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Bug (1975)
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Rated PG
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Copyright Paramount Pictures 1975
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Professor James Parmiter: A college professor who is obsessed with the fire bugs and wants to breed them for whatever reason. Even when they kill his wife, he still is intent on making them breed! He slowly loses it over the course of the movie as he breeds the bugs into an extremely dangerous form. They eventually set him on fire and probably eat him alive; its not really clear.
Norma Tacker: The only daughter of the Tacker family who is strangely able to bounce back to normal after the death of two love ones right in front of her. She goes from a psychotic wreck to a happy and cheery girl in less than 2 days. A bug fries her ear, but I think she survives the encounter.
Professor Mark and Sylvia Ross: Patty McCormack as the wife! A couple who were good friends with James and Carrie. Mark helps James with the research on the bugs. After Carrie dies and James cuts himself off from the world, Sylvia decides to go see how he is doing and makes personal contact with his little roaches.
Gerald Metbaum: A former student of James who is dating Norma. He witnesses firsthand what the bugs are capable of and is the one who brings them to James attention.
Carrie Parmiter: James wife who is a big religious individual. Shes barbequed when a bug gets into her hair.
Cockroaches: These are bugs from somewhere far in the earth and can start fires by rubbing their cerci. They are poison and stomp proof, but are easily killed by the air pressure over time. They have a strange evolution cycle in which they are able to evolve extremely fast over 3 generations. They ultimately evolve in large, red, green eyed (Dont know where they got those genetic traits) firebugs that are carnivores and can fly.
+ Cockroaches are pyromaniacs.
+ Cockroaches are extremely noisy, making very loud scratching noises.
+ Cockroaches get around easily by hitching rides on cars.
+ Cockroaches pop when stabbed.
+ Two different types of cockroaches can make flesh eating cockroaches.
+ The human body is extremely flammable.
+ Setting things on fire makes an electrical shock noise.
+ If you get a bunch of cockroaches together, they glow pinkish red!
0 min Boring!!!!
4 min RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CHURCH!
9 min Music is getting all techno like.
13 min Stupid arsonist bugs.
18 min Biology class is a lot different then I recall.
27 min The film pointed out a plot hole.
35 min Tell that guy on the synthesizer to cut it out!
39 min What took you guys so long?
47 min That facial expression never means anything good.
49 min Thats a rather convenient place for a bug.
52 min RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HAIR!
Also, stop, drop, and roll lady!
56 min Are those even the same bugs?
60 min Hot bug sex! Dont get to type that often.
71 min Sir, there is a latch on the tank for a reason.
78 min Were getting too much static inference!
82 min Well youre f****d dude.
93 min Holy crap! It went from day to night in less than 3 minutes!
97 min These bugs manage to evolve into this form in just 2 rounds of breeding folks.
98 min Huh? Thats it?
Cockroaches: [Forming the words using their bodies] We live.
Based off of a novel, this movie is about killer cockroaches that can start fires. It was directed by the guy who did Jaws 2, Supergirl, and a bunch of episodes of Smallville. The producer was also behind Rosemarys Baby and also directed House on the Haunted Hill and The Tingler. The original composer for this film also did the music for Happy Days and Wonder Woman. Hell, the guy in charge of special effects also worked on Mission Impossible II, Monster Squad, Misery, and even Mannequin! Need I say more? We got to see this!
The movie begins with an earthquake striking a little town in the middle nowhere (Its always in the middle of nowhere, isnt it?) causing lots of damage and leaving a large crack in the earth near Tacker Farm. After surviving the quake at a church, two members of the Tacker family come back from church, only to end up being burned alive after their truck suddenly bursts into flames when the engine stalled! Wow, nothing like getting to the point that bad news is coming.
Somewhere else at night, we see Gerald Metbaum out looking for Norma Tacker, his girlfriend. Gerald runs into her and her brother on the side of the road after their car broke down. I dont know where they were going or why they are going, but Gerald takes them back to their home regardless. We also see, when the group leaves, a bunch of the cockroaches in the tailpipe of the car they were in. (Dont know how they got into the vehicle, seeing how they dont have wings) Then they actually set the vehicle ablaze! Well that explains it sort of.
Gerald takes the two home and on the way out, stumbles across the killer cockroaches. He sees the bugs actually roast a cat alive (Thank you movie. That was so needed.) and set a bunch of the bushes on fire as well. Gerald goes to his old biology professor, James Parmiter, to get help on investigating the bugs. He takes the professor to the farm and they collect some of the bugs. After some observations and experiments, they discovers that bugs are blind, feed on ash, and can set things on fire by rubbing their cerci together. Dont know what that is? Look it up and educate yourself. I cant explain everything to you.
We then see a montage of things being set on fire all over the town (I also suspect there is some stock footage being sneaked in there). Those damn fire bugs! James gets a friend, Prof. Mark Ross, to help study the bugs to find out a weakness. Apparently, these bugs are as hard as steel, immune to poisons, and since the bugs are so hard, I suspect they are mostly stomp proof as well. They also point out how they are unsure of how the bugs get around so quickly if they cant fly or move easily. My theory on this will always be teleportation. I am convinced that all killer creatures have teleportation skills after watching so many of these kinds of films
At his home, James discovers a bunch of the cockroaches in his car and makes the conclusion that the bugs get around so quickly because they travel by hiding inside of the tailpipes of vehicles. That doesnt explain how these bugs get into the tailpipes mind you since they, again, cannot fly. James then decides to keep a couple for himself to experiment on. This is so going to come back to bite him in the ass.
