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January 11, 2007
This is where I've been for the past week and returning has been seriously painful. I love Cuba. I love the beaches. I love the weather. I love the people. I love the rum. I have, however, missed being in the kitchen, so I guess I will try to focus on that aspect of my return and try not to think about the snow and cold or the lack of snorkeling, swimming, beach volleyballing, catamaraning, kayaking and lack of general all around fun that constitutes being home. To make returning a little less painful, I ensured I would have a parcel waiting for me. Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands… Although I am grateful to have received my precious, precious Dorie Greenspan book for Christmas, there were so many others that I wanted as well. My family has proven themselves to be unreliable providers of cookbooks, it took months of hints before Dorie's book was in my grasp and it's a long way off until Christmas 2007, so I realized that if I wanted new cookbooks I had to get them myself.
Well, I dug through the sofa cushions, emptied the piggy bank, sold a kidney and sprung for some new books. Pretty ones. When most girls say they like pretty things they mean diamonds or shoes or some silly little purse, those things are only good for me if I can pawn them to buy real pretty things, like cookbooks. Although diamonds are shiny, they're just rocks, and if I want rocks I can go find some in the backyard. Most girls like shoes, but then again most girls don't have snowshoes for feet. Until Bigfoot is captured and it's deemed necessary for said Bigfoot to have the latest in fru fru footwear I don't think pretty shoes are something that are going to be made in my size. As for the silly little purses, given my apparently monstrous size, (now picture Bigfoot with a frilly purse) a dainty little sac of material that can't hold more than a few sticks of gum just looks ridiculous and out of proportion. And so, with all of the usual pretty things out of the picture, I turn my attention to cookbooks.
This is a relatively new obsession for me and also one that is proving to be quite costly. Amazon and Chapters-Indigo are quickly becoming my best friends but they can also serve as wolves in sheep's clothing. They lure me in with the promise of reduced prices but don't let me leave until I've spent enough to earn free shipping, and then some. I was thrilled when I received an email saying Chapters-Indigo was having a huge boxing week sale and even more thrilled when I discovered some excellent titles at prices under $5! It was insanity! It was too good to be true. As fast as I clicked, I wasn't fast enough. Time and time again the words "Out of Stock" flashed cruelly onto my screen. In the end, the only really good deal I got was La Mia Cucina Toscana for about $12. But then I needed to spend more money to get free shipping and unfortunately my taste is expensive. I managed a minute amount of restraint, as much as I would love to own the El Bulli cookbooks, I couldn't bring myself to pay upwards of $300 for just one book. Instead I selected two books whose titles seem to come up again and again as if a sign that I should have them: Happy in the Kitchen and Falling Cloudberries. I only just received them yesterday and have thoroughly been enjoying drooling over all of the beautiful pictures. I think I mentally bookmarked just about every recipe there was. I'm still not done going through them but I'm very happy with my purchases. The only thing I find puzzling is that the cover of Happy in the Kitchen does not have my picture on it… I'm sure you will see a number of recipes coming from these books in the very near future.
The blog world didn't sleep while I was away and in my absence, Scott of Real Epicurean tagged me for a Meme called "5 Things You Didn't Know About Me". And so without further ado, prepare to be astounded by 5 new facts about me:
1- Although I pass myself off quite convincingly as a Culinary Casanova, I have never eaten truffles, foie gras, quinces or a macaron, (other than my own failed attempt at making the last one).
2- I once parasailed over extinct volcanoes.
3- I can only tell right from left because when I was little I tripped and fell and broke my baby finger on my right hand. It's been crooked ever since and has served to remind me which side is right.
4- I've snorkeled on the world's largest and second largest coral reefs.
5- I think Dorie Greenspan is the coolest ever! What? You knew that already? Hmm, well then, I wish unicorns were real.
As a re-introduction to my kitchen and an homage to my trip, I've made yet another Dorie recipe, (I will make you all love her too) with a couple of my own adaptations to increase the Cuba factor. Dorie's Rum Drenched Vanilla Cake is lifted to another level with the addition of coconut and the use of some of my precious supply of Cuban rum, (I might have smuggled in a little more than my share, but I could help it, I needed all 4 bottles). Also, instead of making a loaf cake as suggestion, I opted for cupcakes, no real reason there. Dorie tells me this cake is even better the next day and I can only imagine what that could mean as it's already pretty amazing as far as I'm concerned. Dorie, we could be such a great team!
In my absence I didn't even look at a computer so I was completely unaware that I had been shortlisted for a Foodblog Award for Best New Food Blog, and I missed voting entirely. When I returned I found out both that I was shortlisted and that I didn't win at the same time, but I was pretty happy to see that I had been considered as I was certainly in good company. Nicole, of Pinch My Salt was the well deserved winner in the Best New Food Blog Category, congrats! To see all of the winners and nominees you can check out the announcement over on the Well Fed Network it's well worth a look.
Memories of Cuba Cupcakes (Adapted from Dorie Greenspan's Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes in Baking: From My Home to Yours)
For the Cupcakes
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 ¼ tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
½ cup vanilla sugar
½ cup sugar (very generous)
2 ¼ tsp pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp coconut extract
3 eggs, room temp
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 ½ T Havana Club Dark Reserve Rum
7 ½ T butter, melted and cooled
1/3 cup (generous) coconut plus an extra little handful of toasted coconut
For the Syrup
1/6th cup water
1/8th cup sugar
1/8th cup Dark Havana Club Reserve Rum
(If you're wondering why the measurements are a little funny it's because among the other changes I made to Dorie's recipe, I also halved it.)
Centre a rack in the oven and preheat to 350F. Grease and flour a 12 cup muffin tin. Place the pan on a insulated baking sheet.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Thoroughly whisk together the sugars and eggs. Whisk in the extracts, then the cream, followed by the rum. Gently stir in the dry ingredients in 3 or 4 additions, the batter will be smooth and thick. Finish by folding in the melted butter in 2 or 3 additions. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and put 'em in the oven.
As soon as you put the cakes in the oven, start on the syrup. Stir the water and sugar together in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar melts, then bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the rum. Pour the syrup into a heat proof bowl and let cool. (*Next time I would actually increase the amount of syrup.)
The cupcakes will bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Place pan on a rack for 5 minutes before unmolding the cupcakes then place them on a wire rack. Poke little holes all over the cupcakes (I used a bamboo skewer) and brush with the syrup, working slowly so the cakes sop it all up. Sprinkle the tops with the toasted coconut. Leave the cakes on the rack to cool to room temperature.
If you've got the time, wrap the completely cooled cakes in plastic wrap and let them sit on the counter overnight—the flavour really develops with a leisurely rest, (I like to think of it as relaxing on the beach). Wrapped airtight, the cakes will keep for 4 days at room temp. If you don't drench them with rum, you can keep the cupcakes well wrapped in the freezer for up to 2 months, but really, why would you do that?
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27 comments:
- tammy said...
I have trouble with my lefts and rights, too. Only my hands look exactly the same so I've learned to settle for getting things wrong 50 percent of the time.
