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- For the Chicken:
- 1 large egg white
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, diced
- For the Stir-Fry Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- For the Noodles:
- 2 bundles cellophane noodles
- Peanut oil, for frying
- For the Stir-Fry:
- 4 tablespoons peanut oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced peeled ginger
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 4 scallions; 2 minced, 2 cut into 1-inch pieces
- Kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms,stemmed and diced
- 3/4 cup diced water chestnuts
- Small lettuce leaves, for serving
- Soy sauce, chili paste and/or hot mustard, for serving
- Directions Prepare the chicken: Whisk the egg white, cornstarch and rice wine in a bowl. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Make the stir-fry sauce: Whisk 1/3 cup water, the oyster, hoisin and soy sauces, the rice wine and sesame oil in a bowl, then whisk in the cornstarch until dissolved. Fry the noodles: Pull the noodles apart into sections. Heat 3/4 inch peanut oil in a medium saucepan until a deep-fry thermometer registers 380 degrees F. Working in batches, press the noodles into the oil with a spatula until they puff, 5 to 10 seconds. Drain on paper towels. Make the stir-fry: Heat 2 tablespoons peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons peanut oil to the skillet; when almost smoking, stir in the garlic, ginger, jalapeno and minced scallions, then add 1/2 teaspoon salt and the sugar and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms, water chestnuts and scallion pieces and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add the stir-fry sauce and chicken and cook 1 minute. Make a bed of noodles on a platter and top with the chicken mixture. Serve the noodles and stir-fry with lettuce leaves and soy sauce for dipping. Read More http://www.epicurious.com/community/memberrecipes/submitarecipe#ixzz0nkXeDMqC
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- Carbohydrates213 g(71%)
- Fat112 g(172%)
- Protein39 g(79%)
- Saturated Fat21 g(103%)
- Sodium1462 mg(61%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat34 g
- Fiber4 g(16%)
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Cotton growers in the United States have good reason to worry about the potential for Brazilian farmers to increase cotton acreage, according to a visiting crop consultant who spent the summer touring much of this country.
After traveling from Iowa to Georgia to the Mississippi Delta, and many spots in between, Haroldo Hoogerheide says he is convinced that the farmers in Northeast Brazil pondering an increase in cotton acreage could successfully compete with U.S. growers in the cotton market.
"Brazilian farmers can produce a high quality cotton crop with a lower cost of production," says Hoogerheide of Balsas, Maranhao, Brazil. What's more, he says, the potential is there for farmers in the country's northeast region to increase their crop plantings to roughly 1 million acres.
According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, Brazil currently produces about 2.6 million bales of cotton annually with an average yield of about 540 pounds per acre. Brazil exports about 14,000 bales and imports 1.3 million bales mostly from Paraquay and Argentina. There are 460 cotton gins across the country's cotton producing regions.
Despite the fact that U.S. cotton production is about six times that of Brazil, Hoogerheide believes competition for the cotton market will continue to heat up between the two countries.
Hoogerheide, who works for a crop consulting company in the northeastern region of Brazil, says his region of Brazil is experiencing a resurgence of cotton farms. After almost dying out a few short years ago, crop acreage is building back and is reaching new levels, sometimes displacing the area's traditional soybean, corn and rice crops on newly cleared land.
Although Central Brazil is traditionally the country's cotton growing region, Northeast Brazil has a transportation advantage over the central region due to its proximity to the ocean, he says.
In addition to the transportation advantage available to growers in Hoogerheide's area, cropland in the region is relatively inexpensive. Cropland in Northeast Brazil sells anywhere from $300 to $1,000 per hectare, or about $125 to $422 per acre. Cotton can be grown during the six-month rainy season, which eliminates the need for costly irrigation treatments.
The consulting firm that Hoogerheide works for currently handles 100,000 acres of cropland, 85 percent of which is soybeans and the remainder is split between rice, corn and cotton.
"I believe in this region. We have the potential to make high yields of high quality cotton, but we are in need of increased infrastructure, such as cotton gins, to handle any acreage increase," he says. "A lot of land that is not currently in production is being cleared, and some of it is going to cotton."
Currently, about 6,000 acres of cotton is produced in Northeast Brazil and Hoogerheide expects that figure will rise by at least 4,000 acres in 2002. "Cotton acreage is increasing because of the profit potential it offers farmers. Soybeans and corn don't offer farmers as much profit potential as cotton," he says.
Like U.S. growers, Brazilian cotton farmers remained concerned about both the commodity market and the quality of the crops they produce. "During my travels in the United States I've noticed more worry among cotton researchers about quality than about volume," Hoogerheide says. "The same is true in Brazil because our cotton farmers also know that they need to produce a high quality cotton crop. You can only export when you have quality."
One major difference Hoogerheide sees between Brazilian cotton farmers and U.S. cotton farmers is the cost of production each group is faced with. "We can consistently produce high yielding, high quality cotton at a lower cost," he says.
Despite his bias, Hoogerheide does see some areas where he believes U.S. producers are ahead in the competition with their South American counterparts, including transgenics and precision farming. "American farmers are engineers and they have equipment for everything," he says. "We need more equipment alternatives for different soil types and different production systems, especially precision farming equipment."
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In 1934, the Threadwell Tap & Die Company was formed and located on Arch Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The company developed and patented a new method of thread cutting and restoring damaged threads. This Tap & Die set, circa 1940's, includes fine and coarse thread cutting tools that range from 1/4 to 1/2 inch sizes, based on the U. S. thread standard established in the early 20th century. During World War II (WWII) Threadwell manufactured taps in great quantities. When German bombers leveled the English city of Coventry and its threading tool industries, Threadwell became the major supplier of British standard threading tools. It also made cutting tools used in rifling the Garand rifle, .30 and .50 caliber machine guns barrels manufactured by the Springfield Armory. Threadwell was the third largest employer in Greenfield during WWII with nearly 400 employees.
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An advertisement placed by Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation (GTD) ran in Aero Digest magazine during WWII. GTD was the world's largest maker of taps, dies and gages. The Army/Navy awarded the company with several "E" flags and the employees "E" pins for exceptional performance in manufacturing. GTD ran three shifts, worked around the clock seven days a week producing these measuring devices that insured an accurate fit for all parts produced anywhere in the country.
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Tottenham came from behind to beat Manchester City thanks to three quick-fire goals from Clint Dempsey, Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale which all but ends the reigning Premier League champion's hopes of retaining their crown.
The away side took a fifth-minute lead through Samir Nasri, converting James Milner's low cross, and enjoyed superiority over Spurs for much of the opening hour of the match.
Despite appearing to be in control, however, City allowed Dempsey to tap home Bale's cross with fifteen minutes remaining, before Defoe and Bale scored in quick succession to give Tottenham a vital win in the race for the top four.
Andre Villas-Boas made two changes from the side that earned a 2-2 draw against Basel as Benoit Assou-Ekotto and, more importantly, Gareth Bale returned to the first team at the expense of Kyle Naughton and Lewis Holtby.
Roberto Mancini, meanwhile, rotated his side heavily, making five changes from the team that beat Wigan 1-0 on Wednesday with Edin Dzeko notably replacing Sergio Aguero, while David Silva picked up a knock in training that ruled him out.
After a fairly frantic start, it took just five minutes for the first goal to come. Excellent work from Carlos Tevez allowed Milner to cross for Nasri, who turned the ball home adeptly on the volley to give the away side the lead.
The goalscorer was at the centre of the controversy just minutes later, though, when he went in high on Kyle Walker; despite calls for a red card, referee Lee Mason deemed the challenge unworthy of even a foul.
Kyle Walker then spurned what eventually transpired to be Tottenham's only real chance of the half, firing straight at the onrushing Joe Hart after being played through on goal by Clint Dempsey.
Following that missed opportunity, City quickly took the initiative and almost doubled their lead before the break. Nasri and Dzeko both went close after being put through by the lively Tevez, but the former poked his effort just wide and the latter struck straight at Hugo Lloris in the Spurs goal.
It took Tottenham a little while to get going in the second half, but, aided by several shrewd substitutions from Villas-Boas, began piling on the pressure after the hour mark.
It was, typically, Bale who created the breakthrough goal, receiving the ball on the right wing and flicking a delicious ball to the back post with the outside of his left foot where Dempsey was on hand to convert.
Tottenham's momentum continued and it was mere minutes before the home side completed their comeback with another goal, courtesy of substitute Defoe. After the striker received the ball on the left from Holtby, he ran at Vincent Kompany, cutting inside before lashing an unstoppable effort past Hart into the far corner.
The home side's impetus appeared unstoppable as they extended their lead a few minutes later. Sub Tom Huddlestone embarked on a penetrative run before playing in Bale, who, through on goal, delightfully dinked over Hart to put Spurs 3-1 up and guaranteeing all three points.


