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Speaking at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reversed his earlier stance on climate change pollution and rejected man-made global warming. Because "we don't know what's causing climate change," Romney said, the United States should not reduce carbon dioxide emissions:
My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.
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"I think the EPA, acting in concert with the president, really doesn't like oil, gas, coal, and nuclear," Romney said in response to another question. "I really do believe that the EPA wants to get its hands on all of energy and be able to crush it to cause prices to go through the roof." To applause, he concluded that "the EPA should not be regulating carbon dioxide."
In June, Romney told a New Hampshire audience that he believed in man-made global warming, and that reducing greenhouse pollution is "important":
I don't speak for the scientific community, of course, but I believe the world's getting warmer. I can't prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that. I don't know how much our contribution is to that, because I know that there have been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past but I believe we contribute to that. And so I think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you're seeing.
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney presided over plans to regulate carbon dioxide as a "pollutant," and was advised by Dr. John Holdren, now President Obama's scientific adviser.
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Q: What is your position on man-made global warming and would you reject legislation, such as cap and trade, which is based on the idea of man-made global warming?
ROMNEY: Man-made global warming and cap and trade and so forth — I actually had in Massachusetts a consortium of states that came together with a cap and trade program. It was called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. And all the governors, Governor Pataki and so forth, signed it. I refused to sign.
I do not believe in a cap and trade program.
By the way, they do not call it America warming, they call it global warming. So the idea of America spending massive amounts, trillions of dollars to somehow stop global warming is not a great idea. It loses jobs for Americans and ultimately it won't be successful, because industries that are energy intensive will just get up and go somewhere else. So it doesn't make any sense at all.
My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.
My view with regards to energy policy is pretty straightforward. I want us to become energy secure and independent of the oil cartels. And that means let's aggressively develop our oil, our gas, our coal, our nuclear power.
Look, Marcellus Shale is a huge godsend for the nation. Let's develop it aggressively.
Oil has been discovered in North Dakota. I'm told that the discoveries in North Dakota suggest that we have oil there which will exceed what we found in Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.
So we have massive energy resources. Let's grant the permits to let the drillers start drilling and provide those resources in America. We will create jobs here and make sure that we have the energy independence from the cartels that's good for our foreign policy, for our national security, and for our economy.


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- Significantly reworked internal API's to aid easier support for other datastores, and datastore features in the future
- Support for persistence to Amazon S3
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DataNucleus AccessPlatform 2.0.0 has just been released. AccessPlatform provides access to a range of datastores for Java applications using JDO/JPA API's. It is fully compliant with JDO1, JDO2, JDO2.1, JDO2.2, JPA1, as well as providing complete JDO2.3 support, and the majority of JPA2. It currently supports persistence to RDBMS, db4o, NeoDatis, LDAP, XML, Excel, ODF, JSON, Amazon S3, HBase (HADOOP), as well as Google AppEngine BigTable. AccessPlatform additionally allows configuration of classes to be persisted using JDO annotations/XML/API or JPA annotations/XML providing access to both JDO and JPA persistence APIs regardless of which configuration method was chosen, offering flexibility not seen in any other persistence tool. Querying of the supported datastores can be performed using JDOQL, JPQL or SQL (dependent on the datastore). By making use of standardised APIs, the process of swapping persistence from one datastore to another is a simple URL change when specifying the datastore. AccessPlatform is made up of a series of OSGi compliant jars, and can be utilised in J2SE, J2EE, or OSGi container environments. By using OSGi together with Eclipse extension-points, DataNucleus is highly extensible so if you wanted to provide support for your own datastore then this would be a relatively simple procedure. DataNucleus Access Platform is licensed under the flexible Apache 2 license. DataNucleus Access Platform 2.0 provides the following over and above what DataNucleus 1.x provides :-
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- Bye Bye Hibernate by pagux pagux on January 16 2010 03:16 EST
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- Datanucleus + AmazonS3 by anthony bargnesi on January 18 2010 17:12 EST
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Hi Andy, First, let me tell that I admire your work on datanucleus. Is there an official roadmap for future releases? Can you tell a bit more about Criteria API support? Will it be supported soon? Is there a plan to support Criteria API in the future versions of JDO?
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Hi Ivica, thanks for your words. Approximate roadmap is to be found here, as well as for the individual plugins in JIRA. JPA2 Criteria API should appear to some degree during 2.0 (some work has already been done), but certainly complete before 2.1 "release". The roadmap is open to input, particular to companies wishing to see particular features sooner. Provision of a type-safe query mechanism for JDO is not planned as such but was discussed some time ago. There already exist third party JDOQL syntax type-safe queries though, one such example is QueryDSL. Since JDO is developed in the open then you can easily push for this type of feature via the Apache JDO group mailing lists.
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JPA2 Criteria API should appear to some degree during 2.0In fact AccessPlatform 2.0.1 (now released) has support for JPA2 Criteria API (with the exception of subqueries, some less useful QueryBuilder methods, and the static metamodel classes).