Thanks for introducing me to your blog. I'm shocked and ashamed I haven't visited sooner!
- 10:41 p.m.
- Scott at Real Epicurean said...
It's good to see you back. You're one of my regular reads - keep it up (and hope to see you at my place for Weekend Herb Blogging on the 21st)!
- 10:50 p.m.
- K & S said...
Wow! Cuba, sounds fun! Love the books you got for yourself too, I think they are also on my wishlist...Glad you are back!
- 11:41 p.m.
- Elle said...
Welcome back! Cuba sounds fantastic.
The cupcakes are beautiful. Will have to try with non-Cuban rum.
Have you snorkled in Micronesia? Great lagoon at Pohnpei to snorkle in, also Truk lagoon with sunken ships. You would look good there, too.
- 1:06 a.m.
- Elle said...
Just read that DMBLGIT is open for December. You should enter your Drunken Cheesecake photo. It is food porn of the highest order.
- 1:32 a.m.
- Writing At The Kitchen Table said...
Glad to see you had such a wonderful holiday!
The Falling Cloudberries book is wonderful, I bought it in the summer and have cooked from it many times. Very diverse selection of recipes but most of all it is beautiful to look at!
- 2:27 a.m.
- Anne said...
The beach looks so inviting... miss your post while you were away... glad your back :)
- 3:22 a.m.
- Meeta said...
Brilynn great to have you back. That beach looks brilliant. BTW I know what you mean about making Amazon your best friend. i have been spending way too much time and money on cookbooks - even though I got 2 for Christmas I just ordered 2 more, and we are still in January!!!!! Look forward to more recipes from you though!
- 3:47 a.m.
That is one incredible beach!
Cakes are lovely too.
Returns always seem a little hard.
- 5:53 a.m.
- Gattina said...
Glad you're back! Your great sense of humor certainly warms up the whole country! I'm stitching my split side after reading you find some rock in yard *lol*
Ok, it's serious, that syrup on cupcakes, seriously good!
- 6:32 a.m.
- Asha said...
So that's where you were!!What a wonderful country to visit!Glad you it and I enjoyed reading it and that Cuban cup cake is a killer!YUM!!
- 8:41 a.m.
- Marce said...
ohh so jealous (both for the cookbooks and Cuba)!
Which city did you visit? I went mmm 7 years ago to Cayo Largo, la Habana and Varadero. Ohhh those white beaches *sigh*
- 9:53 a.m.
- Ellie said...
Welcome back - though I imagine it would have been tough to leave those beautiful beaches (how is the sky that blue??)
The cupcakes are adorable! I have access to no cuban rum, but perhaps I can find something to substitute and fill my Cuba-less life till I'm lucky enough to make it over there as well!
- 10:02 a.m.
- Rachel said...
Cuba! How exotic!
- 10:35 a.m.
- wheresmymind said...
You should've stopped in and visited Fidel...your cooking sure would've cheered him up!
- 10:37 a.m.
- Pamela said...
Cuba looks amazing and so do your cupcakes!
- 1:29 p.m.
- The TriniGourmet said...
yay cuba :)
yay you're back :)
- 2:26 p.m.
- Kristen said...
So glad you are back! You've been missed!
- 3:39 p.m.
- Sara said...
Glad to have you back, rested and with new cookbooks! Did you take that starfish picture? It's pretty.
- 4:05 p.m.
- Lis said...
Once again you got me to burst out laughing while trying to look seriously at work here. Nice, Brilynn.. reallll nice. You're trying to get me fired aren't you?
And as much as I'd like to have a 6 pack of them lil rum cakes this weekend.. and as much as I'm happy that you are back (and I am VERY happy!) and as much as I'm loving you for letting me know there is an actual book out there called La Mia Cucina?? I can't wait to buy it! YOU MUST BAKE BREAD FROM IT SOON! And as much as all that.. the one thing that I will take with me and think about more than anything else.. is that lil crooked finger of yours. :D
- 4:43 p.m.
- Mary said...
Amazon is my enabler as well and not just for cookbooks either. :) Welcome back!
- 4:49 p.m.
- WhItE_PoPlAr said...
Brylin, welcome back. Have been missing your delightful posts! So envious that you could visit Cuba. I loved to go there one day!
- 5:50 p.m.
- eliza said...
glad you're back! the beach looked very inviting!
- 5:56 p.m.
- Brilynn said...
Thanks for welcoming me back, it makes my return somewhat less painful...
Elle- thanks for the suggestion, I was actually considering that pic for dmblgit, and now I've gone ahead and sent it in.
Marce- I was in Cayo Coco, this was my third time in Cuba. I've previously been to Trinidad Del Mar and Marea Del Portillo, I love Cuba.
Sara- I did take the starfish pic, thanks.
Lis- I thought of you when I ordered the cookbook, there actually aren't any bread recipes, but since you told me I'm now allowed to do another bread post, I'm gonna do it!
A note about these muffins: They really do get better the next day, and they're super extra tasty if you pour crumble it onto ice cream and slater it in caramel rum sauce...
- 7:30 p.m.
- peabody said...
What fun tribute to your trip!
- 3:03 p.m.
- Stefanie said...
i guess someone else did beat me to tagging you on this. a fun read nevertheless... you seem like an adventurous soul! :)
- 9:34 p.m.
- Pille said...
Another can't-tell-left-from-right person here:) I've got a birthmark on my left wrist, which I've always used as a guide to tell one from another:)
Never had truffles either, but I've had nice ones in Paris (and unsuccessfully tried to recreate them at home); I've cooked quince a few times, but that was only last autumn:)
And I'd really, really, really like to go to Cuba!!!
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Wow, not much activity here. I'm looking for people to hit or do sets with. I don't know my rating, but used to be decent and still seem to be. I just want to get out, get fit and have fun. Heavy competition is not my forte, but if we do sets I won't mind winning (or losing...:). Anywhere in Santa Fe is fine with me. Tomorrow, Sunday, March 3, would be great, but I'm available pretty much anytime it's sunny and in the 50s or higher. Anybody out there? m
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I'll be on the court from 11am to 1pm on Sunday. If you can play before or after then I'll have time.
Sounds good. When are you available? I live near Rodeo and Yucca.
Saturday at any time or Sunday afternoon
Last call to hit today
Anyone wanna get out and hit?
Anyone want to play some tennis this weekend?
Anyone want to play some tennis this weekend?
Hi Mark,
I'm looking to get back into tennis after a number of years off the court. I'm retired from Los Alamos National Lab, but started working out about three months ago and I'm in reasonably decent shape now. I think I can still cover some court and should be able to shake off the rust and start hitting the ball again, but I am slightly terrified about the prospect of serving again! I'm sure it will come back, but it will be an adventure.
If you're still out there, you can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, or on my cell: 505-946-7091
I look forward to hearing from you!
Hi Mark,
I'm in SF for the month of October and am looking for some individuals or groups to play with. I'm a 4.0 on a decent day and like doubles or singles, men or mixed.
