars for the long-term wasn't a problem for him.
And you'd like to think the same thing of Benn, who was on a plane to Dallas and not available for comment. He is expected to be at the practice rink Friday but probably won't be in the lineup until he has immigration and work visa issues resolved.
Benn was taken by the Stars in the fifth round in the 2007 entry draft. He has been nurtured by this team, and he has to like the fact that he can walk in here and play with the likes of Eriksson, Jaromir Jagr, Ray Whitney, Derek Roy, Brenden Morrow and Michael Ryder. You have to think he likes the fact the new owner has rebuilt the structure of the franchise and wants to get better. You have to think he likes the fact that the Stars are off to a solid start and look like a possible playoff team
Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said it best last week: "We're deeply committed to having Jamie in a Dallas Stars jersey for a long, long time. He's a key part of our future."
And Benn recognizes that.
That's a huge chunk of the foundation that Nieuwendyk is trying to pour, and it sets up a really nice base for this house.
Next up, the Derek Roy negotiations. The talented center who has been taking top-line minutes in Benn's absence can be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. But the Stars hope they made him a motivated negotiator when they recommended shoulder surgery in the summer and paid him during the lockout while he recovered.
"We'll start that soon," Nieuwendyk said when asked about a Roy contract extension. "He's a smart, two-way player, and he's only going to get better as he gets to know our team. It's a priority for us."
And, quite possibly, for the players as well. And that's a nice change from previous seasons with the Stars.
Follow Mike Heika on Twitter at @MikeHeika.
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Jamie Benn - $5,250,000
Alex Goligoski - $4,600,000
Jaromir Jagr - $4,550,000
Ray Whitney - $4,500, 000
Loui Eriksson - $4,250,000


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An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience
An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience
ISBN: 978-1-405-16054-4 April 2012 Wiley-Blackwell 514 Pages
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An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience provides fundamental training in geoscience as developed through the lens of its forensic applications. It incorporates a range of topics including geophysical methods of grave detection, the mineralogy of art, identification of microfossils, and comparison of soil trace evidence samples. Each topic is introduced using core concepts that are developed with increasing complexity in order to give readers an understanding of the underlying scientific principles involved and a taste of the wide range of possible forensic uses. A variety of detailed reference tables have been compiled for the text and each chapter contains lists of references to applicable textbooks and journal articles. Examples of real criminal cases are also presented in each chapter to make the connections between theory and real world application. The goal of this book is to give readers a familiarity with the wide range of ways in which geoscience principles and geological materials can be utilized forensically.
Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.wiley.com/go/bergslien/forensicgeoscience.
List of Tables and Figures vii
List of Color Plates xxv
List of Cases xxviii
Preface xxx
Acknowledgments xxxii
1 A Brief History of Forensic Science and Crime Scene Basics 1
Scene of the Crime 14
Processing the Crime Scene 16
Types of Evidence 20
Further Reading 22
References 23
2 Minerals: The Basic Building Blocks of Geology 24
Mineralogical Fraud 24
Minerals 29
Types of Bonding 34
Mineral Groups 43
Properties of Minerals 46
Summary 62
Further Reading 62
References 62
3 Rocks: Storybooks of the Earth 63
The Rock Cycle 65
Properties of Rocks 67
Igneous Rocks 69
Sedimentary Rocks 78
Metamorphic Rocks 93
Summary 102
Further Reading 102
References 102
4 Maps: Getting a Sense of Place 103
Global Location Systems 104
Maps in the United Kingdom 115
The Global Positioning System 115
Maps 117
Remote Sensing and Other Resources 127
Summary 130
Further Reading 130
References 131
5 Sand: To See the World in a Grain of Sand 132
An Introduction to Sand 137
Characterizing Sand 139
Surface Features 152
Sample Collection 155
Sample Preparation 156
The Stereomicroscope 157
Forensic Examination of Sand 157
Common Minerals 159
Less Common Minerals 160
Opaque Minerals 160
Anthropogenic Materials 160
Summary 163
Further Reading 165
References 166
6 Gems and Gemstones: Those Most Precious of all Minerals 168
An Introduction to Gemstones 170
Crystal Forms 171
The Petrographic Microscope 175
Light and the Optical Properties of Minerals 177
The Forensic Identifi cation of Glass 182
More Optical Properties 187
Isotropic versus Anisotropic Minerals 191
Anisotropic Crystals 193
Other Important Properties of Gems and Gemstones 201
Identifying Gems and Gemstones 202
Organic Gemstones 216
Summary 218
Further Reading 218
References 218
7 Soil: Getting the Dirt on Crime 220
Introduction to Soils 223
Soil Horizons 223
Soil Origins 225
Phyllosilicates (Sheet Silicates) 227
Some Important Clay Minerals 231
Soil Classification 237
Soil Color 237
Soil Moisture 242
Particle Size 243
Sample Collection 245
Simplified Manual Dry Sieve Method for Particle Size Analysis 246
Soil Classification Schemes 249
Soil Survey Maps 251
USDA Textural Classification 252
The ASTM Unified Soil Classification System (USCS): D-2487 253