After the funeral for the members of the Tacker family; we cut to their home where Norma, her brother, and Gerald are. The family is packing things up to leave when we see a bug crawl onto the earpiece of a phone. The telephone rings (See where this is going?) and Norma decides to answer. How she didnt see the big cockroach when she picked up the phone is beyond me, but as you can imagine, as soon as the bug gets up to her head, it decides to fry her. Instead of swatting the bug off her ear, she just screams and panics. They guys come to her aid in time to save, but she is severely burned in the ear.
James gets a brain blast suddenly and returns back to the Tacker Farm to investigate the large crack further. He grabs one of the bugs and stabs it. It then explodes! He then makes an conclusion that these cockroaches cannot stand the low air pressure on the surface because they lived so far down in the earth before. He concludes that this is why the cockroaches are so slow, cant mate, and are really dying because they cant depressurize.
Since they are going to die, James starts panicking since he wont be able to see them reproduce. Is this really a bad thing? These bugs can light anything ablaze! So he has Gerald make him a pressurized tank to keep some of the cockroaches in so he can study them. Why would Gerald want to do this? The bugs may or may not have killed Norma, his girlfriend!
We then see Carrie Parmiter, James wife, getting killed by a bug. How so? While the bug crawled up her back, into her hair (How did she not notice that?), and then set it ablaze! Now there is a hair disaster! Bad pun, dont need to tell me. She then starts running all over the house, setting everything on fire, instead of putting her head in the sink and turn the water on. With that, she kills herself and destroys an entire house as well. Shame she didnt bother to try to swat the bug out of her hair.
Such things would make a normal person want all the bugs dead, but not James! No, he is a scientist (A rather stupid one at that) and decides to continue on with his experiments after his wifes death. He manages to find a surviving bug after the air pressure killed most of the insects and begins trying to breed it with a regular cockroach. This is a recipe for disaster and should easily result in a Darwin Award at some later point.
Later on, we see old Jamesy has gone coo-koo as his bug research has driven him mad. He manages to successfully breed the two bugs and they lay an egg. James puts the egg into a little tank for further study after it quadruples in size in less than 24 hours. The egg hatches at night and releases tons of mini fire cockroaches that can now survive in normal air pressure! Heck, they even grow into adult size in less than 5 hours!!! Want one more shock? These things are carnivores!
So to sum up, these two different types of cockroaches mated and made one egg. This egg then spawned around 20 hybrids that have both characteristics of both parents, such as being able to start fires. They can grow to adult size in 5 hours and they are even carnivores, which wasnt part of either parents genetic code. Evolution is a funny and complicated thing, isnt it?
As you can imagine, this just breeds trouble. A couple of bugs manage to escape the tank (That he didnt lock or even latch the lock up despite knowing they eat meat) and attack him while sleeping. Instead of killing them all, he continues to let them do their thing inside of the tank. Eventually, more eggs are laid and the bugs start getting smarter. Heck, they start forming words, James name, and even form letters when he asks!
When James is out, Sylvia Ross, wife of Mark, goes to check up on him since he hasnt been around for quite a while and she is worried about him ever since his wife died. She goes inside of his house and is immediately attacked by the cockroaches. One of them lands in her eye (Ew) and starts zapping/burning her. After of bit of randomly panicking and not trying to flick the bug out of her eye like any sane person, she drops dead out of the house.
James returns later that day and discovers the bugs have ditched him and finds the body of Sylvia. Horrified and realizing everything has gone too far, he tries to call 9-1-1 but discovers the phone cord chewed off. He then hears a buzzing outside and goes out, where it is night all of a sudden?! Time flies quickly around those parts.
He heads over to the crack in the ground (He was living at the now abandon Tacker farm) where the buzzing is and to his horror, rat sized flying cockroaches come out! So, we went from firebugs; to firebugs that are carnivorous and very intelligent; and finally to flying, intelligent, carnivore firebugs in just three generations! Evolution people!
The bugs start going after James and he barricades himself inside the house. There, the bugs cut the power (Why not I say!) and then smash their way through the glass in the windows! Damn! With flying bugs eating him and having set him on fire as well, he runs in a panic out of the house and accidently falls into the crevice with every single bug following after him. Then in the most bizarre then I ever seen, there is an explosion when he falls in and then crack closes up once the all the bugs are in, sealing them up for good. The movie credits then start a rolling out of nowhere, leaving me staring at the screen in disbelief.
The film is certainly an odd one. Considering the subject matter, about cockroaches that set things on fire, Im sadly a little underwhelmed by it. Looking to back of the DVD case, it talks about the foot long cockroaches that are setting fires all over the town. Theyre multiply and the death toll is going up so its up to James to find a way to eliminate the bugs before they spread all over the country. None of this really happens in the movie in the way the description tells us.