My cell phone is 206-601-8157. Can call or text.
The weather is supposed to clear up tomorrow and Wednesday. Let me know Ford, we can hit then-
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Coast Guard: Disabled Carnival Ship on the Move
The crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph slowly making its way back to port suffered another setback Thursday when a tow line snapped, setting the ship adrift once again as crews worked to repair it. WSJ's Arian Campo-Flores joins The News Hub with the latest. Photo: AP.
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Much to the disdain of British tennis umpires, John McEnroe will make his video game debut in the upcoming Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, EA Sports announced on Thursday. McEnroe will be one of several playable "legends," in addition to a staple of current ones, when the game arrives on June 16.
"Having a champion like John McEnroe exclusive to Grand Slam Tennis reflects our commitment to deliver an authentic, entertaining, and deep representation of the sport," said Dave McCarthy, vice president of EA Sports. "McEnroe's success, charisma and passion for tennis easily make him one of the most recognizable and colorful personalities, not just in tennis, but all sports."
All told, McEnroe's presence, the exclusive Wimbledon rights, and in-game sponsors like Nike suggest EA is serious about giving both 2K's Top Spin and Sega's Virtua Tennis series a run for their money. What's more, EA's game promises to be one of the first to support Wii Motion Plus, even though the peripheral has seemingly been delayed.
Regardless, EA Sports president Peter Moore told the Sporting News yesterday that the controller attachment makes all the difference. "If you think about the normal movement you get with the Wii remote, you know you can sit on your couch and flick your wrist and you get the same reaction," he said. "What the Wii Motion plus allows you to do is do a true authentic sports motion. When you swing the racquet and you bring it back for an overhead lob or smash, then that is reflected."


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The Carphone Warehouse has done something incredible. The UK retailer has made the Lumia 520 even more affordable. Priced at just £59.95, those who are seeking a PAYG (Pay As You Go) upgrade will be able to save 40 percent over previous pricing. While networks are tied to the handset when checking out, Carphone Warehouse generally deal with SIM-free devices.
So how do you know if you qualify for the upgrade? You'll need to have a PAYG account that's been topped up for the past six months. Fear not if you're not quite there as the standard price is just £80. It's almost humorous just how affordable this Windows Phone is here in the UK.
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WR is less than a month away and still no matches. I'm a big Piper and Funk fan but I'm all PWG all the way and want to make my driving plans ahead of time if the card is enticing enough. I take it they are still sorting out their fly ins or late bookings like Low Ki.
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Friends to the End!
Sky, Bolo, and Rotty to the Rescue!
Howdy Backers! We've got some special news for you today – a first look at our next major Half-Genie Hero expansion, "Friends to the End"! Up until now, we've referred to this one as simply "friends mode": the stretch goal that adds Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops as playable heroes. Today we're ready to pull back the curtain and show off this awesome new addition!
The Missing Piece of the Story!
Friends to the End takes place chronologically in the middle of Shantae's storyline. Unlike the (possibly embellished) tale of Pirate Queen's Quest, this new mode would be considered "official cannon", and fills in a part of the narrative that we, as the audience, were previously not witness to.
Shantae has been turned to evil by the foul Risky Boots by way of a polarity-swapping machine, and is reborn as Nega-Shantae! Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops must enter Shantae's mind in order to rescue her consciousness from the "Nightmare Realm"; a series of twisted memories designed to swallow Shantae whole.
This will not be an easy task for the three adventurers, who lack both genie magic, and the ability to get along.
This translates into a brand new mode with three new heroes, a whole new story, and altered memories (revamped versions of existing levels) to explore and conquer. The icing on the cake is a new final level, and a showdown against Nega-Shantae.
Friends Game Play!
For Friends to the End, you'll be controlling Sky, Bolo, and Rotty all at the same time, swapping freely between heroes. Each hero has a special ability that is useful for overcoming certain obstacles, but players are given a wide berth as to which character they want to use for the most part. Let's take a look at each character!
All About Sky:
Sky is quick and agile, and can make long jumps by using her bird Wrench as a glider. Sky attacks by throwing seagulls, which are somewhat weak, but can hit at long range. Her special ability is to toss eggs, which explode into instant platforms! Finally, she can spend Dream Magic to summon an orbiting flock of birds for extra defense! Sky is definitely the best character!
All About Bolo:
Bolo deals heavy damage with his spiked Bolo Chain, which offers medium range and decent speed. He can also fire a Spring Claw at odd angles to knock away annoying airborne enemies. His special ability is to latch onto certain objects with his Spring Claw, which lets him to swing around freely like some sort of bionic ninja! To hit distant enemies, Bolo spends Dream Magic to toss a pong-style Spike Ball, which bounces diagonally at high speed. Bolo is definitely the best character!
All About Rottytops:
Rotty attacks by removing her zombie leg and using it as a club, dealing massive damage at short range. Her special move is the Head Toss. Rotty can aim her head freely in any direction, and toss it through certain barriers and over or under obstacles. Anywhere her head safely lands, she can reform. By spending Dream Magic, Rottytops can eat a brain to replenish her Hearts! Rottytops is definitely the best character!
Leveling Up!
From a design perspective, Friends to the End differs from Shantae and Risky's modes in that the power up system exists "in the field". There are no menus or inventory to manage. Collecting Gems will cause a hero to LEVEL UP, increasing their attack speed and damage dealt. Getting hit by enemies incurs a penalty, dropping the power level. Enemies and Bosses have been tailored around these new concepts, dropping health and Gems to feed the player's needs. You could say that "Friends to the End" is part puzzle game, part action game, and part player management.
Meet the Cast!
We've saved the best for last! The time has come to reveal the incredible talent who will be voicing Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops!
Karen Strassman as Sky!
Karen is an Actress, VO Artist, VO Director and Dialect Coach. She has created over a thousand voice-over characters of all shapes, sizes, genders, ages, and species, from classic Disney princesses, to iconic villainesses, to talking jellyfish and shy tadpoles.
Karen's VO credits include: Monster High, DC Super Hero Girls, Sonic (Rouge the Bat), Hellsing Ultimate (Heinkel Wolfe), Ever After High, LEGO Friends, Winx Club, Rugrats All Growed Up, Resident Evil, LEGO Dimensions, World of WarCraft (Vanessa VanCleef, Chromie), League of Legends (Casseopeia, Fiora, Shyvana, Zyra & Elise), Mortal Kombat (Kitana, Mileena), StarCraft 2 (Izsha), Street Fighter X Tekken (Poison), Fallout 4 (Overseer Barstow), Fallout: New Vegas (Beatrix), Heroes of the Storm (Chromie), Persona (Aigis, Nanako), Zero Escape (Phi), Fire Emblem (Anna, Olivia, Hana), Dead or Alive (Helena), Diablo, Final Fantasy, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Silent Hill, Halo Wars 2, Bioshock 2, Bleach (Soi Fon, Momo), Code Geass (Kallen Stadtfeld) and many, many more.