Scene Examination 256
Visual Examination of Soil Evidence 256
Examination Procedures for Soil Samples 257
An Introduction to X-ray Diffraction Spectrometry (XRD) 264
Interpreting a Diffraction Pattern 272
Summary 279
Further Reading 279
References 279
8 The Geology of Art 281
Geologic Media and Art Forgery 285
Mineral Pigments 287
Black Pigments 289
White Pigments 290
Earth Colors: Red Yellow Orange and Brown Pigments 295
Blue Pigments 298
Green Pigments 302
Collecting a Sample for Microscopic Examination (McCrone 1982) 305
Raman Spectroscopy 307
Chromatography 312
Inks 314
Summary 314
Further Reading 314
References 315
9 Fossils and Microfossils: Traces of Life 317
Geologic Time and Index Fossils 317
An Introduction to Fossils 322
A Brief Introduction to the Classification of Fossils 329
Invertebrate Paleontology 332
Micropaleontology 354
Collection and Treatment 358
Scanning Electron Microscope 368
Is It Legal to Take This Fossil? 378
Rare-earth Elements 379
Summary 379
References 380
10 Geology and People: Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Archeology 383
Locating Ground Disturbances 384
Search 385
Geophysical Tools 390
Magnetometry 390
Electrical Resistivity (ER) 400
Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) 408
Specialized EMI: Metal Detectors 411
Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) 412
Search and Post-search Operations 423
Elemental and Mineralogical Analysis of Human Bone 424
Summary 428
Further Reading 428
References 428
11 Environmental Forensics: Tracking Pollution to its Source 431
Water: Our Most Precious Natural Resource 433
Surface Water 434
Clean Water Act 436
CERCLA and SARA 440
Groundwater 440
Contaminant Hydrogeology 448
Safe Drinking Water Act 450
Water-quality Measurements 450
Field Water-quality Measurements 452
Water Contamination 455
Analytical Techniques for Chemical Fingerprinting 462
Isotopes in the Environment 463
Summary 470
References 471
Index 472
Color Plates appear between pages 224 and 225
This book has a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/bergslien/forensicgeoscience with Figures and Tables from the book
"Overall, the book is well produced on acid-free, high-quality paper. In addition to the colour plates (also available online), there are many helpful line drawings and a host of Tables with useful information. I suggest that even professional geoscientists involved in forensic work might welcome this book as an aide-memoire. In addition, it is very good value at the price." (Soil Use and Management, 1 December 2012)
"The well-written book contains a wealth of information in the form of determinative tables and illustrations. Anyone interested in geology and forensics will find this a useful resource. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 November 2012)"Apart introducing the interested layman to the fascinating applications of geoforensics, "An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience" can also be used by teachers and undergraduate students of earth sciences as resourceful "physical geology" textbook, even if the book addresses the U.S. market, as many cited laws or classification schemes are valid only in the States. Students or professionals in forensic sciences will profit from an easily accessible text to geological concepts, which emphasize the strengths – but also the limitations – of geology applied to the prosecution of crimes." (Scientific American, 11 October 2012)


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Alexander Skarsgard: Cold Grey Light of Dawn!
Alexander Skarsgard wears a grey tee as he steps out on Monday (August 8) in New York City's Soho neighborhood.
The 34-year-old True Blood actor wore a pair of Apple earbuds while out and about.
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Over the weekend, Alex was spotted out in downtown NYC, where he was nice enough to take a photo with a fan who recognized him.
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Snowboarding and skiing competition hits the rails
March 6, 2012 | Lynchburg,VA
Heavy snow was falling, the temperature was far below freezing and the event was held on a slope-style course, but this was not enough to keep Liberty University's Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Team from qualifying for the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association nationals at last week's Mid-Atlantic Regionals.
The event was held at West Virginia's Snowshoe Mountain Resort, but the snow kept the event from taking place on the larger, better shaped parks. This created a challenge for the team as they are more proficient at larger features and, more specifically, larger jumps.
The snow was to blame for the difficult riding conditions, as it was extremely slow and made it hard to get enough speed even for the smaller jumps. The riders had to be pulled in by their coaches in an attempt to get more speed.
The course consisted of two small jumps with a five-foot gap, an oil-barrel-bonk on top a spine transfer, a down-rail or down-box option, a rail or hip transfer option and a butter-box or a kink-rail. It was recommend that athletes hit as many features as possible on their run through the course to increase their chance of a higher score.
"The course was alright for the most part, it was just the snow. It snowed so much it made it slow and hard to clear the jumps. The down box was my favorite feature," Liberty senior and snowboard team rider Zach Huff said.
Starting and finishing USCSA regionals meant that the team was qualified for nationals at Sunday River, Maine. This was due to a unique position that the Southeastern division of the USCSA was in.