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Congrats on the release of Datanucleus. I was intrigued by the Amazon S3 integration so I created a simple test project of JPA + Amazon S3 using datanucleus. Check it out in my post: http://www.den-4.com/?p=113 -tony
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Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) is an advanced land-imaging mission that will demonstrate new instruments and spacecraft systems. EO-1 will validate technologies contributing to the significant reduction in
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John was listed in 1870 as a 62 year old farmer, born in Saxony, with a real estate valued at $3000 and a personal estate valued at $600. Though foreign born, he was a U.S. citizen. His wife, Catharine, was listed as aged 50 years old, born in France. Catharine's mother, Salome, was also living with the family. The census taker listed her name as Solama - aged 77, born in France. The children of John & Catharine living with them in 1870 were : Catherine, aged 16; Wesley D., aged 14; Amanda, aged 12; and Mary, aged 8.
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The Italian has taken the matter to the Premier League after failing in an internal appeal against the sanction.
Neither City nor the Premier League have commented on the matter.
It has been reported that Balotelli was fined by City last season after a series of indiscretions.
The 22-year-old accrued bans totalling eight matches during the last campaign and – when added to a European sanction carried over from the previous season - missed 11 games through suspension during 2011-12.
He was sent off for two bookable offences at Liverpool, incurred a retrospective ban after appearing to stamp on the head of Tottenham's Scott Parker and received another red card at Arsenal.
The dismissal at the Emirates Stadium in April came in what appeared to be a costly defeat which left City eight points adrift in the Premier League title race.
Manager Roberto Mancini, who has been determined to coax the best from his former Inter Milan protégé, appeared to lose patience and said he would "probably" sell the player.
Mancini added that Balotelli would not feature in City's final six games, but he later relented and the striker played a key role off the bench in the last-day title success.
Balotelli impressed for Italy at Euro 2012 but his performances this season have again come under scrutiny and his future has been the subject of recurring speculation.
Last month he was dropped for a clash against Spurs for what Mancini described as a poor attitude in training.
After a spell out injured he scored at Wigan on November 27 – his only goal of the current Premier League season so far – and was a surprising starter in the derby defeat against Manchester United eight days ago.
But he was withdrawn early in the second half after an ineffectual performance and was not included in the squad for Saturday's win at Newcastle.
Mancini said: "He is not in good form at this moment and it was better for him that he continued to train and to train well. When he is in form, he will play.
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I'm playing along today with What I'm Loving Wednesday. Here's what I'm lovin' on this wonderful Wednesday.
Tamiflu. Monday night all of a sudden I came down with a 102 degree fever and cough that just wouldn't stop. By Tuesday, I thought death was imminent. Kamron took me to the immediate care center and my fever was so high (103.7) when we got there, that I kept falling asleep on the exam table. I was positive for influenza A. It is the worst sickness I've had in years. If the tamiflu is supposed to lessen the severity of symptoms I would hate to see how bad this would be without it!
The MRG's. Also known as the Mother's Retreat Girls. I love these women. They are a daily encouragement to me. These are just a few of us that were able to get together this weekend. Don't you love how camera phones make us look like we have no eyeballs?
This gorgeous little girl. She and I went on a date to go and see the Justin Beiber movie this last weekend. She is such a girly girl and we had a great time watching the other girls squeal over the Beibs. Mid way through the movie, Sadie leaned over to snuggle on me and hold my hand. I know I don't have too many more years where she will do that, so I'm treasuring it. This is a picture she made me take while she was trying to set the Guinness World Record for hanging upside down. I think she made it about 6 minutes- only three days short of the record :-)
Charlie Sheen interviews. Have you seen them? Poor guy- making a fool of himself with his goddesses, etc. Favorite line- "I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen." Sad, but HI-larious!
This new bed I've picked out for when the tax returns come in.
Oh- and the tiny munchkin standing in front of it like a cool cat. My kids love furniture stores.
The husband- he took off work and has catered to my every sick little whim: cramming pills down my throat, bringing me tissues, and letting me take a five hour nap today when my fever was so high that eyeballs were about to boil out of my head. Love that boy.
Must go back to resting... ciao.
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The white MacBook is notorious for picking up dirt. I'm pretty anal when it comes to washing my hands when using any of my stuff whether its my iPhone, laptop or guitar. The folks at the Apple store seem to refer to all things Apple as "brand spanking new" so I thought I'd share my tips on how to keep your investment clean.
Use Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser
That is all. Your laptop will look like you just opened it out of the box. Magic Eraser's can be used multiple times so do the world a favor and clean your laptop and maybe your kicks while you're at it.


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How to Install Decorative Moulding and Baseboards
How to Replace your Molding and Baseboards
Trim Powers
Looking for a simple project that can give any room a refined, classy look? Adding elegant molding and baseboards can accomplish the trick in a hurry. Think about it: the world's finest places use detailed trim as an accent—palaces, museums and banquet halls. Why not bring a piece of the high life to your home?
Want to see how we did it with Jeryl, our Jane-in-training? Watch the video.
Believe it or not, incorporating this kind of detail is an easy project especially if you use kit molding. We used a kit from LP Molding. The trim in molding kits comes pre-finished to minimize your work and their colors don't stray too far from white, but you can always paint the trim to work with any scheme. However, white trim always looks classy and stands out nicely against a boldly painted wall.