Nathan Sharp as Bolo!
Nathan Sharp is an Asian-American voice actor, musician and songwriter best known for his music-oriented channel, NateWantsToBattle. Covering a wide array of songs, his music portfolio totals up to over 200 compositions and renditions that range from parodies of popular hits to English renditions of anime openings to music about video games and anime to his original album "Sandcastle Kingdoms" released in March 2017 that charted on iTunes #1 Alternative Albums and Billboard's Heatseekers Chart.
Nathan's voice can be heard in Funimation's dub of Luck & Logic as Yoshichika Tsurugi, Attack on Titan as Marcel, Gapri in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator as Craig Cahn, Midboss's 2064: Read Only Memories as Chad, Magic Pants's Heroes Never Lose as Pronto, Skip Beat! as Imai, Kieran from Indigo Ignited, Pinstripe as George the Dog from Atmos Games, Funimation's dubs of Puzzle and Dragons X, Cheer Boys, Disastrous Life of Saiki K, Handa-kun and Endride.
Cherami Leigh as Rottytops!
Cherami Leigh has been in the industry for 20 years. She has been in over 75 commercials, and has worked on over 100 anime projects including "Lucy" in Fairy Tail, "Asuna" in Sword Art Online, "Road" in D. Grayman, "Lizzie" in Black Butler, "Mai" in Ghost Hunt, and "Patty" in Soul Eater and has worked on over 20 video games- including Borderlands 2- in which she plays the popular DLC- Gaige.
She voices "Sailor Venus" in Sailor Moon, "Tome" in Mob Psycho 100, "Kudelia" in Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, "Claudia Peer" in Gundam: Thunderbolt, "Ilia" in RWBY, "A2" in Nier Automata and "Makoto" in the Persona 5. And was recently announced to be playing "Sarada" in Boruto: Naruto The Movie and multiple characters in Fire Emblem: Heroes. She has a lead role in the animated feature "Ribbit," has guest starred on "Doc McStuffins" and plays "Peanut Big Top" in the La La Loopsy Girls.
We're thrilled to have these three incredibly talented performers playing alongside Cristina Vee (voice of Shantae and Risky Boots) in Friends to the End. Please hit them up on social media, show your appreciation, and welcome them to the project! As far as when you can hear them in action…
Release Plans!
Ok, one more bit of good news before we sign off...
Development of Friends to the End is FINISHED!
The game is being prepped for submission to Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Valve right now! This new DLC will be FREE to Backers, and paid content for the public. As usual, it takes several weeks to pass submissions and get download codes. We expect this content to arrive in time for the holidays, so we hope you'll finish Mario, and clear your calendars!
Final Thoughts!
For those curious about the status of our physical rewards - we need to delay just a bit more on the art book and music CD so that we can include the extra artwork and music from "Friends to the End" and "Costume Mode". We won't be able to give a solid delivery date until everything is in hand, since it all will ship together. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Thank you, and get excited for Friends to the End!
Sergio Silva on
Yeah, that's great and all, looks good, but... what about the deficient translations in other languages? For what I know not only the Spanish traduction is very poor, The French and Italian ones are very poor too, aren't you going to fix that? I think it's a shame, when I backed this game I was expecting quality in every way, and instead of that, I got a very deficient translation. Which is odd, because with Pirate's Curse it was OK, it wasn't excelent, but it was decent. I don't know, it's up to you, guys, but in this particular topic I'm very dissapointed with you.
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Friends to the end just reminds me of Chucky.
Michael St. George MataticsSuperbackeron
Wow, all three of those characters sound… simply the best! But let's not forget Shantae—once she is liberated from the incumbent disorder of being stuck in the abominable state of "Nega-Shantae", she will be good as new (if not better!) Remember, Shantae is definitely the best character!
Francis Tourigny on
Thanks, keep up the good work!
WayForward Creator on
@Francis - All DLC not released yet is currently in production.
@Miraglyth - We plan on shipping all the physical goods together. We will include the extra artwork and music from "Friends to the End" and "Costume Mode" thus everything is delayed till we can add everything to the Artbook and the CD.
Darmin Hadzic on
Pretty excited for this! I enjoyed the base game, the hard mode, and Risky, and this looks like it'll be fun to play as well.
Jeremie LariviereSuperbackeron
very cool update, definitely the best character :-)
Trevor McDoctor - Day 0 Shantae Fan on
How-how how did you know I was glued to Mario Odyssey?? I-it's not like I like Mario games or anything, b-baka.
Yeah so this is amazing, the dreams of playing as Bolo and Rottytops are finally coming true! This is an incredible gaming year! Thank you for this awesome update!
Vince VazquezSuperbackeron
Awesome! Everything here sounds radical and that's a heckuva cast. Can't wait to leap into this... again, but on a different platform :P I haven't played this since I beat it "vanilla style" on Wii U. I really gotta get it again on PS4 or Steam, and dive into the sweet, sweet DLC expansions y'all are cranking out!
Miraglyth on
...just one mode for all three now? I guess that's not so bad. I'd rather that and some more unique content than three more iterations of the Risky mode reskin, at least.
I presume the physical rewards are all planned to be shipped out in one wave, including the coin which wasn't mentioned in this update?
Howard Hamilton Whittle on
This looks like it's going to be a great mode! Showdown with Nega-Shantae? YES PLEASE! And Rotty is definitely best character :p
David Weise on
Thank you for the update on the physical rewards, I'll continue to be patient :)
Francis Tourigny on
Any news about the color swap and Drifter Blade DLC? You said that it was ready last august. That being said, I'm happy that gameplay related content gets the priority.
Adam Steen on
Wow you guy's snagged Cherami Leigh for Rottytops? Definitely looking forward to her performance as best girl!
Cyber Shantak on
Awesome that we'll be getting this soon! Great picks on the voice talent for these characters.
Cherami Leigh has definitely played a lot of roles, including Plutia from the Hyperdimension Neptunia series.
Ariel Herrera Morera on
Just one thing, you're the best of best, thanks for everything, I'm very proud to be a backer for this game and count with in future projects.
Remy "Eisu" MokhtarSuperbackeron
Awwwwww, yissss! I welcome new content especially if it's free for backers (though if it wasn't, I'd have bought it anyway) also, SKYYY!!! Awesoooommmeee!!
Brian Gillespie on
Finish Mario? What if we already did that..... I had a lot of time, and it was a really gooooood game....
Niki CoppolaSuperbackeron
Awesome! Can't wait to play this new mode. Wii U still lives!!
Michael Reusser on
See, this is what all kickstarters need: CONSISTENT UPDATES AND CREATOR INVOLVEMENT. Seriously though, looking forward to all of this and I am glad you've stuck with us for so long.
WayForward Creator on
@Douglas - No. The switch version is not included in the Kickstarter campaign therefore is not a available through Kickstarter or to backers. This version is not include or associated to this campaign.
Douglas Truong on
If we backed the Wii U version but bought it on Switch after the fact, can we select the expansion for Switch?