Instead, we have a bunch of cockroaches about the size of a middle finger that do set fires, but dont multiply until James, our supposed savior, tries breeding them. As such, the story is a bit disappointing if you are going to be watching for that. Its also a bit sad that the movie doesnt give much focus on the bugs as well, since they are really an interesting foe for the characters to face. While we do see a bit of the first forms of the bugs, we really dont see much action for the second form of the bugs (Maybe 2 scenes at best where they attack someone) and the third form where they can actually fly is barely on the screen for even 5 minutes.
The movie also suffers from a bad soundtrack that sounds like a lot of static and a synthesizer were smashed together. It doesnt work much towards the mood in some genuinely creepy and unnerving scenes and can even take you out of the film. Acting is a mixed bag here as well, where people are able to perform to deliver their lines fine, but when it comes for people act dramatic or horrified, its really giggle worthy. Also, dont even get me started on the science and evolution going on in this film.
Still, this film has a lot of things going for it as well. Like mentioned before, the cockroaches are pretty cool foes and are a unique type of threat that I havent seen with most killer insects. We got some good creepy scenes here that can add tension or really get you curious about what will happen next. The last act where James focuses on studying the new bugs he managed to breed is interesting as well; since we get to watch as the character slowly loses it and breaks down. Its fascinating to watch as a once proud and intelligent man, if a little obsessed, slowly unravel after a big tragedy and tries to make the best of it by studying the enemys offspring.
The movie isnt really all that great, but it is a confident little b-movie with some big names behind it that kept it from becoming horrible. I cant say if it is a good adaption of the novel it was based off of, but the movie still works on its own. If you are into killer bug movies, its worth a watch or two.
Last Edit: September 01, 2010, 10:10:27 AM by InformationGeek
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I suppose someone will do a remake for the SFC. Maybe they can actually do an entertaining scene where someone eats a lot of beans for dinner, goes to sit in a chair with a but in it and ends up having a fart ignited by the pyroach.
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Angel Pagan and Buster Posey each hit home runs in the first inning and Hector Sanchez had three RBIs to back the clutch emergency start.
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Gov. Mark Dayton tacked to the left Wednesday in his State of the State speech, arguing that past state and federal income tax cuts were bad for the economy and issuing his most ringing endorsement yet of legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota as a debate over that issue looms at the Capitol.
The Democratic governor, speaking to an evening joint session of the Legislature, mostly focused on pitching his budget proposal, which includes income tax hikes on the wealthy and a broader state sales tax to help fund spending on schools, colleges and other programs. He criticized what he said were too many years of political stalemate in St. Paul, and rebuked Republicans for insisting on balancing the state budget without raising new revenue.
"Are we better off today after all those reductions in public services? I say no," Dayton said, to applause from legislative Democrats. "Trying to cut our way to a better Minnesota is a failed experiment, and we should not repeat it."
Dayton's budget proposal has had a rocky early reception from state business leaders and even some fellow Democrats. Its success or failure in the coming months is likely to set the tone for the rest of Dayton's term, as he looks to a 2014 re-election bid.
Dayton's speech, which ran just short of 45 minutes and which he wrote himself, revisited both state and federal political decisions of the last decade-plus that the governor argued contributed to years of unstable state budgets. He singled out state income tax cuts approved by former Gov. Jesse Ventura and state lawmakers in 1999 and 2000.
"In the decade after Minnesota's income tax reductions, our economy fared worse than the nation and most other states," Dayton said.
If enacted, Dayton's tax and spending proposals would eliminate the latest, $1.1 billion deficit, make investments in programs that Dayton said would contribute to the state's cherished quality of life and leave a surplus by 2015.
Republican legislative leaders suggested that Minnesota's economy is already on the mend — in their view, because of Republican legislative control in 2011 and 2012 — and said Dayton's tax policies would make the state a worse place to do business.
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Dayton preemptively addressed such criticism in his speech, ribbing Wisconsin's economy for underperforming Minnesota's after frequent suggestions that his proposals would drive companies across the border.
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Dayton also suggested a change in how the Legislature operates, saying sessions in even-numbered years should be an "unsession" mainly devoted to eliminating unnecessary laws, rules and regulations. He said he would direct state agency heads and legislative staff to start preparing lists of laws and regulations that could come off the books.
That won an accolade from Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie. "I don't think that's a bad idea," he said.
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GOP leaders said discussions of gay marriage should take a back seat to budget deliberations. Dayton, while acknowledging the issue is contentious, said he believes "every Minnesotan should have the freedom to marry legally the person he or she loves, whether of the same or other sex."


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i have Tungsten T5, i play game 'days of tentacle'. scummvm is 0.11.1. i experimented with hires+ and i found this:
in normal mode 320x320 everything works correctly
in portrait mode 320x480 everything works, until i press home button. then game goes fullscreen and since then it doesn't react on home button again. i didn't find good way how to even escape game then
in landspace mode 320x320 works, but sound is worse as if device would be much slower and there is no time for adlib emulation or whateverit is. maybe this could be optimized somehow?
in widescreen mode 480x320 sound is so bad that its impossible to have it on, game runs visibly slower. but there is no problem with home button which i described for portrait mode, now it works as it should and its switching between 320x320 and 480x320 as needed
of course the best way to play games would be to use landscape mode 480x320, where game fills all screen and looks really nice. so could be something done about this slowness?
from my palmos programming experience i know that landscapemode is much slower then ordinary, because its not hw mode but palmos internally does conversion.... but i hope you will be able to find some way how to make it better
Uh, I can't even get it into landscape mode. I'm using a Palm T|X and playing Sam n' Max and Indy 4 Fate of Atlantis. Also is there any way to get the F5 menu to show up?
in applauncher switch device to landscape mode and while in game press 1st hard button to make screen wide.