Likewise, new baseboards may be just what you need to spruce up your home, and installing them is also something you can do yourself using a kit. Baseboards are often scrimped on by builders, with narrow, plain designs predominating. Like detailed trim, new baseboards add character and are a stylish feature that adds a subtle but genuine touch of elegance.
First measure around the doors and windows to get an estimate of how much trim you need. Trim kits are sold by size so it's best to know this before heading to the home improvement store. A measurement for baseboards can be determined by the perimeter of the room. You can also measure the old baseboards once you have removed them. Because cutting or measuring mistakes are common, buy at least 10% more molding and baseboard material than you think you need; leftover pieces can always be used for future repairs or mistakes.
Using a putty knife or pry bar, remove any existing molding and baseboards, being careful not to damage the drywall. You don't want this home improvement project to spawn its own set of home repair projects! (If you do poke a hole in the wall you can learn how to fix it very quickly.)
Jane Tip: A pry bar will make removing old molding or baseboards much easier. A little leverage will help the tool do the work, rather than relying on your muscles. Place a thin piece of scrap board against the wall to give your pry bar something to lever against. You'll get a more solid surface for prying (compared to prying against the unprotected wall itself) and you won't leave a dent.
If you are installing unfinished trim or baseboards, you will want to sand, prime and paint the wood before you begin the installation process. This is much easier to complete on the floor than after the trim is up on the walls.
If you're using a kit, read the instructions carefully to determine how the pieces will fit together. Then, with a good quality tape measure, take precise measurements. Using a kit will minimize the complexity and number of cuts needed, but you'll still likely be making a dozen or more cuts by the time you finish a room. Follow the adage: measure twice, cut once.
Put on your safety glasses and head to the miter saw. Verify the angle of each cut and be sure the trim is flush against the saw's guide before making the cut. If you're creating compound cuts or cuts at odd angles, you may want to make some test cuts on scrap or leftover trim; check the test cut pieces against the actual wall to make sure the real pieces will fit snugly. When it comes to trim tolerances are tight and the margin for error is slim. This is one of the reasons we love miter saws: they make very precise cuts with ease.
For the baseboards, measure the length of the wall and mark your baseboards accordingly. Another method for installing baseboards is cutting one end and then nailing it to the wall, with a little excess left over on the other end. Using a hand saw, you can cut the baseboard so that it fits snugly with the corner, and you will never come up short!
"Dry fit" the pieces in place on the wall making sure the length, angles, and joints are perfect. Everything okay? Time to put the pieces in for real. A helper really comes in handy here. One of you can hold the trim piece steady as the other uses the nail gun to fasten it.
Working from the bottom up, countersink the nails into the trim. (Countersinking means pushing the head of the nail into beneath the trim's surface) Because it's just trim, you needn't drive every nail into a stud; the drywall will do. Later, go back and fill these teeny holes with wood putty or caulk.
Jane Tip: Few rooms offer perfectly straight walls. Bumps and dents, settling and shifting will ultimately affect every house over time. If you find that a piece of your trim won't sit completely flush against a wall, you can always fill the gap with a bit of caulk.
To install your new baseboards you'll want to begin in the corner on the wall opposite the door. For outside corner angles (they jut out instead of turning in), called a miter joint, cut the wood at opposite 45 degree angles, so that they will fit together. A coping joint is a corner that turns inward. You will want to put the two pieces so that they fit together like a puzzle piece. Even the most skilled carpenters make mistakes, so take heart. If your corners are a little imperfect you can always shape the wood with a file, or fill gaps with caulk once you put them in place.
Jane Tip: If you don't have a nail gun, drill pilot holes before hammering the nail into the trim. Be careful not to miss the nails and dent the molding. Drive them almost all the way into the surface and then countersink the nails with a nail set.
Now, if you have a window, read on!
Special Instructions: Install Molding Around Windows
Installing molding around windows requires a few extra steps. Read the directions on your kit carefully, and again, be methodical about your measurements. If you aren't using a kit the process will begin by installing the stool. (Not the thing you sit on, the piece of wood inserted under the window trim, forming a small ledge. If you already have a window sill you may not want to add a stool.)
Step 1
To determine the length of the stool you will need to measure the length of the window plus the trim on both sides. (The stool may be a little longer than the trim.) Again, try holding the trim up to the window and making marks with the pencil.
Step 2
Once you have worked out your measurements cut the stool to length.
Step 3
With the nail gun secure the stool to the wall. Remember to countersink the nails and fill the holes with wood putty later.
FYI: The sides of the trim are called side casing, while the top piece is called head casing.
Step 4
Moving upwards, fit the side casing to the windows making sure it is firmly situated against the stool. Have a helper hold the trim in place while the other nails it to the wall.
Step 5
Once the stool and the side casings are intact measure and cut the head casing, countersinking the nails.
Step 6
You may have another piece that goes beneath the stool, called the apron. This goes on last. Yes, you are almost done! To ensure a perfectly positioned apron, first glue it into place, sliding it until it is exactly where you want it.