Xi The 11th WeaponSuperbackeron
Sigma Star Saga sequel when?


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Traveling Within Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines flies to Addis Ababa from Washington, D.C. (703/572-6809 or 011-251/11-665-6666, ethiopianairlines.com, round-trip fares run about $1,270, including taxes and fees). Travelers must reconfirm all flights from the point of departure. This is true for internal flights, too: All visits within Ethiopia will be interrupted by a trip to the airline office, unless your hotel sends someone for you.
The weather is warmest and driest between October and mid-March. Plan ahead if your visit is during Timkat (in January), or Meskel (in September).
The towns are small, so there aren't really addresses. If you're looking for someplace specific, the easiest thing is to ask. Many people speak English.
Tukul Village Hotel in Lalibela is on the main road, on the south side of town (011-251/33-336-0564, $39). Government-run hotels, meanwhile, are booked most easily through a travel agent or the Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa (011-251/11-551-3222, www.ghionhotel.com.et).
Any hotel can arrange a guide--who often ends up being the man who met you at the airport. Terekbe Mersha can be reached at email@example.com or 011-251/911-034-463.
Outside of a hotel, a restaurant, or the company of a guide, you won't spend a few seconds without getting asked for money. Develop a thick skin, and consider donating to a local charity.


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Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) was a Presbyterian minister in St. Louis, Missouri. He began publishing a religious newspaper, The St. Louis Observer, and advocating the abolition of slavery. He moved to Alton, Illinois, in July, 1836 after his press was attacked by a mob. He actively supported the Anti-Slavery Society of Illinois, which enraged many of the local citizens. Even after three presses had been destroyed, he continued to publish the Alton Observer. On November 7, 1837, a mob attacked the warehouse where a new press was being stored, and Lovejoy was killed. This account is dated November 8, and is written from a pro-abolition perspective, calling the attack nothing less than arson and murder. William Butler began publication of the Hampshire Gazette on September 6, 1786, in Northampton, Massachusetts. It has been in continuous publication since then and is now called the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
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State Board Identifies NJ Public Education Priorities
The New Jersey State Board of Education has identified six critical issues in education that should be addressed as part of the comprehensive public policy debate expected during this years gubernatorial campaign, Board President Arnold G. Hyndman announced today.
"Our state is in process of a leadership change right now," Dr. Hyndman said. "Whoever is elected Governor in November will have a number of significant education-related issues to address.
"By statute, the State Board is the policymaking body for public education in New Jersey and is charged with its general supervision and control. The other Board members and I felt it was important to help launch what we believe will be a constructive and productive dialogue this fall by clearly identifying what we believe to be the most critical education issues facing our state," he said.
"New Jersey has made considerable progress in education," said State Board Vice President Debra Casha. "However, there is much that remains to be done. We look forward to working with the next administration to address these issues because we must sustain the upward trend in student achievement."
The document released today at the Boards September meeting listed the following critical issue areas:
- Quality teachers and school leaders
- Language arts and mathematics literacy
- Assessment
- International education
- Vocational education
- The funding of a thorough and efficient education
The Board has forwarded its priority policy issues document to Acting Governor Richard J. Codey and all New Jersey gubernatorial candidates.
The full text of the issues document can be found on the Department of Education's Web site here: http://www.nj.gov/njded/sboe/issues/priorities.shtml.
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William H. Novak, 59, of Leavenworth, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at his home. He was born Nov. 17, 1953, the son of Leo L. and Marguerite M. (Vanlanker) Novak.
On Dec. 6, 1980, he married, Karen M. Herrmann in St. Louis, Mo. She survives of the home. He is also survived by his son, Louis W. Novak (fiancée Lauren); grandson, Carter W. Novak, all of Leavenworth; mother, Marguerite Novak, of Kansas City, Mo.; and brothers, John Novak (Kay) of North Port, Fla., Michael Novak of Kansas City, Mo., Stephen Novak (Margaret) of Lees Summit, Mo., Gregory Novak of Kansas City, Mo., Stanley Novak (Jaylene) of Overland Park, Kan., Edmond Novak of Kansas City, Mo., Thomas Novak, Albuquerque, N.M., and Robert Novak (Ann) of Lees Summit, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his father and brother Richard Novak.
William had worked with the Coalition for Independence and was a volunteer at the Cushing Hospital. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, a reception of his body will be held at the Sacred Heart Church followed by a visitation. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the Mount Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials are made to the Immaculata High School scholarship fund in care of the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home.


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All the problems investors face—from a fiscal meltdown to the various economic woes around the world—add up to one daunting prospect: Another possible recession just over the horizon.
As the financial world puts Tuesday's presidential election behind it, the light in the tunnel could be an economic freight train.
Slowing corporate profits, the remnants of Superstorm Sandy and the ramifications of the "fiscal cliff" in Washington are expected to result in at least two quarters of slow or no growth that could make investing even trickier than it was during the ups and downs of 2012.
"The other overriding problem is we never really gained true escape velocity this cycle," David Rosenberg, economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff in Toronto, told CNBC. (Read More: CEOs to Washington: Get a 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Done)
That "escape velocity" refers to the strength an economy shows in which it catapults itself out of a tight range of growth and can withstand shocks such as those posed in the U.S.
As Rosenberg pointed out, the economy in the late 1980s was able to tolerate the Black Monday stock market crash, while the late 1990s strength was enough to fend off the Asian crisis.
With current U.S. gross domestic product growth at just 2 percent, that's not enough to battle through problems as steep as the fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts, as well as storm damage and weakness in global markets.
"There's no question that if we get the fiscal cliff that we're going to get recession next year," Rosenberg said. "The only question is how deep."
Rosenberg is not alone: Strategas earlier this week said it expects a recession early in 2013, and University of Maryland economist Peter Morici said that "the President and Congress will not be able to raise taxes — be those on the wealthiest of the wealthy or anyone else — and cut spending without risking a second recession, deeper and more painful than the Great Recession."
Even if the cliff gets fixed, that in itself will mean the economy will slow even further.
Any remedies indeed will include higher taxes and spending cuts, though likely less than those prescribed by law if Congress fails to act on the current menu that will take place automatically unless deficit-reduction targets are hit.
The best hope is that the warring Washington factions can come up with something at least somewhat palatable to investors. (Read More: Fixing 'Fiscal Cliff' Will Mean 'High, Higher' Taxes: Gross)
"There's something to be said about getting ahead of the problem and preventing the fiscal side from being increasingly structural over time," Rosenberg said. "It's going to make the painful resolution that much more painful down the road."
From the market's standpoint, investors are likely to weather a recession by moving to more basic strategies and perhaps taking some money off the table.
"As far as people I talk to in the real world, they want to let the dust settle just to see what's going to happen," said Nadav Baum, executive vice president at BPU Investment Management in Pittsburgh. "There's a little trepidation of where we are headed, what the tax structure's going to be."