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Research Slideshow: Vendors That Deliver, Vendors You Can Trust
By Guy Currier | Posted 09-15-2010
Each year, we poll CIOs and other leading IT decision-makers about the value of their IT vendors. This year, nearly 700 qualified respondents participated in our survey, rating the top 40 IT vendors on a range of metrics, including value, reliability and loyalty. After identifying the vendors with which their enterprise has had a business relationship in the past 12 months, respondents were asked to rate those vendors on seven criteria. The ratings are derived for each vendor from the average percent of "good" or "excellent" responses they received for each criterion. In addition, respondents were asked whether, given a choice, they would continue to use each vendor with which they currently work - a telling testament to which companies can boast the best customer loyalty. Check out which vendors were ranked tops in each of these categories. For more, read the complete report, CIO Insight 2010 Vendor Value Ratings.
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B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
M.A. Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark College, 2001
Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University - CSPP, 2010
Dr. Torrez has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including university academic hospitals, community mental health, residential treatment facilities, schools, and private practice. Her areas of expertise are complex trauma, family and couples in crisis, acting out adolescents, attachment theory & practice, addiction, forms of discrimination and prejudice against people; including racism, social economic status, heterosexism, and ableism. She also has an area of expertise in neuropsychological assessment.
Highlights in Dr. Torrez's clinical work include intensive in-home family therapy with families in severe distress stemming from oppression and complex PTSD in Richmond, California; working with a dual diagnosis population in psychiatry at Oregon Health Science University; and a specialization in neuropsychological testing for differential psychiatric diagnosis, learning abilities, cognitive and memory problems, and chronic pain. Dr. Torrez also served as a Social Service Manager for three years at Rosemont School in Portland Oregon, where she worked with behaviorally disordered adolescent girls and their families in a locked down facility. At Rosemont School, Dr. Torrez utilized a multi-dimensional family systems approach integrating individual, family, and group therapy, child protective services, judicial, and educational systems.
Currently, Dr. Torrez conducts psychotherapy in Kentfield in a private practice setting where she makes use of a variety of evidenced based treatment modalities (Psychodynamic, CBT, and Systems theory) and evidence based practices such as EMDR, Hypnosis, Mindfulness Practices, Emotional Focused Couples Therapy, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Brief Strategic Family Therapy. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Alliant International University where she teaches Human Development.
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Bottlebrushes also blooming
Several types of the woody plants called bottlebrushes are common sights in many local landscapes, especially now because they are flowering.
Notable species of bottlebrushes that do well in Southwest Florida include the red bottlebrush, callistemon citrinus, the weeping bottlebrush, callistemon viminalis, and the dwarf bottlebrush. Originally from Australia, bottlebrushes provide an old, popular favorite with dependable flowering and graceful form.


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By Steve Horn • Friday, June 1, 2012 - 15:46
Erie, CO meet Naoma, WV. Though seemingly different battles over different ecologically hazardous extractive processes – hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for unconventional gas versus mountaintop removal for coal – the two battles are one in the same and direct parallels of one another.
On June 2, a coalition of activist organizations led by Erie Rising and joined by the likes of the Sierra Club, the Mark Ruffalo-lead Water Defense, the Angela Monti Fox-lead Mothers Project (mother of "Gasland" Producer and Director, Josh Fox), Food and Water Watch (FWW), among others, will take to Erie, CO to say "leave and leave now" to EnCana Corporation.
EnCana has big plans to drill baby drill in Erie.
It "plans to frack for natural gas near three local schools and a childcare center," according to a press release disseminated by FWW. "On June 2, the event in Erie will give voice to those immediately affected by fracking there, and to all Americans marred by the process, becoming ground zero for the national movement to expose the dangers associated with fracking."
The action is a simple one: a "rally and vigil to protest gas industry giant Encana's plans to frack for natural gas near Red Hawk Elementary, Erie Elementary, Erie Middle School and Exploring Minds Childcare Center and transport toxic fracking by-products on roads that come within feet of these and other community schools," reads the FWW press release.
Actor and head of Water Defense, Mark Ruffalo, had this to say in The Denver Post of the upcoming action:
Erie Rising's struggle to protect children from the imminent danger of fracking is urgent. Encana wants to begin drilling by the schools early this summer, subjecting the town's children to the dangerous carcinogens that appear to have already caused so much illness.On June 2, Erie Rising is holding a rally in opposition to the wells by the school. Erie Rising's members still have a long fight to protect their kids, but they are exposing the claim of clean natural gas as a dirty lie. It's a struggle that is paving the way for mothers across the nation to stand up and fight for their own children's future.
Hickenlooper's background and track record may indicate why he has failed this test of good government…He took $73,666 from oil and gas interests in his 2010 election, and as Salon points out, appointed an industry campaign donor to an important regulatory position.
The Fight Back Against Massey and Marsh Fork Elementary School: A Redux
The community surrounding Marsh Fork Elementary School in Naoma, WV was also home to aggressive activism, this time a fight back against coal industry giant Massey Energy, then led by now-retired CEO Don Blankenship. The battle royale itself inspired many documentary films featuring it, including "The Last Mountain," which also featured Bobby Kennedy Jr., "On Coal River," "Mountain Top Removal," and others. DeSmogBlog has written about the fight, as well.
In a nutshell, the community surrounding Marsh Fork was turned upside down by Massey at its Upper Big Branch Mine project, which involved contaminated air and water and left children susceptible to developing Black Lung and various cancers and other illnesses as they grew older. A summary of the milleux that occurred in the area, appearing in the film "Mountain Top Removal," can be seen below.
Like the battle in Erie of today, the battle in Naoma involved, as Schabacker put it in his interview, "mothers' standing up to protect their children in their community." Ted Nace, Director of Coalswarm, a project on the Center for Media and Democracy's Sourcewatch project and author of the book Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal, told DeSmogBlog in an interview that it is these types of battles that win the hearts and minds of regular everyday people.
"Movements need rallying points and a movement needs to have cases of high visibility local impact," said Nace.
"Those people who think about building movements should keep their eyes open to such cases. People at the local level are also looking to get visibility for their community. And I do think one of the big dimensions of environmental activism is finding stories that resonate for people. It's a lot easier for people to comprehend a story that involves other peoples' families than it is to understand a story about some unpronouncable chemical."
Eventually, after a long, hard grassroots fight, often involving civil disobedience, Massey Energy (with financial help from the Annenberg Foundation) was pressured into building a new school for the community away from the Upper Big Branch Mine.
Time will tell whether Erie sees similar success. The parallel, at the very least, is an interesting one.
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If AGW is such a threat
If AGW is such a threat, isn't it worth it to make some environmental tradeoffs? Do we want to stop clean burning natural gas, which is surely replacing higher carbon belching coal plants, because some chemicals might spill off a truck?
No Conman.Do the math.
Global populations are set to approach 9 billion, and currently most of the CO2 comes from the top 1 billion.
If we reduce carbon production to 10% of its present levels, we still fail.
Don't take my word for it… take the word of a Tyrant and a Mad Man… Bill Gates;