Step 7
Next nail the apron into place, countersinking the nails. You will want to use two nails on either side of the apron and then one about every 16". Secure the stool to the apron with three or four nails, nailing from the stool downwards into the apron.
Once the last baseboard and piece of trim has been nailed firmly to the wall, call it a day. Congratulate yourself and your helper (if you have one) on your meticulous work. If you are looking to add a little something extra to your living space consider the elegant detail of trim. As you remember the old adage, measure twice, cut once, your trim should go on easily, giving your living space a tasteful and sophisticated improvement.
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Alright, since I played through the campaign of CEA, half of my posts have been about the new Proto-Gravemind, so I guess it's no secret this was one of the highlights of Anniversary for me. I figured I'd put all my thoughts on it in one place. Being fans of a franchise-based universe means that inevitably new artists are going to get ahold of content that you're fond of and add their own interpretation to the mix. Sometimes the new look is better, sometimes its different, sometimes it's worse. In this case, I'd say that 343i hit it out of the ballpark. The new appearance of the Proto-Gravemind is most certainly new, and in my opinion, far better than any other Flood form seen in any Halo game to date. It better expresses the varied nature of the Gravemind as an individual composed of all the different beings it's absorbed. In fact, I was surprised upon switching back to find the original Keyes blob so bland. And it's not because I didn't remember what it had looked like. I consider myself very familiar with it. It's simply the fact that standing in the face of the newer graphics, it really does look underdone. I spent a lot of time looking at every feature of the new brain form, from the tendrils snaking their way inside of Keyes' chest, to the various faces and forms that can be seen trapped within it. Every bit of detail is so well done and adds a new look and feel to the Flood, one that is in my opinion far superior to all those that have come before. I applaud the artists who worked on this particular creature for a job well done. But, being who I am and being a part of the fan base that I am, some detailed analysis is of course inevitable. When I first saw the Proto-Gravemind, I did a literal in-game double take upon seeing the large vertebrae coursing its way up to the ceiling. My initial thought: "What kind of creature would have been absorbed with vertebra as large as a man's chest?" After looking at it more and seeing how the bones diminish as they ascend up one of the root tendrils, I decided it wasn't from an absorbed creature, and was grown out of the Flood's biomass. That would mean that a spinal column exists somewhere within the Flood's genetic code. But then why haven't we seen it before? The only spinal columns so far have been seen in infected combat forms and is especially visible in the carrier forms in H3 (and likely in CEA, although I haven't had a chance to view one up close yet). In fact, I've always been curious what would be revealed about the original host of the carrier forms if the vertebrae could be counted. We would then at least know if the carrier form model was based on an infected human or not. But the appearance of a spinal column in the Proto-Gravemind might mean that the one visible on the carrier forms was not originally present upon infection, and grew there after the hosts' conversion to the Flood. The question still remains as to why. I just recently started playing Starcraft II. In it, you can do research into the Zerg lifeform within your lab (my favorite in-universe part of the game), which reveals interesting parts about the alien's lifecycle. You can find out that the reason the Zerg have infinitely varying forms is because the creature's cells are constantly fighting not just foreign bodies, but themselves as well. The Zerg cells are constantly mutating, but only the strongest mutations can survive in a hostile cellular environment. Therefore only the best mutations survive to manifest as unique physical features. The spinal column in the new Proto-Gravemind reminded me a lot of the Zerg, but this is not how the Flood biology works, so the question remains as to why the Flood would need a backbone. I'm still thinking it over. Perhaps its as simple an answer as the Gravemind requires a backbone to support its own massive weight. Perhaps it really was an absorbed creature from the Covenant ship possessive of a truly ridiculous anatomy. But maybe it means more. Perhaps the FSC carries within it the genetic makeup of another creature, or was even initially based on it? This of course leads back to the Precursor theories. I'm not going to throw out any more than the speculative thought that this could indicate a connection, since there's not much to go off of. Needless to say, while the backbone may just be artistic license, it could hold potentially vast implications about the Flood. Another thing that interested me was the fact that the majority of the faces present in the Proto-Gravemind were visible, and barely distorted by the Flood infection. This of course also goes back to artistry, to create a sense of horror in the viewer at seeing human forms so disturbingly distorted. But canonically speaking, could there also be a point to this? I'm not going to put out much speculation, but I think there's a possibility that it might have something to do with the last line spoken in the Keyes' terminal. In it, Keyes says "You will not have me" and the Gravemind responds "We already do". To me, this is indicative of more than just Keyes' physical absorption into the Flood... I think it also speaks of his mind. That the Flood already possessed all his memories and sense of self, meaning that the sifting through of his memories was either a process undertaken for amusement, or of necessity. But then the question becomes, why would it be necessary for the Flood to sort through its collective memories? Wouldn't every one be a unique experience for the Gravemind to base its near omnipotent understanding of the universe on? This is of course contrary to some of the smaller details present in the novel The Flood, but it's an interesting thought nonetheless. These are all just random thoughts that have gone through my head since seeing the new brain form. Perhaps they're a bit ridiculous, perhaps not. Either way, I'm glad that such simple elements of CEA have caused me to take such a deep look at one of my favorite fictional life forms. tl;dr CEA Flood = BEST FLOOD EVAR. 343i, just make sure you stay a step ahead of the fans with canon and fictional relevance. We don't like things to be dismissed with a wave of the hand. Even if some don't think certain aspects of the universe are important, others do.