Wall Street has recoiled since President Barack Obama won a second term following the hotly contested election in which Republican Mitt Romney painted the incumbent as anti-business. Stocks plunged more than 2 percent Wednesday and were off again Thursday afternoon, though not as steeply. (Read More: Stocks Fall as Fiscal Cliff Worries Linger)
Interestingly, one of the areas thought most vulnerable to an impending tax hike was outperforming the broader market.
Taxes on dividends are almost certain to increase from their current 15 percent level, but an exchange-traded fund that tracks the group, the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund, was off only narrowly.
"The reality is that 60 percent of market return is dividend," Baum said. "So I'm a dividend buyer. If it means taxes are going higher, so be it."
Investors overall have taken a cautious approach to the market, and a looming recession likely will only exacerbate an unwillingness to commit money.
In the week prior to the election, investors pulled cash both from stocks and bonds. Equity-based mutual funds lost $1.4 billion while bond funds saw outflows of $895 million, according to Lipper fund flow data.
Continued accommodation from Federal Reserve monetary policy has been the antidote to fear of risk. (Read More: Why Stocks May Keep Falling: 'The Sugar High Will End')
This week's market drop "does reflect real worry about the fiscal cliff" but "we view this as anxiety as an opportunity to buy, not sell," said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at the Economic Outlook Group.
"Both the real economy and the stock market will be comforted by a continuation of current monetary policy as well as credible signs in the days ahead that the White House and Congress are making progress to avoid a fiscal cliff dive," he added.
Tony Dwyer, equity strategist at Canaccord Genuity, reiterated a 1,650 price target for the Standard & Poor's 500 for 2013, advising investors to "use any weakness, or strength, to add to our favored sectors." They include consumer discretionary, information tech, financials and industrials.
Rosenberg, of Gluskin Sheff, warned investors not to get too daring in their choices, Fed policy or not.
"We have a situation where the range of outcomes is extremely wide," he said. "What that tells me from an investing standpoint is that we have to be fully diversified right now. I would not be taking concentrated bets across any asset class."
For Baum, the most important thing for investors to watch is not letting their emotions overcome their choices. He thinks Washington will come to a resolution that, at some point, will placate markets.
"You can't keep kicking things down the road," he said. "Once you get more certainty you get markets that will react and act more like markets, as opposed to emotional roller coasters."


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|Each period is 1,000 hours and equates to how many steps it would take to achieve journey person status. (i.e.: 8 steps - 1000 hours each = 8000 Hr program)
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Cisco delivers new multivendor, interoperable communications solutions for government and enterprise industries
At Cisco we often talk about mobile workers and mean the types of employees who travel to other cities, states, and countries, or (even) work from home. However, there is another type of mobile worker we're helping. Someone I'll call the "on-premise mobile worker". While this person may have a desk, they also have to travel around a small geography while keeping in touch with others on the job. Think of police traveling within their city, local transportation employees surveying roadways and tunnels, or school resources officers on a school campus. For many years these on-premise mobile workers kept in touch with radio. Eventually, some moved to mobile phones or tablets. However, organizations with these types of workers often use more than one type of device and need a blended solution. A way to use both radio and IP together.
With this in mind, Cisco has introduced the Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration system solution. While the name is a mouthful – even the acronym IPICS is long – what this solution offers is quite simple. . Cisco IPICS helps organizations create a unified, integrated radio and IP communications system. With this unified approach they're able to manage distributed teams of people and mission critical communications over multiple radio networks and systems. This, in turn, helps improve incident response and decision making.
At Denton Independent School District in Texas, school resource officers have central command centers and rely on desktops with multiple large monitors. However, they also have a field of school safety officers who are usually mobile as they traverse hallways and classrooms. With Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration Systems (IPICS), they can still perform their security duties while mobile, and monitor events continuously as they are moving to the scene. Principals use IPICS on their iPads and iPhones to allow them to access any camera in the district from classrooms, hallways, cafeterias. With remote access capability they have increased situational awareness, and improved decision making with the ability to track the movement of individuals by switching camera views, which allows them to go straight to where they are needed, and resolve the situation much faster.
Cisco is now shipping its new IP interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) solution version 4.6, providing a new set of multivendor, interoperable communications capabilities for operations and dispatch centers across government and enterprise industries.
This new release of IPICS expands virtualization to the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)E-Series, expands the Cisco open IP standards called Digital Fixed Station Interaface (DFSI) and offers customers a new SolutionPlus touch screen interface from IP Trade.
The IPICS Dispatch console has a new feature called "tear away items" allowing dispatchers to customize their screen real estate and includes new telephony features such as global phone book providing instant telephony communications with critical personnel.
Cisco's IPICS 4.6 represents the next generation in open multivendor platforms. New features and functions in this release include the following:
- Direct radio network interoperability—This release supports Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI), Console Sub-System Interface (CSSI), and TIA P25 Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI) standards.
- DFSI Gateway—This release includes a new P25 Conventional Gateway called DFSI gateway.
- IP Command Touch Screen Dispatch Console—This new touch-screen dispatch capability is available through IP Trade, a Cisco SolutionsPlus partner.
- Cisco Video Surveillance (VSM) Manager 7 support—Allows the integration of VSM videos with incidents.
- Key management—This release provides features to manage the storage and distribution of keys for IDC users in "End to End" ISSIG mode, ISSI gateways, and DFSI gateways. These keys are used to encrypt and decrypt voice traffic on P25 TalkGroups and P25 Fixed Stations
- TETRA radios—This release supports the configuration and use of TETRA radios.
- SNMP configuration of SNMP V2 options for Cisco IPICS.
- Language support to include French (Canadian), Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
- Cisco IP Phone high availability—The IPICS IP Phone client now supports high availability.
- Updated Cisco UCS support—This release is extended as a virtualized application on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) E-Series.
- Enhanced IP Dispatch Console features such as "Tear away items"—You can customize the appearance of the IDC by moving various items from the IDC Main window to any location on your computer screen and enhanced call transfer features allow consultative and blind call transfers, and an address book that lets you access and manage multiple contact lists and quickly call or send email to a contact
As Public Safety LTE standards evolve, users with dual mode phones will be able to roam between carrier based LTE networks and D-Block public safety LTE networks.
Additional Resources:
External Press Release
Universal Media Services data sheet
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John Gallarello
Release 4.6 sound like it has a few enhancements. Can you confirm the following for me:
– When is the anticipated release date? and if a customer purchases an IPICS license tomorrow will they be able to upgrade at no extra cost with a Smartnet purchase.
– VSM integration, Will that require the purchase of a VSM license and/or PSOM application.
– Will the IP Trade IDC be provided with an additional cost (Is it a HW and SW feature or just a SW license loaded on existing PC).
I am an IPICS reseller and need to clarify these points.


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The Assistance League Glendale celebrated its 37th annual Festival of Trees. On Sunday the Glendale Hilton was all aglow with the league's theme, "By the Candle's Glow." More electric light than candlelight, the city's fire laws were met. Some 400 women and a smattering of men basked under the glow of the Hilton's largest ballroom, decorated with 20 Christmas trees. League President Alma Tycer welcomed members and their guests.