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TN: 2001 Dom de Bois Boursan (CdP)
I was pleasantly surprised to see how approachable and ready for drinking this was upon first being opened. But, after 30 minutes or so it shut down only to re-emerge in full bloom after another 2 hours. Dark, deep color for a CdP with plenty of rich, clean Grenache fruit. Not a funk-meister and not over-ripe or alcoholic, the latter two of which are qualities I've become tired of in recent years. There was an interesting/complex floral-perfumey going on that I just couldn't figure out so "violets" will have to suffice for a descriptor. Medium weight with enough tannins and acid to carry this wine for another 8 to 10 years (minimum), but not a major crime to open one now.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 8th Jul 2012 17:54 UTC
Fantastic initiative by Google. Anna Peirano details: "Google is launching a new campaign called 'Legalize Love' with the intention of inspiring countries to legalize marriage for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people around the world. The 'Legalize Love' campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic cultures, where anti-gay laws exist." As proud as I am of living in the first country to legalise same-sex marriage, it's easy to forget we only did so in 2000. Also, it's about time the large technology companies of the world started using their power, reach, and money to do good. Hopefully, this initiative will transcend company boundaries, uniting them behind a common, noble goal.
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plase not spread shit about my country
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by dsmogor on Mon 9th Jul 2012 08:34 in reply to "plase not spread shit about my country"
I don't know what's with that all "homophobic Poland" black PR s*t in recent years. Seems like it's an easy target for all gay organization to point a finger on, because overall weak international position.
Funny it all started with misguided president of my city blocking equality march 7 years ago. All really happened *once*. 3rd most important (voted) party in the parliament has a vocal gay activist as a vice president. Google could start their fight with prejudice without showing it in the first place.
by Soulbender on Mon 9th Jul 2012 11:01 in reply to "plase not spread shit about my country"


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Brad Pitt scooped up the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his role as America's most notorious outlaw in The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford.
"I was stunned," Brad said. "My first reaction was, 'Huh?' I did not expect it. It's a great honor. I am honored to be part of the list of actors who won this award. I'm still processing this." Congratulations, Mr. Bradley!
Pitt's Babel co-star Cate Blanchett also picked up best actress for her role in the biopic of Bob Dylan, I'm Not There. Both Brad and Cate couldn't make it to the awards ceremony.
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion for best film, just two years after winning with Brokeback Mountain.
Put on your dancing shoes, it's time to party!
Pictures below include Angelina Jolie picking up son Maddox, 6, from his French school in NYC's Upper East Side on Friday afternoon.


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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cash-strapped Portugal's attempt to raise money by selling a prized Joan Miro art collection has fallen foul of a late legal wrangle as startling as one of the Spanish artist's works.
In an unexpected twist to the Portuguese government's troubled efforts to offload the collection, Christie's canceled the Miro auction in the tony St. James's district of London a few hours before it was due to start Tuesday. The 85 works by the surrealist master were among the highlights of its two-day auction of Impressionist and modern art.
Christie's cited legal concerns after a Lisbon court challenge to the sale earlier in the day.
In that ruling, a Lisbon judge denied a request from Portugal's main opposition Socialist Party for an injunction to stop the sale of the works. The center-left party's lawmakers argued that the collection was public property because it came from a nationalized bank and should be put on display in Portugal.
But though the judge said the sale could go ahead, Christie's said in a statement that the court challenge created "legal uncertainties" around the auction that could raise questions about future ownership rights.
The Portuguese government hoped the sale could help taxpayers recoup some of the millions they lost rescuing Banco Portugues de Negocios in 2008. The auction was expected to raise at least 36 million euros ($48 million).
Portugal's secretary of state for culture, Jorge Barreto Xavier, said the government is required to contain spending in return for a 78 billion euro ($105 billion) international bailout it received in 2011 that spared Portugal from bankruptcy.
Keeping the collection and putting it on display would force the government to save money elsewhere, such as in the already-squeezed education or health budgets, he said.
"If we want to hold onto these works, we will have to find money for them from somewhere," Barreto Xavier told reporters. He said the government would now consider its next steps.
Miro was a senior figure in the surrealist movement in the 1920s and went on to establish himself as a sculptor and ceramicist during a seven-decade career. He is credited with influencing a generation of abstract expressionists, including American artist Jackson Pollock.
Christie's described the Portuguese collection as "one of the most extensive and impressive offerings of works by the artist ever to come to auction."
Other countries have offloaded their failed banks' art. The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Bank of Ireland and South Korean savings banks have brought works by big-name artists to the market in recent years.
Like elsewhere, though, the Portuguese auction will barely make a dent in money owed: the collapse of Banco Portugues de Negocios left taxpayers at least 3.4 billion euros out of pocket. The nationalization of its assets, including the art works, brought it under public ownership.
The proposed sell-off hit a nerve with many Portuguese, with an online petition against the auction drawing more than 9,000 signatures.
Holding onto publicly-owned art despite financial pressures also has found support in the United States. A recent proposal to restructure Detroit's debt included millions of dollars promised by foundations, the state and the Detroit Institute of Arts to prevent any possible sale of city-owned pieces in the museum to bolster at-risk pensions.


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Jamie Dixon added a big piece to his 2013 recruiting class on Saturday when Pittsburgh native and current Jersey City (NJ) Hudson Catholic forward Mike Young announced that he will be a Panther.
"It feels great to make this decision," Young told Panther-Lair.com. "It feels like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I get to put all of my focus into my senior year. This is a very important day for me and my family."
Young played at Shady Side Academy near Pittsburgh as a freshman. Several schools and a great deal of maturing later, he has found himself in the basketball-rich state of New Jersey, and that move has helped him in the development of his game as well as exposure. Young now stands 6'8 and 225 pounds, and since leaving Pittsburgh, he has added significant strength and now possesses the ideal frame for a power forward. Young has also expanded his game to the perimeter, to the point where he is capable of stepping out and knocking down shots and handling the ball.
Those skills attracted offers from Connecticut, Florida, Memphis, NC State, Miami (Fla.), St. John's, West Virginia, and Xavier, but the opportunity to return home and play for Dixon was too much to overcome for the other schools.
"It will be great. [Friends and family in Pittsburgh] never get to see me play now and now they will have the opportunity to all the time.
"To be the next homegrown star at Pitt would be an honor. It's like having my cake and eating it too, the best of both worlds. I get to be close to home playing for Pitt. I think DeJuan (Blair) did great things at Pitt and I am looking to do even better things."
Young has opened some eyes and drawn rave reviews over the last two summers with the New Jersey Playaz AAU program. The dramatic development led to a four-star ranking and a spot in the Rivals 150, and he should make a solid rise in the next revised rankings.
A strong rebounder, Young should fit the power forward spot perfectly in Pitt's program. Redshirt junior Talib Zanna is the only true power forward on the roster this year, so the opportunity for immediate playing time exists for Young, and that was one of the crucial factors that also led him to Oakland.
"It is a blessing, to be from Pittsburgh and have a chance to play at Pitt. To have been the number one priority is a blessing and it shoes that my hard work is paying off. What I will bring to the program as a true freshman is high volume rebounding, toughness, versatility at either forward spot, and my leadership.
"The ultimate goal is a national championship. I will do whatever I can to make that happen. Whoever wants to win a national championship should join me. I am looking to help bring in whoever Coach Dixon thinks we need."
Young is Pitt's first commitment of the 2013 class. A decision from Jamel Artis has been expected sometime this weekend, but it remains to be seen how the Young commitment will affect that. The Panthers' staff will also be hosting Wesley Clark, a 2013 point guard from Michigan, next week.
The months of August and September are typically when Pitt makes a push for commitments in the early period, so stay tuned to Panther-Lair.com as the recruiting action starts to pick up.
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PEORIA – Almost every basketball team in the state will have to move forward without some graduated seniors next season.
Few – if any – will need to replace program-transforming presences the way Mooseheart will with the departures of Akim Nyang, Makur Puou and Mangisto Deng.
The South Sudanese seniors led Mooseheart to a combined 53 victories the past two seasons, including Saturday's win against Heyworth in the IHSA Class 1A state championship game at the Peoria Civic Center.
While there was no dampening the celebration of the first team state title in school history, the day also had the feeling of an end of an area for the program, which operated in relative obscurity until the arrivals of the 7-foot-1 Nyang, the 6-10 Puou and the 6-7 Deng. Puou and Deng are considered Division I college prospects.
"Will we ever get back here in another 100 years?" coach Ron Ahrens asked rhetorically after the game. "That's what it's going to be, will we ever get back here. I don't know. But I'm just happy for [the current players]. I'm one season at a time.
" … I'm sure people will want us to lose. I'm sure there's a lot of whispers up there that we illegally recruit and stuff like that, and I can live with that. I don't care."
Deng, Puou and Nyang were at the center of an eligibility controversy last year that eventually caused the IHSA to revisit its transfer bylaws. But the three were allowed to continue their Mooseheart careers, and they did not disappoint.
Deng was brilliant in his Mooseheart swan song, averaging 29 points in the Ramblers' final two wins in Peoria. Puou also sparkled with double-doubles in both games, while Nyang added his usual formidable interior defense and occasional put-backs at the rim.
The Ramblers also must part with their top reserve, speedy senior guard J.J. Odunsi.
Mooseheart, however, is slated to return a pair of starters – speedy sophomore point guard Freddy Okito and junior wing Hameed Odunewu, a disruptive defender who also excels in transition.
Both expressed optimism they can be part of keeping Mooseheart boys basketball more of a force than it had been before the past two years.
"It's obvious we're going to have tons of stuff to adjust to since we don't have our height and everything," Okito said. "But I think any team can get [downstate] if they play hard and they're focused."
Odunewu said the Ramblers will need to "adapt to what we have," which, he suggests, will be much more than some might assume. Odunewu rejected the premise that the weekend marked the end of an era.
"Not at all," Odunewu said. "We've got a whole campus full of people that nobody even knows about that can hoop."
One of the few positives for the Ramblers in bidding farewell to their big fellows – Mooseheart will not be burdened by the pressure of high expectations the way the Ramblers were the past two seasons.
That especially held true for Ahrens, who was well aware that anything less than winning a state title would have drawn raised eyebrows considering the way Mooseheart towered over 1A opponents.
"If we would have lost, it would have been 'How can a coach with that big of a team lose?' " Ahrens said. "I was in a no-win situation, but I don't care. I'm just happy for these guys that they were able to win."