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Eric Goodman is a novelist, rock lyricist, travel writer, journalist, and former tv writer. He is also Professor of English and former director of the creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This is his website.
Eric's fifth novel, Twelfth and Race, a story of love, race and history set against a backdrop of racial problems in the fictional Midwest metropolis of Calhoun City, Missouri, was published in March 2012 by the University of Nebraska Press as part of the prestigious literary series, Flyover Fiction. Read about it here.
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Every week, a DIY expert spares us a trip to the grocery store and shows us how to make small batches of great foods at home.
In today's Small Batch, La Domestique's Jess O'Toole shows us how to make everyone's favorite Scandinavian cured salmon.
Gravlax is the name for a Swedish technique for preserving raw salmon with salt and sugar. It's easy to do at home, where you can control the ingredients and how the finished product will taste. I enjoy homemade gravlax for its elegant appearance and fresh flavor that is so welcome during summer when the last thing I want to do is cook with heat. Conveniently, it's the time of year when wild Alaskan salmon is in season. I selected wild sockeye salmon for this recipe, but you could also use king salmon. Talk with your fishmonger about options and seek out sustainable salmon.The process takes 2-3 days, but don't let the recipe intimidate you –- the steps are simple, and most of the effort goes into knife work for removing the skin and slicing the fish. Be patient with yourself and use a freshly sharpened knife.So many recipes for gravlax are out there; some flavor the salmon with spices like juniper, while others add a kick with horseradish. My version is adapted from the techniques I learned from reading Kitchen of Light: The New Scandinavian Cooking, by Andreas Viestad. For this recipe, I chose to keep it simple, flavoring the fresh salmon fillets only with salt, sugar, dill, and aquavit. The idea is to let the salmon be the star of the show. Aquavit is a Scandinavian spirit infused with caraway, lemon peel, fennel, and aniseed. It lends a fresh, spiced note to the cured salmon, but you can substitute gin or leave it out all together.
Once you've learned this simple technique, I encourage you to experiment, leaving your own personal signature on this recipe. Play with spices like crushed red pepper or caraway seeds. Try lemon zest for a lively citrus note or grated beets for earthy complexity and depth of color. Gravlax is a valuable recipe to have in your repertoire, perfect for entertaining a crowd or providing a quick and easy base for breakfast, lunch, or a light supper.
In Kitchen of Light, Andreas Viestad writes, "There is an intrinsic generosity to making gravlax…In Scandinavia it is customary to invite guests to share it, or to give away some of it to your friends and neighbors." I suggest serving it as part of a brunch spread with good rye bread and mustard sauce. You'll be proud of your newfound skills in curing fish and celebrate the accomplishment by sharing a meal with friends and family.
GravlaxMakes 2 salmon filletsTwo 1-pound salmon fillets, skin on3 tablespoons kosher salt1 1/2 tablespoon sugar3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill2 tablespoons aquavit
Prepare the salmon fillets by using tweezers to remove the pin bones. These small, thin, spiky bones can be felt by running your fingers along the top of the fish. Pinch the end of a pin bone with the tweezers, push down gently on the flesh with your other hand, and pull the pin bone straight out. You may find as many as 20 pin bones in each fish fillet, but don't be daunted by the task, it only takes a few minutes.
Place the salmon fillets skin side down in a non-reactive container (ceramic or a baking sheet lined in plastic wrap) with high sides to keep any juices released during curing from spilling from the container. Apply the cure. Stir together the salt and sugar, then rub the mixture evenly over each salmon fillet. Sprinkle the chopped dill over the salmon, and pour 1 tablespoon aquavit over each fillet.
Place one of the salmon fillets skin side up on top of the other fillet. The salmon fillets will be touching flesh to flesh, each with the skin on the outside. Cover the stacked salmon fillets with plastic wrap and place a heavy weight atop the fish. A plate or baking tray weighed down with bags of flour works well. Put the salmon in the refrigerator to cure for 2 to 3 days, turning the fish every twelve hours. The gravlax is finished curing when it feels firm to the touch at the thickest part of the fillet.
Once the salmon has cured, gently wipe the cure off the top of the fillets. Use a long, narrow, flexible, sharp knife to remove the skin from each fillet. With the salmon skin side down, grab the tail end, pinching it with your thumb and fingers. If the skin is slippery, use a paper towel to grip it. Use the knife to slice between the skin and flesh. Keep the knife at an angle, pointed down towards the skin, and use a rocking motion to slice under the length of the fillet and remove the skin. Take your time and be patient, as removing skin from a fish fillet is delicate work, a skill that gets better with practice. Once the skin is removed, flip the fillet over and trim off any pieces of skin still left on the fish. After the skin is removed from both fillets, store them in the fridge, well wrapped, where they will keep for at least a week.