Yeah it lags for me too. I think you may have to use the Universal Dynamic Memory Hack as our PDAS have alot of dynamic memory but Palm only allocated about 5 mb of it. Although I would be extremely disappointed if this were the case and I wish there was a way to get a lag free widescreen mode.


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The ability to manage risk vs. reward precisely is one of the reasons traders continue to flock to options. While an understanding of simple calls and puts is enough to get started, adding simple strategies such as spreads, butterflies, condors, straddles and strangles can help you better define risk and even open up trading opportunities you didn't have access to previously.
Although it may seem daunting at first to put on these strategies, it's important to remember most are just a combination of calls and puts, says Marty Kearney, senior instructor at CBOE Options Institute. "These names came about so that people who were phoning in orders to trading desks could convey very quickly what they wanted to do. These are all pretty basic strategies, just taking things up a notch."
A call gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying asset at the purchased strike price. A put gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation to sell the underlying asset at the purchased strike price.
Vertical spreads
An options spread is any combination of multiple positions. This can include buying a call and selling a call, buying a put and selling a put, or buying stock and selling the call (which would be a covered write). For our purposes, we are going to look more closely at a vertical call bull spread, which is used if we expect the price of the underlying stock to rise, although these same principles can be applied to bull put spreads, bear call spreads and bear put spreads.
Fundamentally, vertical spreads are a directional play, says Joseph Burgoyne, director of institutional and retail marketing for the Options Industry Council, which means the investor needs to have an opinion whether the underlying is going to go up or down. Additionally, while they have limited risk, they also have limited reward.
Kearney explains, "What I'm looking at is I want to control the stock, and I think we're going to a certain dollar amount. I'm willing to give up anything above that," he says. For our example of a vertical call bull spread, he uses a stock trading at $63 that he believes will go at least to $70.
You simply could buy either the stock or a single call, but by purchasing the bull call spread you are able to better limit your risk. In Kearney's example, we put on the 60-70 vertical call spread, which consists of buying one in-the-money 60 call and selling one out-of-the-money 70 call. Because we sold the 70 call, we limit the maximum value of our spread to $10 (minus commissions), but we lower our breakeven for the trade because of the credit we earned selling the 70 call. Additionally, our loss is limited to the cost of the spread.


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S&S's New E-book Pricing, BookScan Adds Walmart, HC's Paper Includes Rain Forest Fiber, and 50 Shades Dominates
S&S Enters New e-Book Pricing Agreement with Retailers
Simon & Schuster is the third of the three publishers that settled on the Department of Justice collusion suit to unveil a new pricing structure. The new structure was required because of the DOJ settlement. It still follows the agency model, but gives retailers the ability to discount their prices to some degree. Retailers can sell books at a loss, but not a substantial loss. And separate contracts can be created to allow discounts for parts of a book's shelf life. Hachette and HarperCollins have already unveiled their new pricing structures. The three publishers, along with Penguin and Macmillan, were included with Apple in a collusion suit filed by the DOJ. Penguin and Macmillan have not settled the suit.
What this means to you: Depending on the details of this pricing plan, it could allow for some discounting, without a significant devaluation of the value of books. Readers enjoy the deep discounts, while most writers aren't fond of their work being offered for about what you'd pay for a bag of potato chips. The ultimate outcome of the battle between the Big Six…er, Big Five and Amazon is still an open issue, with plenty to root for and against on each side. It's just one more step on the way to the new normal.
Neilsen BookScan Adds Walmart
Starting next month, Neilsen BookScan will include sales from 4,000 Walmart locations in the US and Puerto Rico to its locations used to track sales. According to Neilsen, this addition means their measurement will now cover 80% of the US retail book marketplace. The deal does not include walmart.com. BookScan monitors English-language book sales world-wide, monitoring more than 12,000 locations.
What this means to you: About a third of BookScan locations will now belong to Walmart. Given Walmart's limited selection of books available, this change is likely to result in bigger numbers for the titles Walmart stocks, adding weight to its buyers' selections.
Rain Forest Fiber Found in HarperCollins Children's Books
The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has announced that fibers from rain forest trees have been found in some of HarperCollins children's books. HarperCollins did not personally go out and cut down rain forest trees, but two of the companies that provide its paper–Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) and Asia Pulp and Paper Company (APP)–apparently do. Environmental groups have asserted that APP destroys rain forests in creating its products. Although RAN says APRIL and APP, rather than HarperCollins, are the main culprits, it also asserts that HarperCollins is the only one of the Big Five that still does business with the two companies.
What this means to you: It depends on your view of things. It may mean nothing or it may change some buying decisions.
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Megan Podkowa's distaste for the label "ballhog" can produce a deceivingly laid-back demeanor on the basketball court.
In the second half of a Jan. 28 game against New Trier, the Trinity senior cracked the relaxed veneer only a couple of times. Shouting and pointing a teammate into the correct position on offense. Breaking into a devious smile after taking a charge against New Trier guard Maggie Lyon.