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Chemistry & Biochemistry
Kutztown University is dedicated to providing an excellent undergraduate education in chemistry and biochemistry.
Kutztown's chemistry and biochemistry programs are housed on the third floor of the Boehm Science Center. This new facility provides modern laboratory space to house our teaching and research laboratories, as well as a variety of modern chemical instrumentation.
Kutztown's chemistry and biochemistry programs involve extensive hands-on laboratory investigations to develop the skills required for industry and graduate school. The B.S. Chemistry program is approved by the American Chemical Society.


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Did you ever have a user tell you a query is taking a lot longer to compete than before, even though nothing in it has changed? If so, there's a good chance that the indexes in the table that the query ran against have become fragmented. Fixing this problem is a two-step process. First, you need to first determine which indexes have become fragmented. Second, you need to defrag those indexes. I wrote a stored procedure, cspDefragIndexes, that automatically performs both steps. You can use cspDefragIndexes to analyze all the indexes in a single table or a whole database to determine whether they're fragmented. You can also use cspDefragIndexes to defrag that table or database. The stored procedure even updates all the statistics.
You can download the cspDefragIndexes stored procedure using the "Download the Code" link at the top of the page. To run it, you need to provide two parameters. The first parameter is the table name. Or, you can specify 'ALL' to work with all the tables in the database. The second parameter tells the stored procedure to either display the indexes and their percentage of fragmentation (specify 'N') or defrag the indexes (specify 'Y').
For example, if you want to check the Customer table to see how badly its indexes are fragmented, you use the command
cspDefragIndexes 'Customer', 'N'
Table 1 shows sample results. As you can see, most of the indexes are highly fragmented—even the clustered index is more than 80 percent fragmented. This table's indexes need to be defragged, so you run the command
cspDefragIndexes 'Customer', 'Y'
The csp_defragIndexes stored procedure rebuilds indexes whose fragmentation is 30 percent or higher, reorganizes indexes whose fragmentation is between 29 percent and 5 percent, and bypasses indexes whose fragmentation is less than 5 percent. An update of the statistics completes the process. Figure 5 shows the report that csp_defragIndexes displays on screen. As you can see, the report specifies the action taken for each index.
A quick rerun of csp_defragIndexes in display mode shows the improvements made by the defrag operation. As Table 2 shows, the percent of fragmentation is significantly less, which means the queries against the Customer table will run significantly faster.
I wrote csp_defragIndexes for use on the SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. (It won't work on SQL Server 2000.) This stored procedure will incur table locks unless you have Enterprise Edition and you modify the procedure to do online rebuilds.
—Eric Peterson, President, Peterson American Consulting


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members say the former president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has died in Oceanside, Calif.
Henry "Hank" Rieger was 95. He died on Wednesday.
In his 40 years with the TV academy, Rieger also served as president of the organization's Hollywood chapter and editor and publisher of Emmy magazine.
Before joining the TV academy, Rieger worked for United Press International and in publicity for NBC, promoting such series as "Bonanza," ''Star Trek" and "Sanford and Son." He later started his own publicity firm, which counted ESPN among its clients.
In 1994, Rieger was honored with the TV academy's Syd Cassyd Award for his long and distinguished service to the organization.
Rieger's wife of 65 years, Deborah, died last year.