To serve, slice the salmon as thinly as possible by using a sharp knife to shave off pieces, cutting towards the tail end. Wrap any unused salmon and return it to the fridge. Traditionally, gravlax is served with mustard-dill sauce and rye bread. It's also delicious tossed in with boiled potatoes and dressed with a lemon vinaigrette, or atop a bagel with cream cheese and chives.
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Jess will be answering questions about gravlax on the Hotline for those of you who want to take on this project at home. For the quickest response, go to her recipe and ask a question from there -- we'll email her your question right away!
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Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
As Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Michelle Kumbier is responsible for delivering the full operating results of the business. This includes providing leadership and oversight for the company's global sales markets and dealer network, the design and development of high demand and profitable products, and the flexibility and efficiency of Harley-Davidson's global manufacturing operations.
Kumbier joined Harley-Davidson in 1997 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Product and Operations, Senior Vice President of Motorcycle Operations, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Vice President of Materials Management.
Prior to joining Harley-Davidson, Kumbier spent 11 years with the Kohler Company in Kohler, Wis., where she held various positions within the Plumbing and Engine divisions.
She is active in supporting the company's diversity and inclusion efforts, including leading the women's affinity group since 2013 as the executive sponsor. She also provides support for the National Association of Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) initiative that celebrates women's leadership in manufacturing with a focus on closing the manufacturing skills gap in the United States.
Kumbier holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Lakeland College and she received her MBA from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.


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In partnership with parkrun, Stockland Brightwater are offering a free weekly 5km event for runners and walkers of all fitness levels.
If you're looking for a fun activity to do with your family on the weekends or just need motivation to get fit, why not try Parkrun?
Every Saturday from 7.00am, the Parkrun team run a FREE 5km Run from the Brightwater Sports Ground on the corner of Heliconia Street and Cordyline Place in Brightwater.
Visit the parkrun Brightwater webpage for more details: http://www.parkrun.com.au/brightwater


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Daily log, April 9
Tiffin reports
A first-block Hampden Park woman reported Monday night an item was stolen from her mailbox.
A first-block Longfellow Drive woman reported early Tuesday morning her friend was hit in the face by a neighbor and had teeth knocked out. An ambulance was not requested. The incident is under investigation.
County reports
A hypodermic syringe containing suspected heroin was located near a driveway in the 200 block of North Town Street after a vehicle stopped in the driveway for a traffic stop Monday evening. According to the report, a citation was issued.
A theft was reported Tuesday morning in the 500 block of David Street.
A 6000-block North CR 29 person requested to speak to a deputy Tuesday afternoon about the theft of items from her home.
Fostoria reports
Joseph M. Thomas, 23, of Findlay, was charged with persistent disorderly conduct Saturday.
A man went to the station Monday evening to report someone used his debit card and took money from his account.
A juvenile was arrested Monday evening after an assault was reported in the 400 block of North Town Street.
A 500-block Columbus Avenue man reported Tuesday morning his wallet had been stolen.
A 500-block Stinchcomb Drive woman reported a mail scam Tuesday afternoon.
Tiffin accidents
Ryan M. Schumm, 31, of Republic, was cited with assured clear distance ahead following an accident Tuesday morning in the 200 block of East Perry Street.
David A. Yandura Jr., 44, of Tiffin, was cited with assured clear distance ahead following an accident Tuesday morning at Wentz and West Perry streets.
Fostoria accident
An accident was reported Monday afternoon at North Countyline and West North streets. According to the report, a child was hit in the head with debris. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene. A message seeking more information was left for Capt. Patrick Brooks of the Fostoria Police Department.
State Patrol
Gregory Johnson, 22, of Columbus, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia Saturday.
Joshua R. Banks, 25, of Fostoria, was charged with open container Saturday.
Gary L. James Jr., 37, of Fostoria, was cited with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and violating traffic lanes Sunday. He also was cited with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, driving under suspension, a seat belt violation and failure to control.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 256 Main St. Monday evening for a gasoline spill.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 643 Miami St. Monday evening for a mischievous false call.
Tiffin EMS had three squad runs Monday afternoon, one squad run Monday evening and one squad run Monday night.
Bettsville fire, Bascom EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Monday evening.
Clinton fire and Tiffin EMS had one squad run Monday evening, one squad run Tuesday morning and one squad run Tuesday afternoon.
Bascom fire and EMS had a squad run Monday night.
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As President Fred Lazarus IV expanded the Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 35 years and helped turn it into one of the nation's leading arts colleges, supporters say, he has also focused on Baltimore — to the betterment of his college and his city.
Lazarus, 71, announced Monday that he would retire in May 2014. Upon hearing the news, the city's cultural and civic leaders praised his foresight, saying he realized early on that improving life both in Baltimore and at the 187-year-old school went hand-in-hand.
"He's a true visionary, not only for his institution but for the way he saw his institution as part of the city," says Jed Dietz, founder and director of the Maryland Film Festival. "He understood how important it was for the city to prosper, and how that would affect MICA. He saw those as not separate things but as totally integrated things."
The MICA Lazarus will be leaving next May is far different from the school he took over in 1978. Enrollment has more than doubled, from fewer than 900 students to more than 2,100. In 1978, roughly 80 percent of MICA's enrollment came from inside Maryland; today, 85 percent of the student body is from outside the state, including some 50 countries.