Event Chair Sally Benson was a one-woman show. She had just spent the last two weeks in league headquarters decorating the trees. One of her helpers was Daryl Baker Pollock.
More helpers were the League's Assisteens. Outfitted in Santa Hats, the girls were the runners giving out the winning bidders' receipts from the silent auction. Four of the fast-on-their feet Assisteens were Bea Breckheimer, Shannon Green and Shannon Ritter. Part of their volunteer duties for the Assistance League is cheering up children cancer patients at the City of Hope in Duarte. The girls paint hospital windows with Christmas scenes.
Jeraldine Saunders, guest of league member Mary Margaret Smith, had good news. Her biography, "The Love Boat Lady," is now available on Amazon. More good news were the many chances to pop a $1 opportunity ticket into one of 20 boxes with prizes ranging from a $200 Costco gift certificate to "Din[ing] out with Mario." That prize included a bevy of restaurant gift certificates including one for Americana's Cheesecake Factory — a favorite of this crowd.
A luscious lunch of chicken Bolognese or salmon provided extra energy to bid on four live auction items. Most popular was the "Disney Extravaganza" that included a $700 Disney gift card for anything Disney. Underwritten by Benson, the winning bidder spent $875. The Glendale Hilton provided a one-night "Staycation" including an upscale room, dinner and breakfast for two. The "Staycation" went for a mere $350. It exceeded the winning bid of $300 for four VIP tickets to the Dr. Phil show in Hollywood.
The festival amounted to many ways to part with one's money, albeit for fun and profit. Event proceeds will benefit the league's philanthropies, including Authors and Illustrators Days, Operation School Bell and the Senior Neighborhood Fellowship luncheons.
Upcoming is a three-day, half price sale at the league's Thrift Alley on Dec. 19, 20 and 21.
The Glendale Latino Assn. mixed it up at their monthly mixer on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Far Niente Restaurant provided the pop and pizza. Adult beverages were also on tap. Red wine was hands down the favorite.
This month's mixer was a three-ring circus. The ringmaster was Association President Nancy Guillen. She supervised the collection of unwrapped toys for "Toys for Tots," sponsored by the Glendale Police Department. The spotlight also shined on one of Glendale finest, Capt. Carl Povilaitis of the Field Services Division. The captain was the winner of Glendale Adventist Medical Center's Army of Pink campaign held in October. He and his fellow candidates received more than 80,000 votes tallied on the hospital's website. But it was Povilaitis who received the lion's share of the votes and named favorite "Man in Pink." Since Glendale Latino Assn. members originally kicked off the campaign, they consider the captain as one of theirs. "The police department has a holistic approach to raising awareness of breast cancer," said Povilaitis who continued, "Glendale is a safe and healthy community." As part of his official "Pink" duties the captain will ride on Glendale's float in the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade.
The evening ended with more activity in another circus ring. Elissa Glickman, Glendale Arts' Interim CEO, blew out the candles on a cake to celebrate her birthday on the same day as the mixer. Association member Betty Porto of Porto's Bakery and Café donated the cake.
The association's next mixer is Dec. 26 at Carousel Restaurant.
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Lingering drought and strong cattle prices combined to push private grazing rates up 4.5% this year to $13.80/animal unit month (AUM) across the Western U.S. This year's rise follows a modest 0.8% gain last year, according to the latest USDA January Cattle Survey.
Given the overall strength of the cattle economy, pasture rates would have likely risen higher except for the persistent drought, writes Michael Fritz in the upcoming March issue of BEEF magazine. Fritz is owner of Mercator Research LLC in Monona, WI, and editor and publisher of Farmland Investor Letter, a monthly subscription newsletter providing farmland market insight and intelligence for farmland investors and managers.
He says last year's dry weather, high corn prices and high energy costs stalled the rebuilding of the beef herd, which remains 6.3% under the 1996 peak of 103.5 million head. The number of beef cows in Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, which represent nearly 29% of the U.S. beef cow herd, was down 4% in January compared to a year ago. Beef cow replacements in these three states contracted 7%. The result: 216,000 fewer beef cows and replacement heifers are competing for pasture than a year ago.
The region's firmest pasture markets are in South Dakota, California and Nebraska, where rates are up an average 10.3%, 7.1% and 6.7%, respectively, over last year.
The January survey reports that grazing rates contracted in Oregon and Washington. However, interviews with market participants in Oregon indicate grazing leases are steady to up 3.5%.
USDA's survey reflects state averages. Local rental rates vary widely based on such factors as forage quality, proximity to roads, and the availability of stock water, size of the acreage, lease term and landowner services. Charges for counting, checking health and water, providing salt and minerals, and maintaining fences vary with each situation.
The accompanying chart (click here to see chart) reports average grazing rates for three common pricing methods: per AUM, a cow-calf basis, and per head. An AUM is the amount of forage needed to sustain one cow and calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month.
The protracted drought across the Southwest, Plains, Wyoming and southwest Missouri continued to counter landowner efforts to seek higher pasture rents. Lease rates were mostly unchanged in these states.
South Dakota is the exception. Here the strong cattle market and a tight grass supply due to insufficient rainfall provided much of the momentum behind a more than 10% increase to $20.30/AUM.
The run-up in corn prices is also believed to be indirectly pushing up grazing rates in eastern South Dakota. Cattlemen are feeling pressured to pay up for grass pasture since grass serves as a substitute for high-priced corn, asserts Matt Diersen, a South Dakota State University economist in Brookings.
These cost pressures continue to narrow the lease rate gap with Nebraska, which leads the western states at $24/AUM.
In Texas, rising maintenance costs have prompted landowners to take advantage of healthy cattle prices and push grazing rates up more than 6%. Higher steel prices have nearly doubled fencing costs over the last 18 months, says Richard Conner, a Texas A&M University economist in College Station.
Heading north into Oklahoma, grazing rates are flat to nominally higher. Cattlemen are paying an average of 34¢/lb. of gain for young lightweight stocker cattle on winter wheat pasture during the mid-November to March season, says Roger Sahs, an Oklahoma State University economist in Stillwater.
Graze-out wheat pasture, in which cattle remain on fields into May, is especially scarce. Strong wheat prices are prompting landowners to pull cattle off wheat fields before the first hollow stem growth stage to harvest their wheat for grain. This has helped push graze-out rates up 4¢ to an average of 37¢/lb. of gain.
Leases for native grass in Oklahoma are essentially unchanged at $9.80/acre. Bermuda grass pasture -- located mostly south of Interstate 40 -- is averaging $15/acre, up $2.
Lease rates are also flat in Missouri. Pasture leases range from $10/acre to $25/acre, depending on forage quality, reports Richard Sullivan, a Farm Credit Services appraiser in Springfield. Better quality land suitable for hay is renting for $35-$40/acre.