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Your heart is the hardest working muscle in your body. Located almost in the center of your chest, your heart is about the size of one fist.
Beating at an average rate of 80 times a minute, your heart beats about 115,000 times in one day, or 42 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, your heart will beat more than three billion times. It pumps an amount of blood that equals about one million barrels. Even at rest, your heart continuously works hard.
Beginning in your first trimester, your blood volume increases to approximately 50 percent more than before your pregnancy. The extra fluid puts an increased workload on your heart. Your heart responds by increasing its cardiac output. This is the amount of blood that goes through your circulatory system in one minute. Other body systems also respond. Blood pressure decreases to allow the increased blood volume to flow.
During labor and delivery, great changes in your heart and vascular system can occur. Large amounts of blood move from your uterus into your circulation, as your uterus contracts. This causes major changes in blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output. Epidural or spinal anesthesia may cause blood pressure to decrease.
After delivery, cardiac output increases and your heart rate slows. Excessive blood loss with delivery can change your heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac output.
Heart disease is a known possible complication of pregnancy. It occurs in about 1% of all pregnancies. Sometimes, heart disease is diagnosed before pregnancy. However, some women have unknown heart conditions that become apparent only during pregnancy.
The following are common symptoms of heart disease. However, every woman may experience them differently. Symptoms may include:
Difficulty breathing, especially at night or without exertion
Inability to perform normal activities, due to weakness or fatigue
Light-headedness or fainting
Palpitations (irregular heartbeat)
Cyanosis (blue-coloring due to low levels of oxygen in the blood)
The symptoms of heart disease may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your health care provider for a diagnosis.
Diagnosis can be difficult because some of the normal symptoms of pregnancy are similar to the symptoms of heart disease. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, the following procedures can help diagnose your heart disease.
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). Records the electrical activity of your heart, shows abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias or dysrhythmias), and detects heart muscle damage.
Echocardiography. Evaluates the structure and function of your heart by using sound waves recorded on an electronic sensor. These produce a moving picture of your heart and heart valves.
Normal physical changes in pregnancy may cause problems, if you have cardiac disease. You will need prenatal care, and to be closely watched to help ensure a healthy outcome for you and your baby. If you have a congenital heart defect (CHD), meaning a defect you've had since birth, there is a risk that your baby also will have a defect. It won't necessarily be the same type as yours. You will most likely need high-risk prenatal monitoring. Common cardiac conditions that may be affected by pregnancy include the following:
Mitral stenosis. The heart valve between your left atrium and left ventricle is narrowed or constricted. This may be due to a congenital malformation of your valve, or scarring from a childhood infection, such as rheumatic fever. Normal cardiovascular changes with pregnancy can cause problems if you have mitral stenosis. These include difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat, and lung congestion. You may need medication to regulate your heart. You may have disease serious enough to need repair or valve replacement during pregnancy. Because of the effects of labor and birth on your heart, you may require intensive care after delivery. Normal cardiovascular changes that occur after delivery may cause serious illness. If you have prosthetic heart valves and you have a complicated delivery, you may require antibiotics to prevent endocarditis.
Atrial septal defect (ASD). An abnormal opening exists between the two upper chambers of your heart—the right and left atria—causing an abnormal blood flow through your heart. This is the most common congenital heart defect in adults. If you have a small ASD, you generally do not have serious complications with pregnancy, however, fatigue is common. If you have large unrepaired ASD, you should avoid pregnancy.
Ventricular septal defect (VSD). An abnormal opening exists between the two lower chambers of your heart—the right and left ventricle. This causes an abnormal blood flow through your heart. Because your heart becomes overworked, it may enlarge. Most women with small VSD do not have serious complications with pregnancy. Some may experience fatigue and palpitations as the pregnancy progresses. If you have large, unrepaired VSD, you should avoid pregnancy.
Aortic stenosis (AS). The aortic valve between the left ventricle and the aorta did not form properly and is narrowed. This makes it difficult for your heart to pump blood to your body. A normal valve has three leaflets or cusps, but a stenotic valve may have only one cusp (unicuspid) or two cusps (bicuspid). If you have severe aortic stenosis, your health care provider may advise you against becoming pregnant. This is because of the effects of pregnancy on this heart condition. If you have AS, it is important that you get an evaluation of your aortic root and entire aorta. This checks for any enlargement that could worsen during pregnancy. Your condition also affects decisions regarding mode of delivery (vaginal vs. cesarean section). You may need intensive care during or after delivery, so that you can be closely monitored. If you have prosthetic heart valves, you may require antibiotics for complicated deliveries to prevent endocarditis.
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Also known as click-murmur syndrome, Barlow's syndrome, balloon mitral valve, or floppy valve syndrome, this condition is characterized by a bulging of one or both of the mitral valve flaps during the contraction of your heart. One or both of the flaps may not close properly, allowing the blood to leak backward. This may result in a mitral regurgitation murmur. Most people have no symptoms of mitral valve prolapse.
MVP is the most common congenital heart defect in women of childbearing age. Most women have no difficulty in pregnancy with MVP.


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A large amount of the Ted Baker clothing collection features as a fantastic range of accessories. Within the selection there is everything a man needs to get through the day from Red Baker socks and underwear or underpants for getting dressed right through to a beautiful leather wallet and belt combo that will finish off your workwear or casual outfit. Add to that the great range of cufflinks and ties to really make your shirt or suit stand out and you are well on the way to becoming a true British gent. With the autumn and winter in mind Ted Baker also produces a range of woolly hats, beanies and scarfs and the occasional flat cap that are perfect for the chill, wind and rain that is so common within the UK.
The average trend setter may commute or travel a lot so Ted Baker have created a perfect range of bags and luggage including holdalls, tote bags, hanging wash bags and for those that want to go the full distance an authorised range of Apple accessories are available featuring iphone cases, i pod cases and laptop bags. With every base nearly covered who can forget Christmas, birthdays and other events where a Ted Baker gift set will be the perfect addition to a family member or friends designer wardrobe, perfect!


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yes they are! ey is the movie coming to spain? I dont see the trailer here yet
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color, choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable!
I just wrote an article expalining that there is an English version of the trailer. It should be posted sometime soon!
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U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loomBy DAVID SHEPARDSON
December 15. 2017 12:10AM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.
The approval of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal marked a victory for internet service providers like AT&T Inc., Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. and hands them power over what content consumers can access.
Democrats, Hollywood and companies like Google parent Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc had urged Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, to keep the Obama-era rules barring service providers from blocking, slowing access to or charging more for certain content.
The meeting, held amid protests online and in front of the FCC headquarters in Washington, was evacuated before the vote for about 10 minutes due to an unspecified security threat, and resumed after law enforcement with sniffer dogs checked the room.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters the administration "supports the FCC's efforts. At the same time, the White House certainly has and always will support a free and fair internet."
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, said in a statement he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to challenge the reversal.
Shares of Alphabet, Apple Inc.and Microsoft Corp. moved lower after the vote.
Pai has argued that the 2015 rules were heavy handed and stifled competition and innovation among service providers.
"The internet wasn't broken in 2015. We weren't living in a digital dystopia," he said on Thursday.
The FCC voted 3-2 to repeal the rules.
Next steps
Consumers are unlikely to see immediate changes, but smaller startups worry the lack of restrictions could drive up costs or lead to their content being blocked.
Internet service providers say they will not block or throttle legal content but may engage in paid prioritization. They argue that the largely unregulated internet functioned well in the two decades before the 2015 order.
Still, Democrats have pointed to polls showing a repeal is deeply unpopular and say they will prevail in protecting the rules, either in the courts or in U.S. Congress.
Immediately after the vote, Senator Edward Markey, a Democrat, said he and 15 other senators planned to introduce a resolution to undo the FCC action and restore the net neutrality rules.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said in a written dissent released on Thursday that the decision grants internet providers "extraordinary new power" from the FCC.
"They have the technical ability and business incentive to discriminate and manipulate your internet traffic. And now this agency gives them the legal green light to go ahead," she said.
Several state attorneys general said before the vote they would work to oppose the ruling, citing issues with the public comment period. Other critics have said they will consider challenging what they see as weaker enforcement.
The 2015 rules were intended to give consumers equal access to web content and prevent broadband providers from favoring their own content. Those practices are now allowed as long as they are disclosed.
The broadband industry cheered the move. USTelecom, a lobbying group representing internet providers and broadband companies said after the vote they had "renewed confidence" to make network investments, particularly in rural communities. On the other side, the trade group Internet Association, whose members include content providers Alphabet, Facebook and Pandora Media Inc., said "the fight isn't over" and that it was weighing legal options in a lawsuit against the FCC order.
A University of Maryland poll had found more than 80 percent of respondents opposed a repeal.


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7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, CBS "Will & Grace" creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick dip back into their own lives for this "Will & Grace" rip-off. Longtime best friends and architecture firm partners--one gay (Michael Urie) and one straight (David Krumholtz)--face challenges when the straight guy gets engaged. The sitcom is full of punch lines, but not a lot of organic laughs. Pictured: Sophia Bush, David Krumholtz, Brandon Routh and Michael Urie
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Shawn Kelly embarks on his 10th year as part of the Blue Devil coaching staff, for which he primarily works with the goalkeepers. Kelly brings a wealth of collegiate coaching experience, having worked with the University of Hartford, Trinity College and Central's men's program in the five years prior to joining the women's soccer coaching staff.
Over the past nine seasons with the Blue Devils, Kelly has guided three of the top goalkeepers in CCSU history. Under Kelly's tutelage, Sabrina Mariani, Ashley Ferra and Erin Herd each won Northeast Conference Tournament MVP awards on their way to leading the Blue Devils to Northeast Conference Championships.
Herd was a first team all-conference selection in 2008 while Ferra garnered an all-conference first team selection and a second team All-New England honor during her time in New Britain. In addition, Ferra established new program records for most shutouts (10) and fewest goals allowed (15) in a season in 2005, breaking Mariani's marks of eight shutouts and 17 goals allowed. Herd posted eight of the team's 12 shutouts a year ago, and was 8-3-4 in goal as a senior.
Kelly played collegiately at Quinnipiac University and spent time as a member of the the Glastonbury Celtic club team. Currently, Kelly is the General Manager for Tony DiCicco's SoccerPlus Camps, which is based in Farmington, CT.