Knowing this information up front was a huge advantage to competing at regionals. It meant that athletes could represent Liberty well and still save some of their bigger, better tricks for nationals. The need to start and finish Saturday had the team up at 6 a.m. to make the three-hour trip to Snowshoe Mountain, and they made the trip back as soon as the event was over.
Coaches Will Scheren and Kevin Mangioub accompanied athletes Ethan Acree, Zach Huff, Zach Bukolt, Dave Promnitz, Eden Jones and Jonathan Steltzer on a the trip.
These six athletes contended against the best collegiate athletes that the Mid-Atlantic had to offer from big names schools like the University of Virginia, Appalachian State University and West Virginia University.
"We rode great. Everybody qualified for nationals." head coach Scheren said. "Eden Jones won the girls division, and we had many other riders podium. It was a difficult day to ride, conditions were slow and snowy, but our riders rode great. Our main objective was to get in there and qualify for nationals and that's what we did."


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Carol Channing and Justin Vivian Bond Together Again
New York, NY (Monday, November 18, 2013) - Producer Daniel Nardicio is pleased to announce that he will bring together two icons for one night only; Three-time Tony Award-winner Carol Channing will join queer icon and Tony Nominee Justin Vivian Bond in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: An Intimate Evening with Carol Channing and Justin Vivian Bond" on Jan. 20, 2014 at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd St, NYC). Musical direction for Mx. Bond is by Lance Horne. The event celebrates the 50th anniversary of Channing's most identified role, Dolly Gallagher Levi in "Hello Dolly," which debuted at the St. James Theatre on Jan. 16, 1964.
On Jan. 20th, the 92-year-old veteran stage and screen actress will regale audiences with stories of her 70-plus years in show business, her upbringing in San Francisco and her numerous costars. Bond, recently hailed by New Yorker as "the greatest cabaret artist of her generation," will open the show with a set of "love songs for Carol" before sitting down with Ms. Channing for a multimedia event featuring clips from her career, celebrity video clips and video questions which will be submitted in advance.
Ms. Channing joined Bond this past summer as part of Nardicio's "Icon Series" on Fire Island, which also boasted a prior summer pairing of Alan Cumming with Liza Minnelli.
Tickets for this once in a lifetime event celebrating Carol Channing are on-sale Monday, Nov. 18th at www.dworld.us or Town Hall box office at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street, NYC).
"A parade passes by? not likely"- The New York Times
Carol Channing's first job on stage in New York was in "No for an Answer," she was 19-years-old. Channing moved to Broadway for" Let's Face It!," in which she was an understudy for Eve Arden. Decades later, Arden would play "Dolly" in a road company after Channing finally relinquished her signature role.
Five years later, Channing had a featured role in a revue, "Lend an Ear." She was spotted and cast in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" as Lorelei Lee, the role that gained her recognition. (Her signature song from the production was "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend".) In 1961, Channing became one of the few performers nominated for a Tony Award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for the short-lived revue "Show Girl." Channing came to national prominence as the star of Jerry Herman's "Hello, Dolly!" (1964). Her performance as Dolly won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, in a year when her chief competition was Barbra Streisand for "Funny Girl."
She also appeared in a number of movies, "The First Traveling Sales Lady" (1956) with Ginger Rogers, the cult film "Skidoo" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," opposite Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore. For "Millie" she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture.
During her film career, Channing also made some guest appearances on television including CBS's "What's My Line?," The movie stealing "White Witch in Alice in Wonderland," voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as Grandmamma in an animated version of "The Addams Family" and "Family Guy," "Sesame Street," "The Muppet Show," "The Love Boat," "Magnum P.I.," "The Nanny," and "Kathy Griffin's: My Life on the D-list."
In 2002, "The Hello Dolly Original Broadway Cast" album received a Grammy in the Grammy Hall of Fame of Historical Significance. Most recently Dori Berinstein has made a documentary film about her called "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" that has received 4.5-5 stars across the board.
Justin Vivian Bond, popularly known as Justin Bond, is an American singer-songwriter, performance artist, occasional actor and book author Hailed as "the greatest cabaret artist of v's generation" by the New Yorker, Bond arose to notability playing the role of Kiki in the drag cabaret act Kiki and Herb. Born physically male, Bond is transgender and prefers the gender-inclusive honorific Mx. (in place of Ms./Mr.)Bond decided to bring an end to the Kiki character in 2004, subsequently embarking on a solo career, being featured in John Cameron Mitchell's film "Shortbus" before releasing the EP "Pink Slip" (2009), followed in 2011 by the album "Dendrophile" and publication of the memoir "Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels."
With a musical voice, self-described as "kind of woody and full with a lot of vibration" Bond has received numerous accolades for performing-winning Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), and Ethyl (2007) awards, while also earning a 2007 Tony nomination. Bond performances have been described as being "hilarious, heart-wrenching, vulnerable, sardonic, Wiccan, and world-weary all at the same time."