But for the most part the 6-foot-1 guard/forward allowed her budding sophomore and junior teammates to finish off a 54-45 victory.
"She lets the game come to her, doesn't force things," New Trier coach Teri Rodgers said. "I really was impressed with her. She has a great supporting cast, so she doesn't have to force things. I think if they would have been in more trouble, she would have stepped up."
Trinity's victory against No. 17 New Trier was its fifth over a ranked team in January. During that span, Podkowa, the Tribune/WGN-Ch. 9 Preps Plus Athlete of the Month, averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and three assists. Her leadership as one of three seniors has helped the No. 3 Blazers to a 24-1 record — 10-0 in January — against one of the tougher schedules in the state. A multidimensional but cohesive team has kept her from having to do much hogging.
"I want to let it come to me, and if shots are open I'll take them, but I don't want to force anything," said Podkowa, who shot 58-percent from 2-point range and 40 percent on 3-pointers in January. "I have so much confidence in them, so if I see someone open I'll automatically pass it to them. I know we'll get the 3-pointer from 'Mouse' (Alyssa Dengler) or I know Taylor (Nazon) will be able to drive left to the basket and score."
That's not to say Podkowa doesn't take over games. Nazon called her "extremely focused" on the court and in the classroom, where she is an honors student with an interest in genetic counseling. That focus appeared when she played all 32 minutes of Trinity's win over then-No. 5 Hillcrest on Jan. 7. The Blazers were without guard Mikayla Leyden, who was sick. Trinity coach Ed Stritzel spoke with Podkowa about increased responsibility. She responded with 32 points and 10 rebounds.
Stritzel has guided Podkowa since she was in fifth grade on Trinity's feeder team, the River Forest Raiders. He calls the four-year varsity starter "eerily consistent" and is pleased with her increased vocal leadership, though she still dislikes yelling at teammates.
He raves about Podkowa's ability to play any position — from wing as a sophomore and junior to a more consistent post this season — and thinks that will help her thrive when she arrives at DePaul to play for Doug Bruno.
"She's the most well-rounded player out there," said Stritzel, who played at Loyola when Bruno was an associate men's coach there.
The youngest of five athletic siblings, Podkowa will be the first in the family to play college basketball, and during pick-up games her brothers and sisters aren't likely to let a bad shot go without some ribbing.
"We don't call fouls, so they try to foul me the hardest and steal the ball," Podkowa said. "Especially because they know I'm playing in college, they make fun of me if I miss a shot. 'Oh, you're going to DePaul, you should make that.' They pick on me, but it's funny."
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School: Trinity.
Year: Senior.
Position: G/F.
Height: 6-1.
College: DePaul.
January numbers: 20 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 3.5 blocks, 3 assists per game; 82 percent free-throw shooting.
FYI: Podkowa is Trinity's career leader with 1,068 rebounds and 271 blocks through 24 games this season. She's also on pace to break Monica Albano's scoring record of 2,018 with 1,942 career points through 24 games.
She said it: "She's a very smart player. She sees the floor well. She's very perceptive. I joke and call her 'Coach Megan.' Sometimes she'll stop practice and show Coach things he might have missed." — Trinity junior Taylor Nazon on Podkowa.
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September: Josh Williams, Downers Grove South, football.
October: Carlos Posada, Crete-Monee, soccer.
November: Olivia Smoliga, Glenbrook South, swimming.
December: KeVon Powell, Montini, wrestling.
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ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2014)–Cherubim, an up and coming colt by Henny Hughes, heads a competitive field of six 3-year-olds going seven furlongs in Sunday's Grade II, $200,000 San Vicente Stakes, an important steppingstone to the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 5.
An impressive 3 ¼ length maiden winner going six furlongs Dec. 28, the Simon Callaghan-trained Cherubim earned a San Vicente best last-out Beyer Speed figure of 90, and will be making his third career start with regular rider Mike Smith up.
A well beaten eighth in his debut going six furlongs at Hollywood Park Nov. 24, Cherubim was dismissed at 20-1 in breaking his maiden.
"He was on the inside and it was his first time out," said Callaghan of Cherubim's debut. "I'm not really sure why he didn't run well on the synthetic, but we always felt he was a really good horse and he really showed it last time."
Cherubim's maiden win has proven to be a productive race, as the second and third place finishers have both come back to win at the maiden special weight level.
Owned by Gerald Frankel, Cherubim was bred in Kentucky and is out of the Cherokee Run mare Wings of an Angel.
Second at 4-5 two starts back to the highly regarded Shared Belief in the Grade III Hollywood Prevue Nov. 10, John Sadler's Kobe's Back clipped heels at the half mile pole and was a well beaten 10th in his most recent start, the Grade I, 1 1/16 miles CashCall Futurity Dec. 14.
Trained by Sadler and owned by Lee and Susan Searing's CRK Stable, Kobe's Back overcame a bad start to win by 3 ¼ lengths in his debut, the 5 ½ furlong Willard Proctor Stakes on June 15. By the A.P. Indy stallion Flatter, Kobe's Back will be making his fourth start on Sunday.
Second to the highly regarded Indianapolis in the six furlong San Pedro Stakes Jan. 20, Papa Turf was a well beaten fourth three starts back in the Hollywood Prevue and will be making his sixth start in the San Vicente–making him the most experienced horse in the field.