The size of the campus has increased tenfold and now includes such showpieces as the Brown Center and the Gateway building. Eighteen graduate and undergraduate programs and three research centers have been created. The school's endowment has increased by more than 25 times, to $72 million.
In addition, Lazarus was in on the ground floor of Artscape, the city's annual free summer arts festival that's now the largest in the nation. He's worked on and made MICA a key contributor to the Station North Arts District, which has revitalized the area surrounding the intersection of North Avenue and North Charles Street, north of the school. He chairs the Central Baltimore Partnership, sits on the board of directors of Americans for the Arts and helped found the Baltimore Design School, a themed public middle-high school.
"He's the most fiercely community-minded person I know," says Rebecca Hoffberger, founder and director of South Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum. "His value goes well beyond his contributions to Artscape, which he helped start. His focus was always on the well-being of the entire community."
And the world has noticed this Baltimore institution.
"MICA is definitely one of the very leading art and design colleges in the country," said Larry Thompson, president of Florida's Ringling College of Art & Design and current president of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. "Fred Lazarus has been such a visionary leader for MICA; he is the one who has brought it from a good art design school to one that is really top-notch and top-tier."
MICA's master of fine arts graduate programs are ranked in the top 10 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. Its undergraduate studio arts programs have been tagged as one of the two best in the country by Parade magazine. Graphic Design USA magazine named MICA one of the country's top 20 design schools.
"He has been a visionary," says Fredye Gross, chairwoman of the MICA board of trustees. "He looks at the big picture, while the rest of us are still looking in the weeds."
Lazarus himself sees his accomplishments as a whole, rather than in parts: "I've always felt that we didn't get ahead by doing one or two things," he says. "I had to move the whole bar up."
In some ways, Lazarus was an odd choice to take control of Maryland's premier art school. Other than three years as a staffer at the National Endowment for the Arts, he had no discernible background in art. As a student at Southern California's Claremont McKenna College, he had taken only one art course — and audited that one. ("I didn't want to memorize all the slides in my art history class," he recalls with a laugh.)
Then again, MICA's choice was maybe not so strange for a college that, Lazarus remembers, was forced to borrow money every summer just to pay its bills. After all, he had concentrated on economics and business at Claremont and Harvard Business School.
Coming to MICA "brought together a lot of things I cared about," Lazarus says. "I cared about higher education. I cared about young people. I cared about communities and cities. I saw this as a place to be able to spend some time working on those. Of course, I had no idea I would be here so long."
Cultural leaders throughout Baltimore were quick to laud Lazarus as a friend, mentor and reliably straight talker. "I'm devastated," said Doreen Bolger, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. "He's someone who has taken MICA to a new level as an art school, but also he embraced new ideas that make Baltimore a greater city."
Agreed Bill Gilmore, who as executive director of Baltimore's Office of Promotion and the Arts is responsible for putting on Artscape every summer: "There's no down side to working with Fred, unless you don't want to hear the facts or the truth."
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said, through a spokesman, "Under the leadership of Fred Lazarus, MICA has become a strong anchor institution, helping to spur new growth and development in the neighborhoods surrounding the college. MICA graduates enhance the diversity of our thriving arts and culture community. They are committed to improving the quality of life for others in Baltimore."
Gross, who said she was told of Lazarus' intention to retire about a year ago, says plans are under way to scour the world for a successor. A search committee including MICA trustees, faculty, staff and students will choose from among three firms to conduct an international search for candidates. Sometime around Thanksgiving, she says, the top candidates should be ready for a campus visit and extensive interviews. With luck, Gross says, the school should be ready to finalize its selection in early January.
Lazarus says he and his wife, landscape designer Jonna Lazarus, plan to remain in Baltimore after his retirement; in fact, they've just bought a new home in Roland Park, about a mile-and-a-half from their old home. "I don't have firm plans," he says. "I'm sure I'll be active doing something, I just haven't decided what that is yet."
Replacing someone still at the top of his game presents special challenges, says MICA Provost Ray Allen, who was a member of the school's faculty when Lazarus arrived in 1978. "The toughest thing about all of this," he says, "is there's nothing to react against. I think the board would have been happy if Fred had stayed on forever."


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CBS ordered 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence Tuesday following a critical internal review of their handling of the show's October story on the Benghazi raid, based on a report on a supposed witness whose story can't be verified.
The review, by CBS News executive Al Ortiz and obtained by The Associated Press, said the 60 Minutes team should have done a better job vetting the story that featured a security contractor who said he was at the U.S. mission in Libya the night it was attacked last year. Questions were quickly raised about whether the man was lying — something 60 Minutes should have better checked out before airing the story, the report said.
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Buying an adorable puppy or kitten at your local pet store may become a thing of the past, if more American cities join a small but growing movement to ban retail pet sales.
West Hollywood, Calif., became the latest city to put a leash on pet sales in February, when its city council unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting sales of dogs and cats in retail stores. Albuquerque, N.M., and South Lake Tahoe, Calif., have also banned pet sales. Other cities in Florida, New Mexico, Missouri and elsewhere are considering similar bans on the sale of dogs and cats.