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Yamaha Podcast - January 2009
The Yamaha Download for Jan 2009 is the usual mix of the biggest names talking about the best music gear, this month the focus is on home recording. Radio 2's Richard Allinson is joined by one of Britain's hottest new futuristic-pop acts Little Boots, Ultravox star Billy Currie, Epson based 'The Theory Of 6 Degrees', and musician and comedian Bill Bailey.
Bill Bailey: one of the highlights of the Yamaha podcast in january
As well as being the keyboard player in Ultravox, Billy Currie's career spans a huge range of music. After 4 years at music school he turned down a place at The Royal Academy of Music in favour of exploring new musical ground. Since then he's played with various acts including Gary Numan and Visage. As well as announcing details of a new Ultravox tour in 2009 Billy talks about preparing for Live Aid and synthesisers, past and present, even playing a Yamaha CP300 piano to illustrate as he goes along.
The Yamaha Stagepas PA system is put under the microscope by Product Manager Peter Peck and singer Martyna in a conversation culminating in a live session recorded through the Stagepas to a Yamaha Pocketrack.
This month's 'Band For A Grand' made the final 10 in the Xfm 'Rock School' competition. They've recorded an album, including 6 original songs since they got together in early 2008. They've also already appeared on Radio 1 and came very close to supporting Bon Jovi at Twickenham. With an average age of 12 they are Scott (Lead Vocals & Bass) Joe (Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals) Jack S. (Rhythm Guitar & Backing Vocals) and Jack T. (Drums) collectively know as 'The Theory of 6 Degrees'.
Musician, actor and comedian Bill Bailey started out in a relatively unsuccessful four piece called 'The Famous Five'. He ended up with several TV series, stand up shows, tours, theatrical roles and appearances on shows like 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' and now talks exclusively to the Yamaha Download about how he makes music on stage and at home.
DIRETORS CUTS - And Yamaha continue their 'Directors Cut' series. Full length uncut interviews with Little Boots, Billy Currie and Bill Bailey can be found as individual downloads at www.yamahadownload.co.uk , as can all the details about how to listen to, vote for and enter Band For A Grand.
Bill Bailey: one of the highlights of the Yamaha podcast in january
Band for a Grand - Further Background
Yamaha set themselves the challenge of creating a full band set up, using only YAMAHA equipment and keeping to a budget of just one thousand pounds. The kit involved is, a Gigmaker drum kit with Cymbals, a YAMAHA Pacifica 012 guitar, an MM6 Keyboard and an RBX170 bass guitar. It all comes in for under a thousand quid and it's all available to their 'Band For A Grand' artists.
Each month, Yamaha select a new band from the MP3's sent in via their website - and invite the chosen group to the 'Artist Suite' at Yamaha HQ to record a song. Yamaha then feature it in the download and post it on-line, where a public vote will help choose a winning band. The lucky group will get to spend a full day in a top UK recording studio and you could win all the 'Band For A Grand' gear just for voting.
So - if you fancy having a go just hit www.yamahadownload.co.uk and send them an MP3!


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Pharmaceutical Engineering is ISPE's bi-monthly technical magazine published for Members engaged in all aspects of research, development, and manufacture of safe and effective medicines and medical devices. The magazine covers topics important to the global pharmaceutical industry across all sectors, including traditional pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, innovator and generics. Pharmaceutical Engineering presents valuable information on the latest scientific and technical developments, regulatory initiatives and innovative solutions to real-life problems and challenges through practical application articles and case studies. Technical articles are peer reviewed by an expert editorial review board and will define and demonstrate global best practices in engineering and design; product development; technology transfer; manufacturing process development and scale-up; commercial manufacturing; quality and compliance; and product lifecycle management. Special features and guest editorials will focus on new technology, contemporary quality management practices and production innovation.
Pharmaceutical Engineering has introduced eight new departments, including facilities and equipment, information systems, product development, production systems, quality systems, research and development, supply chain management and regulatory compliance.
In addition to the departments, each issue will feature a cover story or lead article on industry relevant hot topics, including biosimilars, breakthrough therapies, next generation manufacturing, quality metrics, quality risk management, supply chain integrity, and sustainability.
Facilities and Equipment case studies illustrate how the selection of process equipment and the design of facilities and support utility systems consistently deliver the critical physical and chemical requirements of drugs products, as well as all other aspects of the product specification. Individual topics could expand into the areas of design and construction/installation, commissioning and qualification, operation and maintenance and controls and automation.
Information Systems articles report on the financial impact of the different types of data management systems that are integral to successful drug development, manufacturing, and distribution; the basic computer system life cycle model and the activities and software quality assurance practices in each phase; and the controls and methods necessary to maintain data integrity and security.
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Erratic bat behavior seen in Smokies
Erratic bat behavior seen in Smokies
GATLINBURG, Tenn. —
Officials in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park caution that there have been numerous reports of bats acting erratically and caution people to avoid contact with them.
Park biologists say bats should be hibernating now, but some have been seen flying in erratic ways during the day and diving toward people.
Bats can carry diseases, including rabies. Any skin-to-skin contact is dangerous. Heath officials say people who have touched bats should seek immediate medical advice.
Unusual bat activity inside the park should be reported to rangers. Erratic behavior elsewhere should be reported to state wildlife officials.


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Will I sound like a hypocrite if I criticize "Emperor" for taking liberties with historical fact?
I just wrote a column criticizing people who criticize films for not being historically accurate. Who cares if "Argo," "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" took some artistic license? They were all excellent movies that might not have been as dramatically charged if they had become bogged down with historical purity.
So, what should I say about "Emperor," another film based on a true story? Will I sound like a hypocrite if I criticize it for taking liberties with historical fact? Well, I'm hearing the sound of hypocrisy right now and it's at volume 11, but at least let me explain. I think it all boils down to a matter of degree. It's one thing to toy with the departure of the U.S. Embassy staff as director Ben Affleck does in "Argo." It's quite another if he had the staff grabbing a cache of machine guns, gunning down an army of militants, commandeering a jet and flying out of Iran while yelling "How do you like them apples, Ayatollah?" Or if Affleck's character had fallen in love with an Iranian diplomat who helps the staff escape before being captured and killed by a poisoned pistachio.
"Emperor" is ostensibly about whether the emperor of Japan should face justice at the end of World War II. What was his role in starting this conflict? Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) has arrived in Tokyo and gets this sticky issue thrust upon him. Considering the Japanese people believe the emperor to be a divine god, trying him as a criminal might not sit too well with the populace. On the flip side, letting him get a free ride might not sit too well with the American people who have not forgotten Pearl Harbor. MacArthur has also been charged with rebuilding Japan after the U.S. bombed it into rubble. The task won't be made any easier if he has to quell riots in the streets.
To handle this powder keg, MacArthur does what any great leader does: he delegates. He orders Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) to make a recommendation following an investigation. This entails interviewing Japanese authorities who might not be very cooperative. That's if Fellers can find them before they kill themselves. That's a story that packs a dramatic wallop, don't you think? Well, apparently, the wallop was not enough of a haymaker for the filmmakers. To broaden its appeal, they add a Japanese love interest for Fellers despite the fact that in reality he was married at the time to an American.
Now, is this fabrication more grievous a sin to historical accuracy than the ones committed by the other aforementioned films? I think so, because it wasn't necessary and, more significantly, it damages the film. "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't stick in a love interest for Jessica Chastain's character to broaden its appeal. In this case, that means the female demographic. But if I were a woman, I'd be annoyed that filmmakers feel a need to add romance to a film, assuming that otherwise I wouldn't be interested. You could almost call that kind of thinking sexist.
More importantly, adding this bogus romantic element waters down the drama as Fellers spends almost as much time looking for the love of his life as he does looking for the Japanese authorities. You could almost call that dereliction of duty. The love interest angle also robs screen time from Jones, who was born to play MacArthur. Talk about type casting. Jones will never be accused of being warm and fuzzy and neither was MacArthur, who could have taught master courses in disdain. The scene where MacArthur meets Emperor Hirohito (Takataro Hataoka) rates as the film's strongest. Pity it had to be proceeded by so much fluff.
This includes flashbacks to Fellers' college days where he meets and courts Aya Shimada (Eriko Hatsune). In other flashback, he meets her again when he returns to Japan before the start of the war. He later meets her uncle, General Kajima (Toshiyuki Nishida), who schools him on the mind-set of the Japanese soldier. The onset of war separates the two, and we're left wondering Aya survived or not. Will Fellers find her at long last? Will they share an emotional embrace among the ruins of Tokyo? Oh, and will he also find evidence to prove that Hirohito should hang from the highest yardarm? That almost becomes secondary.
By the way, some screenwriting schools teach that flashbacks should be used judiciously, if not avoided all together, because they disrupt the flow of the story. Vera Blasi and David Klass, the screenwriters of "Emperor," apparently missed that lesson.
Now, if the Aya fabrication doesn't irk you, perhaps you'll be a bit peeved that the filmmakers didn't make better use of General Kajima. What if he had to be investigated for war crimes? That would put Fellers in an awkward position. What if Kajima were guilty? More awkwardness. But no. Let's just watch Fellers look anguished as his search for Aya goes on and on. On and on. Cue the Stephen Bishop song.
The inert nature of "Emperor" is surprising when you consider its director is Peter Webber, whose resume includes "Girl with a Pearl Earring." At least "Emperor" looks good. Kudos to cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh and the CGI effects crew. Godzilla would have been impressed by the devastated landscape of Tokyo.
Chalk up "Emperor" as yet another example of a wasted opportunity. It makes one want to know the real story. Yes, this is one time when history shouldn't have been "adjusted."
"Emperor" is rated PG-13. Written by Vera Blasi and David Klass; directed by Peter Webber. With Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox. Grade: C.