Trained by James Kasparoff, the Kentucky-bred colt by Yes It's True made Indianapolis earn his win in the San Pedro and "Papa" has worked three times since, with his most recent work a half mile at Santa Anita in 47.40 on Feb. 10. Owned by De Sha Horse Racing, LLC, Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran. He has a win, a second and a third place finish to his credit.
Nick Alexander's homebred Grazen's Hope, unbeaten in two starts at Golden Gate Fields, will try deeper waters at Santa Anita on Sunday. A first-out winner Dec. 28 at six furlongs, Grazen's Hope was a handy 1 ¾ length allowance winner at 7-5 going a mile on Jan. 26.
Trained by Steve Miyadi, Grazen's Hope, a California-bred colt by Grazen, drew the rail and will be ridden for the first time by Martin Garcia.
Bob Baffert's Roger Rocket overcame a slow start to win first-out going 5 ½ furlongs Jan. 18 and will again be ridden by Corey Nakatani. A Kentucky-bred colt by Pulpit, he was up to win by a head at 5-2 and figures to improve second time out. Owned by Frank Fletcher Racing Operations, Inc., Roger Rocket has worked three times since his maiden win, his most recent drill a five furlong move in 1:00.20 on Feb. 10.
Although still a maiden, trainer Denise Breuer's Rprettyboyfloyd was a close second in his second start, a 6 ½ furlong maiden special weight on Jan. 26, earning a solid 82 Beyer number. A Kentucky-bred ridgling by Bluegrass Cat, he's owned by Karl Pergola.
The complete field for the San Vicente Stakes, to be run as the fifth race on a nine-race card Sunday, with jockeys and post position order, all horses assigned 118 pounds: Grazen's Hope, Martin Garcia; Rprettyboyfloyd, Brice Blanc; Papa Turf, Joe Talamo; Roger Rocket, Corey Nakatani; Cherubim, Mike Smith, and Kobe's Back, Joel Rosario.
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Late surge not enough to manage series split
CLEVELAND -- Justin Masterson turned out to be a bigger problem for the Twins than their mounting injuries, although one fed the other.
Down to one bench player before the first pitch, Minnesota dropped its third straight game, 9-4, to Cleveland on Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field.View Full Game Coverage
CLEVELAND -- Justin Masterson turned out to be a bigger problem for the Twins than their mounting injuries, although one fed the other.
Down to one bench player before the first pitch, Minnesota dropped its third straight game, 9-4, to Cleveland on Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field.View Full Game Coverage
The Twins were without Joe Mauer for the series finale, and Sam Fuld was a late scratch before being placed on the seven-day disabled list. Minnesota had enough position players to fill a lineup card and one reserve spot before the game, and Masterson had the Twins scrambling early.
Through four innings, Masterson (2-1) faced the minimum number of Minnesota hitters, and the Twins didn't break through until the sixth. By then, Minnesota was playing from behind.
"Masterson dominated for five, and he started misfiring a little bit," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We got ourselves back into the ballgame, ended up going through our bullpen pretty good."
The Twins made Masterson pay for a couple of mistakes in the sixth when Chris Colabello's two-run single, a slow roller that shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera couldn't handle, drove in Danny Santana and Brian Dozier. Santana had reached base on Masterson's fielding error, and Dozier drew a walk.
In the seventh, Josmil Pinto led off the inning with a walk, followed by a Chris Herrmann single. Santana's RBI double brought home Pinto, and after Dozier grounded out to shortstop, Masterson's afternoon ended.
Cleveland had its most persistent offensive performance of the homestand, keeping Kevin Correia (1-4) and the Twins' bullpen from settling in. The Indians' nine extra-base hits were a season high.
"It was a battle," Gardenhire said. "Kevin got a few balls up, threw a pretty decent couple of innings out there, but they got a lot of slap hits and beat it around pretty good. They were swinging pretty decent today."
The Indians got to Correia right away, rallying for a run with two outs in the bottom of the first. Michael Brantley doubled and Correia then walked Carlos Santana.
David Murphy's RBI double to deep center field featured a little damage control courtesy of fill-in center fielder Eduardo Escobar, who got the ball to Danny Santana in time for the Twins shortstop to throw out Santana at the plate, ending the inning.
Even when Cabrera led off the second inning with a homer, Correia still felt that he had control.
"I think I made a few too many pitches the first few innings; just kind of caught up to me in the fifth," Correia said. "I don't feel like I really struggled until the last inning. I threw a few too many pitches early, the first warm day we've had, to get upwards of 90 pitches into the fifth inning, it will take its toll on you."
Correia faced a crossroads in the fifth, and after Brantley's two-run home run, Gardenhire left the starter in the game. Two more singles put runners at the corners, though, which ended Correia's afternoon.
"I think the fifth was just a turning point where I could have turned it into a good inning or a bad one, and it just turned the other way," Correia said.
In 4 1/3 innings, Correia allowed four runs on eight hits and four walks. He struck out five.
Correia didn't locate pitches like he wanted to, but some of his problem was merely facing a team swinging hot bats.