Animal advocates say pet store sales fuel the puppy mill industry, where dogs are bred and raised in cramped, unhealthy and inhumane conditions. They have similar concerns about "kitten factories," which are a smaller but growing problem. Efforts to crack down on animal mills have been hindered by limited enforcement resources, so ban proponents are shifting their focus from the supply side to the demand. Far better, they say, to adopt from a local shelter or buy directly from a reputable breeder.
"People have got to wake up to the fact that [most] dogs coming from pet stores are coming from puppy mills," said Mary Jo Dazey, a stay-at-home mom from St. Louis, Mo., who has been working to shut down puppy mills in her state for several years.
There are no official statistics on how many pet-store dogs come from puppy mills. Between 2 million and 4 million dogs are born in U.S. puppy mills every year, according to the Humane Society of the United States, and many of those dogs do end up in pet stores — in addition to being sold over the internet, through newspaper classifieds and in other venues.
"Every time we do a pet store investigation [after a complaint], we find that puppy mills are the suppliers," said Stephanie Shain, senior director of the Humane Society of the United States' puppy mills campaign.
Shain said she believes that if animal-lovers became better educated, they wouldn't want to buy from pet stores that may be supplied by puppy mills.
Public sentiment does, in fact, seem to be veering away from pet store animals. A recent poll by the Associated Press-Petside.com found that more than half of those surveyed planned to get their next cat or dog from a shelter, seven times the number who said they'd buy from a pet store. And four in 10 said they thought store pets could have hidden physical or psychological problems due to overbreeding or other issues.
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Since the ban started, animal adoptions have increased 23 percent and euthanasia at city shelters has decreased by 35 percent.
"By stopping these pet shops," Weigle said, "what you're really doing is you're reducing the demand for puppy-mill puppies."
At the same time, Weigle said, her private animal shelter has stepped in to fill the place of pet stores for people who want pets but don't necessarily want to brave the city shelter. In February, Animal Humane New Mexico opened a boutique-style adoption center with just a few hand-picked animals — mostly puppies, many of them pure-bred dogs that were abandoned or rescued by the shelter — so that people could "shop" for shelter dogs in a pleasant, retail-like environment.
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"Many people will say, 'Oh, I just can't go to the shelter, it's just too sad,'" Weigle said. "But if you make a guilt-free shopping experience available, and they don't have to be confronted with 100 homeless pets staring them in the face, the shopping experience is very parallel to a pet store. If you give the public a choice to shop in that kind of an environment, they will."
Focus on breeders instead?
While Albuquerque animal advocates tout their success as a model for other cities, pet store owners argue that it's not fair to take away their livelihood because of a few bad apples. They say puppy-mill and kitten-factory foes should focus instead on cracking down on breeders who are breaking the law.
"The fact of the matter is that puppies sold by pet stores frequently come from highly reputable breeders who provide healthy loving pets to the public," said Michael Maddox, vice president of government affairs and general counsel for the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, an industry group based in Washington, D.C. "Notwithstanding isolated anecdotal stories that misrepresent pet store puppies, the vast majority of customers who bring home their canine companion from a pet store are supremely satisfied with the experience."
Dana Derraugh, owner of Le Petit Puppy in New York City, says she hates puppy mills as much as any animal lover. She specializes in small breeds suited to city life, and sells about five dogs a week from her upscale shop in Greenwich Village.
"When you go to a shelter, you don't know what you're going to get. A lot of them have emotional baggage. You're taking a risk," Derraugh said. Her clean, homey store, decorated with photos of celebrity clients like Sarah Jessica Parker, sells Pomeranians for $699, Chihuahuas for $799, and something she calls a "Chiweenie" — a Chihuahua-Daschund cross — for $950.
She gives her cell phone number to clients, so they can call anytime with questions or worries about their new puppies. "I feel like my mission is not just to sell the dog, but to hold your hand," Derraugh said.
Laura Ellis, who bred collies on her farm in Vermont for 30 years before moving to New York City, said Derraugh is an example of a dog store owner who gets it right. She bought her Papillion, Penny, from Le Petit Puppy in October after researching every conceivable option.
While she understands why some people might want to rescue a dog from a shelter, that wasn't what she was looking for, and she makes no apologies for it.
"I don't want other people's problems. I just wanted to start fresh," Ellis said.
"The main thing is, [Le Petit's] puppies are happy. They're high quality, well run, humane. I don't see what there is to complain about," Ellis said. "It's a pretty good life for a puppy."
Rebecca Dube blogs about pets at http://paws.ly.
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AROUND AND ABOUT THEATER: Spring Show for Woodminster Musicals: 'Little Shop of Horrors'
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Thursday March 14, 2013 - 03:08:00 PM
Woodminster Summer Musicals has announced a Spring Thing: 'Little Shop of Horrors,' staged March 14-24 at the Regents Theatre in the Valley Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Names College, 3500 Mountain Road, in the Oakland Hills.
Thursdays through Saturday nights at 7, Sundays at 2 (a 7 p. m. show as well, Sunday March 23). Tickets: $30-$50.
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