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Pregnant Mistress In Wedding Gown Starts Fight At Lover's Wedding [VIDEO]
You just can't make this kind of thing up! Check out this hilarious (if it's not you) video where a man's pregnant mistress shows up at his wedding in a wedding gown of her own and starts absolute mayhem with the man's bride to be and basically, the entire wedding party! I wish I could actually understand what they were saying!


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An Arundel Middle School student was issued a juvenile citation Tuesday after two classmates told school officials that he threatened them with a 3-inch knife, one of two incidents at the Odenton school this week.
Also this week, a teacher was videotaped screaming at a student while admonishing her in front of classmates Wednesday. The video was posted on Facebook, and the teacher has since been removed from her classroom and is on leave while school officials investigate.
In the knife incident, Anne Arundel County police said in a news release that Arundel Middle's resource officer was told about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday that a 12-year-old male student had made threats with the knife to a 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl.
The suspect was detained and a 3-inch folding knife was found inside his locker, police said. The knife was confiscated and the student was charged on a misdemeanor juvenile citation with one count of possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds and two counts of threatening students. He was released into his parents' custody.
In a letter that went out Thursday to parents, Arundel Middle Principal Yolanda Clark said, "In addition to any charges from police, I assure you that appropriate disciplinary action will be taken with regard to any student who is found to have violated the Code of Student Conduct."
She commended students who alerted administrators about the incident.
In a second letter to parents, Clark said that the teacher who was videotaped admonishing a student had been involved in two incidents at the school. The teacher "exhibited poor judgment in her behavior toward students in two different classrooms — one of them her own and one that of another teacher," Clark said in the letter.
"This behavior is inconsistent with that which we expect of our educators, and our school system is addressing this matter quickly," she wrote.
Anne Arundel schools spokesman Bob Mosier said Friday that Clark met with parents of some of the students to discuss their concerns about the teacher.
Mosier said that the teacher, whom he identified as Latesha Blue, has not been in class since the incident. Mosier said she has been a county school employee since August 2007 and an Arundel Middle teacher since August 2010. Attempts to reach Blue for comment Friday were unsuccessful.
"The video is certainly disturbing and not indicative of the great work that our teachers do in classrooms every day," said Mosier. "We have launched an investigation into the matter immediately and will make appropriate decisions once our investigation is complete."


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Wines by Jean and Martine David: Organic Reds from the Rhône
Last fall, I had the opportunity to visit the winery of Jean David in the town of Seguret in the southern Rhône valley. Seguret is a walled medieval town perched on the edge of the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains, equidistant between the towns of Rasteau to the northwest and Gigondas to the south. We were there in October and the weather was great! We had come directly from cool, rainy Burgundy where everyone was clad in thick sweaters, and when we arrived in the Rhône, we saw people everywhere walking around in flip-flops and t-shirts.
Jean David and his wife run their small winery together with just a bit of help harvesting in the fall. They farm around 17 hectares of vineyards where they grow red grapes – Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Counoise – and white grapes – Roussanne, Bourboulenc and Clairette. Jean also has a little Tempranillo in his vineyard that his father planted. When asked about the proportions of grapes in the vineyard, Jean replied: "sometimes I say to myself, 'Jean… you should plant more Syrah…but then…'" and he shrugged and smiled. Continue Reading »


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I like this so much better than the Bucket List and here's why. Some of the things that ended up on my "Bucketed" list would never have been on any list of things I hoped to do some day. For instance, I didn't even know that my great-great-grandfather was buried in that Toronto cemetery until I went there for a different reason. Also, I'm not a whiskey drinker, but being able to taste the peat-y flavor imparted to the whiskey by the brewing techniques particular to a specific area was a not-to-be-missed experience when one is actually standing in a distillery on the Isle of Skye.
So thanks Leah!! –I have really enjoyed this chance to be reminded of all the wonderful, amazing things I've experienced in my first 50(ish) years. It makes me look forward to the next 50 with a renewed sense of excitement and wonder about what is yet to come…things that I don't even know that I want to do but will love when they happen!!
Diana's Already Bucketed List
1. Watched a "thundering herd" of buffalo as they ran madly across a meadow.
2. Walked down the same dirt path from the small village of Blebo Craig (in Fife, Scotland) to the parish church of Kemback that my great-great-grandfather, James Ritchie would have walked with his siblings and parents in the mid-1800's.
3. Tasted the smokey, peat-y whiskey distilled on the Isle of Skye - while ON the Isle of Skye.
4. Walked the very streets of Bath where Jane Austen set some memorable scenes in her novels Nothanger Abbey and Persuasion.
5. Drank water straight from a rushing mountain stream in Colorado. It was so cold it seemed like it must have been snow only moments ago. (And I lived to tell about it – ah the innocence of the times before everything we put into our mouths was going to kill us)
6. And speaking of Jane Austen, walked out on the Cobb in Lyme Regis.
7. Stood by my great-great-grandparents grave in Inverurie, Scotland. [well OK, that's my Dad, not me - but I was there too!]
8. Watched a Shakespearean play performed in Stratford-upon-Avon.
9. Stood at the continental divide and watch the water running both ways – twice! Once in Colorado as a child, once in Wyoming as an adult.
10. Stood in the ruts made by the wagons heading west on the Oregon Trail.
11. Happened to be right there when the Giant Geyser erupted in Yellowstone on Sept, 2005
This list could have been 3 times as long and actually was, but I picked out just 22 for this post. Wow - that's really all I can say!