"I'd much rather put guys away when I can," Correia said. "They laid off a couple pitches in the dirt, and that's where I'm trying to throw them to get strikeouts. I wasn't able to make the pitch at 3-2, 3-1. Usually when I get behind, I'm pretty good at making that pitch to get out of it, but I just missed a couple."
The Twins' bullpen didn't fare much better. Anthony Swarzak, pitching for the first time this series, failed to retire any of the hitters he faced, coming on in the seventh inning after the Twins had closed Cleveland's lead to 5-4.
Swarzak gave up back-to-back doubles to lead off the inning, followed by Ryan Raburn's RBI single. Raburn was out at second when Lonnie Chisenhall hit into a fielder's choice, then Mike Aviles doubled.
"That's the first time in a while we've seen Swarzy have a rough time," Gardenhire said. "We did the best we could with our bullpen."
By the time Minnesota got out of the seventh, the game and a series split were out of reach.
Stephen Ellsesser is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Breast cancer checks go 3DBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 08. 2013 11:15PM
NASHUA - Technological advances are offering doctors a better way to screen patients for breast cancer, prompting a local hospital to lead the way with three-dimensional mammography.
The Breast Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital is one of the first women's centers in New Hampshire to offer 3D mammography - known as tomosynthesis - for breast cancer screening. The 3D mammography is the most advanced technology in breast cancer detection, allowing doctors to see smaller cancers sooner than traditional, two-dimensional mammography, said Dr. Ophelia Chang, medical director of Breast Care Services at St. Joseph's.
"Cancer can be very subtle in mammograms. We have already found some cancers that we wouldn't typically find, using this new technology," said Chang, who is passionate about providing every patient with the tools necessary to fight breast cancer.
Chang said breast tomosynthesis helps radiologists see breast tissue better by decreasing the effect of overlapping areas. The 3D images can pick up subtle distortions that may not be visible until years later when using traditional screening methods, she said.
Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis - when combined with a conventional mammogram - has a higher cancer detection rate than conventional mammography alone, according to a release.
Studies show that the 3D technology improves detection of breast cancers with a significant reduction in recall rates, according to the hospital. During a tomosynthesis examination, multiple, low-dose radiation images of the breast are acquired at different angles.
The images are then used to produce a series of one-millimeter thick slices that can be viewed by radiologists as a 3D construction of both dense and fatty breasts.
"Most patients who benefit from tomosynthesis never even know it," said Chang, explaining that false positives found using the 3D technology are significantly less than traditional mammography.
If something unusual is found during a mammogram, tomosynthesis can be used to immediately determine whether the abnormality is trivial, or whether it is something that would require a biopsy and further investigation.
Many times, the 3D screenings will determine that the abnormality was insignificant - nothing that would cause a doctor alarm. But if the same abnormality was found using traditional mammography, that patient could go home with serious but unwarranted concerns, Chang said.
"There is no arguing with technology. This is all about the health of the women in the community," she said.
The 3D mammography was first used at St. Joseph's on Feb. 11. Currently, about 9,000 patients are screened at the local Breast Care Center each year, said Chang, who hopes more women will be routinely screened because of the latest technological advances. Chang said it took several tries to get the $1 million tomosynthesis machine, but she is pleased to be one of the first in the region to offer the 3D services.
"It really is adding the smarts and intelligence to the technology that was already in existence," she said. "It is leveraging the digital technology into something much more."
The radiation dose for 3D mammograms is about equal to those mammograms conducted before digital mammography in 2007. However, when compared to the digital mammograms most recently performed, there is about twice the radiation with tomosynthesis, Chang said.
Patients uncomfortable with the radiation may opt out of the 3D mammogram, but Chang said only one or two patients have decided not to use the technology since it was first offered last month.
Statistics indicate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer and the stage at which breast cancer is detected influences survival.
If the cancer is detected early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent, according to the American Cancer Society.
Patients are encouraged to check with their providers to determine whether tomosynthesis is covered in their health insurance plan.


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In the wake of the Pussy Riot prosecution, the Russian government is almost certainly going to adopt a new law to protect the delicate feelings of Christians in that country from any offense. And the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church is enthusiastically behind the idea:
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill backed the idea of criminal prosecution for blasphemy similar the Pussy Riot's punk performance in Christ the Savior Cathedral on Saturday.
"The law must protect not only symbols of secular importance, but also objects with sacred meaning for the believers and guard their religious feelings from insults," Kirill said on Saturday, addressing the Orthodox clergy.
Uh, why? Why are your feelings so much more precious than anyone else's that they must be protected from the opinions of others? Are you that insecure about them?


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You'd be hard pressed not to have a "happy day" everyday if you were lucky enough to call this truly serene and special trophy estate 'home'. After owning this remarkable property for 20 years, Academy Award winning director and beloved actor Ron Howard and his wife Cheryl have placed it on the market for $27.5 million.
One look at this estate located in the exclusive enclave of Conyers Farm, which straddles Greenwich and the hamlet of Armonk in Westchester, N.Y., which is less than an hour drive from New York City – and you'll understand why the Howard family moved here from the movie capital of the world.
The estate sprawls majestically across 32 acres and features a pristine lake, lush woods, hiking and riding trails, and private parks that offer up fantastic views of that cool and crisp lake. We've always marveled at Ron Howard's prodigious work on such films as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind", but we appreciate it even more now knowing that he managed to create such art while having a home with some seriously resort-like amenities in it. I'd personally never leave for work if my home had outdoor recreation areas, a working farm, an indoor sports complex and an observatory for my amateur astronomical pursuits!