Mark Harmon, who runs 160 cows on leased pasture east of Joplin, says fescue pasture is renting for $35-$40/acre, also unchanged from a year ago.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service are cutting the federal grazing fee for Western pasture lands 13.5% this year to $1.35/AUM from $1.56/AUM last year. The new fee, which takes effect March 1, is the lowest rate allowed under the current formula. BLM says rising production costs, especially higher fuel prices, outweighed strong cattle prices and higher private lease rates. The fee applies to more than 26,000 grazing permits and leases on public land administered by the two agencies.
At the state level, grazing fees on state-owned trust lands are flat to modestly higher. In Oregon, 2007 lease rates are up 3.6% to $5.80/AUM for the 638,000 acres of arid to semi-arid state rangeland in central and eastern Oregon. Typical privately-owned irrigated pasture in Klamath County, OR, rents for $22.50/AUM. County Assessor Reg LeQuieu expects 2007 rates will rise to about $24/AUM.
In Colorado, state grazing leases are up 5.5% and range from $7.64/AUM to $10.22/AUM.
In neighboring Nebraska, grazing rates on state-owned land are generally flat, despite USDA's reported 6.7% average increase for private leases. State leases for sandy soil pasture range from an average $21/AUM in the western Sand Hills, to $28/AUM in the eastern Sand Hills.
The extended drought has prompted continued cuts in stocking rates, reports Ron Vance, field supervisor with the Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
Heavy herd liquidations over the last 6-9 months in the south-central and southern Plains have left some uncertainty in private lease rates. In mid-February, local observers expected private rates to hold steady at $18-$24/AUM in eastern Wyoming and the western Nebraska Sand Hills, and $22-$30/AUM in the eastern Nebraska Sand Hills.
Still, private rates could soften because fewer cows are competing for grass, notes Lex Madden, manager of Torrington Livestock Markets in Torrington, WY. Western Nebraska, western South Dakota and most of Wyoming remain in a moderate to severe drought.
-- Mike Fritz, Mercator Research LLC, Monona, WI


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Lilian Garcia and The Miz, who have both felt the brunt of bullying, spoke out on the subject in an interview with Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald after appearing at be a STAR anti-bullying rally at John F. Kennedy Middle School.
During his climb toward the top of WWE's upper echelon, The Miz was dumped on by his peers in the locker room. Many of "the boys" did not want him in the company due to his notoriety as a reality television star and tried to bully him out of a job, as been told numerous times by the world champion grappler himself in media interviews.
"Nobody liked me, everyone wanted me fired and was trying to get me fired. I'm in the WWE, and everyone there and the WWE Universe hates me. It made me feel like I was walking on egg shells," he recalled during an interview last year with Adelaide Now. "I got kicked out of the locker rooms, so I couldn't find a place to change or shower. I remember one time going down the corridor to go to the (stadium's public) bathroom and fans going `Oh my god, that's The Miz' – thanks, I'm going to the bathroom next to a kid that has my shirt on. It's kind of belittling and humiliating. But it's one of those things that made me stronger and made me realise I could take everything that anyone dishes."
Though he portrays a villainous character on television, The Miz himself is not a bully in real life. He encourages children to rise above negativity: "There's so much negativity in the world today. If you watch news, you see it on Twitter, you see it on Facebook. I try to challenge the kids to be more positive with their life. Complement one another, instead of doing all these negative posts on Facebook, or tweets, why not just make a positive realm about it? It makes you feel better as a person, it makes the other person feel better."
The WWE Superstar continues, "So anytime we can do something in a neighborhood, any neighborhood, any city that we go to, we always try to hit high school, elementary school, middle school, any place we can get an audience of children because that's where it starts. Why not nip it in the bud before it even starts?"
Many people find WWE's anti-bullying initiative to be hypocritical considering that the sports entertainment organization was founded on settling arguments with physicality. The Miz stressed that the battles in the ring shouldn't be taken at face value since WWE is an entertainment television program: "You watch WWE, watch it for the entertainment value; it's a television show. But the issues children go through each and every day are real. They're in the real world if you will. We try to basically say, "We're a television show, it's entertainment and when you go to school, literally, this is real life, this is how you deal with bullies and hopefully it works out well for everyone."
Similarly to The Miz, Garcia has been subject to blustering ridicule in the WWE workplace. There have been numerous incidents during her time with the sports entertainment organization where she has been publicly derided. Mick Foley notably took offense online to WWE executive/wrestler Triple H humiliating Garcia with a crass internal joke aimed at her physical appearance during an April 2010 episode of Raw where she handled ring announcing duties on short notice.
"Why does someone like Triple H, one of the most talented, well paid guys in the business, do something so shallow and mean? Why would a multi-millionaire, with millions of fans around the world, feel the need (several times over the years) to say something that is only meant to hurt?" Foley wrote online after seeing Triple H insult Garcia. "I don't get it. I don't get why it's done, I don't get why it's condoned, I don't get what possible satisfaction anyone involved gets from demeaning someone like Lillian Garcia. I just don't get it."
The SmackDown ring announcer doesn't believe in the theory that words never hurt. She also thinks that bullies are individuals with insecurities.
"I feel it's so important to send a message and to tell people how their words are very, very powerful. That whole phrase of words will never hurt you, I don't believe that. Because words are very, very powerful," Garcia says.
She continues, "It's important to send a message to them, to make them think twice and make them realize that it's their own insecurities as to why they're picking on somebody else."
Video – Triple H makes fun of Lilian Garcia on live TV


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Some heroes get all the attention. Batman's featured on TV and at the movies all the time, and has 10 comics a week. Even Aquaman had a pilot filmed. But which comic-book hero deserves more appreciation and exposure?
Please include a picture or clip of your chosen underappreciated hero. And mention his/her name, where they're published, and why they rule. Thanks!
Top image: Kate Spencer as Manhunter, DC Comics.


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Iceland's MPAA Pirates Software; Tries To Defend Itself On Facebook; Runs Away
from the so-much-for-that-plan deptVia TorrentFreak we learn that SMAIS, the Icelandic equivalent to the MPAA, was recently called out for pirating some software. The software, made by Dutch company NICAM, is apparently used for setting up a labeling/rating system for content including movies, video games and more. SMAIS agreed to license the software, which it received, but then it failed to make the payments. Any of them. At all. A NICAM exec is quoted as saying:
From the moment the contract was signed, everything went silent. There was no contact between SMAIS and us, unfortunately. We tried to contact them, but it didn't work.This, as you might imagine, caused a bit of an uproar in Iceland, with people speaking out against SMAIS. In response, someone there (apparently without very much internet experience) decided the right thing to do would be to set up a Facebook account for SMAIS. Now, if they could actually discuss the various issues, that might not be a bad idea. But... that's not what happened. After being bombarded with critical comments from others, SMAIS shut down the Facebook account with a snarky note about how they needed to hire someone to run the account, and also about how they have "lots to learn." Though, they also claimed that "some freedom fighters think that only some voices have a place on Facebook." Probably not the right spot for a bit of snarkiness, but perhaps it's not so surprising.
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