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As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' pontificate, this week's issue is packed with content marking the moment.
This includes not only coverage of the recent consistory and elevation of new cardinals (Page 4), but a review of the pope's first year and a look ahead at where the pontificate may be going. Both of the latter pieces are written by Matthew Bunson, author of "Pope Francis" (OSV, $16.95). Additional stories look at Pope Francis on peace, on eschatology and — of course — on his affinity for off-the-cuff interviews (Special Section, Pages 11-22).
In a personal essay (Page 23), Greg Erlandson, OSV president and publisher, reflects back on what it was like to be in St. Peter's Square when Jorge Mario Bergoglio walked out onto the loggia for the first time. This includes a look back at Erlandson's Twitter feed on the day of the pontiff's election — a fun glimpse into the excitement of being "on the spot" on the big day.
With the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis thus far, it's undeniable that he has managed to affect all Catholics in one way or another. With that in mind, as we prepare to enter a second year with the "pope of surprises," here's a list of 10 indicators that the first year of Pope Francis' pontificate has changed your life:
10. When the alarm goes off each morning, you immediately reach for your mobile device to find out what happened at the Vatican — because something always happens at the Vatican — in the middle of the night.
9. You have started using your hands while you speak.
8. You now think Ford Focuses are pretty cool.
7. You have stopped griping about dealing with carry-on luggage while flying. If Pope Francis can handle it (literally), so can you.
6. You seriously think twice before gossiping with your sister/co-worker/neighbor/friend.
5. You answer the phone even when you don't recognize the number because, well, you just never know.
4. You have prayed at least one novena in the last year to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots.
3. You check the Vatican news website every morning for a synopsis of Pope Francis' daily homilies.
2. You've had at least one person with whom you have never before discussed religion approach you about the Catholic Church and let on that they think the pope is a pretty cool guy.
And finally:
1. After your final meeting of the morning wraps up, you smile, wave and wish all your co-workers a good lunch.
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Edema wrote:i have goten a crap ton of Family Flawless Stones...
Zaelo wrote:I got 3 flawless battle stones so far. All in the first 5 days. Along with 2 family ones.
Haven't seen a single stone drop in over a week now and haven't seen any of the pandaren spirit/porcupette/darkmoon eye drop either, and I've been doing all pandaren dailies and most other dailies too.
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Some of the most iconic women in history have had their stories told on-screen! From Salma Hayek to Jennifer Lopez, here are seven celebrities who have played the role of a few notable mujeres:
1. Yaya DaCosta Alafia as Whitney Houston
Yaya DaCosta Alafia is playing the late Grammy Award-winning artist, Whitney Houston, in a forthcoming Lifetime biopic. This first picture of DaCosta immersed in her role as Houston was released on the morning of July 10. "First look: Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston in Lifetime's biopic. She re-created Whitney's 1987 album cover," Entertainment Editor Chris Witherspoon tweeted. The TV movie, directed by Angela Bassett, remains untitled and is set to be released in 2015.
2. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo
In 2002, Salma Hayek took on the role of the late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Hayek's portrayal of the iconic figure landed her the Imagen Award for Best Actress and eight nominations, including Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.
3. Rosario Dawson as Dolores Huerta
Starring in Cesar Chavez, Rosario Dawson played the role of civil rights activist Dolores Huerta. "I like playing women who make their presence known in their community," Dawson said during an interview.
4. Jennifer Lopez as Selena
In 1997, Jennifer Lopez showed off her acting skills playing the beautiful and legendary Selena Quintanilla in the biopic Selena.
5. Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
Zoe Saldana was tapped to star as jazz singer Nina Simone in the biopic Nina. The Dominican and Puerto Rican actress received a ton of backlash for taking on the part. "What keeps me focused and what kept me from getting stressed from being hurt by the comments is I'm doing it for my sisters, I'm doing it for my brothers, and I don't care who tells me I am not this and I am not that," Saldana said in response to the critics. "I know who I am, and I know what Nina Simone means to me."
6. Christina Aguilera as Eva Peron
Another project on Christina Aguilera's list? The Voice coach is reportedly filming a musical where she will star as First Lady of Argentina, Eva Peron.
7. Chiquis as Jenni Rivera
Late last year, several outlets reported that Chiquis would be playing the role of her mother Jenni Rivera in a new film to be developed about the late singer. "It would be an honor to portray my mother in a movie," Chiquis told Univision.


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I killed my starter...
I have had the same mother starter going since June 2008 when I created it with the pineapple juice method. A week ago I looked in the back of the fridge and remembered that I hadn't fed the starter for a few weeks, and made a mental note (big mistake for an old guy, LMAO) that I needed to do that. So 5 days ago I pulled out the jug, opened the lid, and was greeted with a mold cap that would do a penicillin scientist proud. I dissected the mess and tried to feed what was underneath the mold, but it was fruitless. I guess it was a little more than a couple of weeks since I last fed it, and the batch was deader than last Tuesday. I should have taken a picture, but I wasn't thinking about sharing my stupidity so soon.
Fortunately, about 2 years ago I dried a sheet of starter on parchment paper and put it in the freezer in a 1/2 pint jelly jar with a sealed lid. Over the past 5 days I managed to recreate my starter from 2 Tbs of dried starter, and will now pay closer attention to the feeding schedule. I also have a fresh sheet of starter drying in the oven with just the light bulb to keep it warm and dry it out, and will store another batch for future use and for sharing with friends who also bake sourdough bread.
Losing your starter doesn't have to be a total disaster if you plan ahead and store some dried starter. I'm back in business because of a little pre-planning, and have proved that dried starter will keep at LEAST for 2 years in the freezer if properly stored...and it's from the original mother starter!


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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Gateau Fromage Blanc
25 comments:
Cheese will be my downfall.ReplyDelete
Cheese..bread..I love them so:-)ReplyDelete
As your aquarelles..And all are great:-)
I see one more opportunity to try another.
I tried a Bonne Maman jar...
Not so much:-)
La maman et ses poussins..like at a garderie:-)
Too cute.
And the cheese presentations on bleu et blanc..?
I vowed never to eat cheesecake anywhere but NYC. It makes it easier to avoid temptation. So do tell, is French cheesecake better? Should I succumb to Paris cheesecake?ReplyDeleteReplies
It's nothing like NY cheesecake which is so very creamy from using Philadelphia cream cheese.Delete
I never thought how funny that is..
It's more solid, like cheese, with only a hint of sweetness - therefore the splash of strawberry jam.
I think I need to taste others to get a better picture.
Interesting the way the sides of the cake look folded, as though the batter was so thick that it left air pockets when they poured it into the pan...what is your verdict on the taste?ReplyDelete
A new but locally reknowned baker opened a tiny shop just a mile from me, so I dutifullly checked it out and brought home a beautiful cake with passionfruit ganache. I admit, it was decorated with the most wonder fruits rouges....but the fruit slid off during the ride home and I scarfed it down without painting its portrait. For shame.
At least I now understand your transportation issues firsthand.Replies
Oh I had 'transportation issues' yesterday.Delete
These people should plan better IMHO
Or let you shoot and eat it in the shop
PS It was delicious!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:58 PM
Loving your "pairing lessons".ReplyDelete
You are doing soooooo great. The cheeses were just gorgeous and made me want to eat them asap even though LW and I had just returned from our garden where we ate had a delicious blue from Rogue River and an aged gouda with a fabulous PN from Russian River.
It's an eye-opener for me too.
Except last nite I 'tasted' too many cerise desserts and today I feel logy...
Too much sucre ;(
Boy, I know that "I should have stopped sooner" feeling. I have a box of mixed media projects that need to just be gutted and started over. Sigh. Soon. Meanwhile, I do like the first best, and I love it when you show painting! And really, with a subject like that, who can go wrong? I confess, I'm not sure the subject would have stayed around long enough for a re-do!ReplyDeleteReplies
Of course I ate it a tout a suite.
I worked from the photo
- Anonymous3:15 PM
Are you sure that isn't a goose?ReplyDelete
I like your advise on watercolors. Same thing applies to writing, I've learned. It's hard to know when to stop.
Ooopla you are very correct.Delete
Geese are considerably larger than ducks.
Geese are only white in color and they make a honking sound, while ducks only quack.
Will fix
Thank you!
One piece is equal to a steak dinner for me...if I ate steak ;)ReplyDelete
I got weird swollen lips from a fruit diet. I got it by going back on the diet after taking a break from it, but was told that fruit esters can do very strange things. Other people got this symptom from tomaotes, I heard when asking about it. Anyhow, who knows what set off your rash, but too much fruit can do some odd things.ReplyDelete