While the grounds that cradle the Howard estate are unspoiled and spectacular, the main residence takes a backseat for no one. The classic New England main residence offers up over 17,000 square feet of interior living space, features 6 bedrooms, a private two-story library/office, indoor saltwater pool and a 14 seat movie theatre good enough for movie royalty.
At Coldwell Banker we know that the true value of a home isn't measured by square feet or by the number of bedrooms and bathrooms you have, but by those special moments and memories we make within them. When asked about his home, as opposed to speaking about hard numbers, Ron Howard hit upon what truly made this a special place for him and his family:
We moved 3,000 miles away from the hub of Los Angeles, to raise our family here," said Ron Howard. "Whether we're watching films in our theatre, walking the trails throughout our property, star gazing in our observatory, or just relaxing with friends and loved ones by the lake, Cheryl and I feel we've accomplished the goals we set when we began work on this place. Our children are grown, so it's time to move on, but the memories of this very special place will never leave us."
Indeed, above all else it appears as if what makes this home magical for the Howard family are the memories they all made here. After 20 years, another family or lucky person will have the opportunity to call this estate, home.
For a closer look at this wonderful home, take a look at the video below:
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I belong to a class of people who might charitably be called overthinkers — who, when confronted with (gasp) making a decision, will kill any semblance of clarity by bludgeoning it with what ifs.
In matters of the heart, and especially when (hyperventilate) talk turns to commitment, we overthinkers just about lose our minds. What if the love fades? What if there's someone else who's a better fit? What if his/her quirks become intolerable? What if I think this is the person I want, but I'm wrong?
At the core of those unanswerable questions lies the most impossible question of all:
How do I know that I have found The One?
Ideally, those of us paralyzed by romantic indecision would like the heavens to send an unmistakable sign, or for researchers to devise a mathematical formula predicting long-term bliss.
Instead, the popular response to such hand wringing is the infuriating: "When you know, you know."
Robert Rigsby, a judge on the District of Columbia Superior Court, recalls in detail the evening he stumbled into a party and met his future wife.
"I walk in the door and immediately see a woman in a black-and-white skirt and a black top, and she was eating a turkey sandwich," Rigsby, 48, recalls. "And she had mayonnaise on her face."
He offered her a napkin, asked her to dance, and for the next three hours they danced and talked as though they'd known each other all their lives. It was Sept. 21, 1991, and by 9 p.m., Rigsby said, "I knew beyond a doubt that this was the woman I would marry."
On Thanksgiving, their families met.
On Christmas Eve, Rigsby proposed.
"I feel like I loved him almost as soon as we met," recalls Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, 48, a judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Rigsby's wife of 18 years. "I liked his optimism, I liked his honesty, I liked his courage, his crazy, wild sense of humor, his sense that the glass is always half full."
In previous relationships, Rigsby said, "I could always find a reason why not. In Anna's case, it was easy. I could only think of why."
Being emotionally ready to commit is essential, they said. So is knowing what you want.
Blackburne-Rigsby said she vividly remembers feeling anxious that she would never find the right man, and her grandmother counseled: "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
Blackburne-Rigsby, about 30 at the time, then wrote in her journal what was important to her in a husband: honesty, optimism, family, grounded faith, joy for life.
"I never would have thought in a million years the sort of package my dream would come in," she said. "Had it been another time in my life, I might have missed it."
Not all great couples fall head over heels immediately.
Xochitl Pena was not immediately attracted to Shad Powers, her co-worker at a Michigan newspaper, in part because of their freakish height difference: She's 5 feet 1 inch; he's 6 feet 7. They were friends for two years before Pena, with the help of a bit of alcohol, allowed things to get romantic and started seeing him in a new light. (Powers always was smitten.)
Now married for seven years and living in Bermuda Dunes, Calif., Pena and Powers, both 37, said their relationship is refreshingly natural and easy. He's a worrier, she's laid-back and they balance each other out.
"What's most important is that we get along so great, we're best friends and we make each other laugh," Pena said. "And I know that he really, really loves me and would do anything for me."
For both of these couples, the lack of any doubt, the absence of what-iffing, was an indicator that they'd found the real thing. But sometimes it takes a leap of faith.
Aspen Mays and Amy Davidman, who met at a YMCA triathlon training group in San Francisco, had been dating just three months when Mays left for a Rotary scholarship in South Africa.
For a year, having agreed upon an open relationship, Mays and Davidman wrote each other love letters and talked once or twice a week, but both fretted in their respective corners of the globe: What if it doesn't work out? What if it's not worth it?
Mays considered staying in South Africa for good, but then, she said, "I remember having a really clear feeling that I would always regret not seeing it out with her."
When they decided to invest fully in the relationship, the anxiety subsided.
"Once you decide you're going to be with someone, you know the larger picture is going to work out, so theoretically, the little things become less important," said Davidman, a band booking agent.
Last fall, they were married in a symbolic ceremony in California (though they got engaged before the approval of Proposition 8, which removed the right of gays and lesbians to marry in the state, their wedding came after). Now Davidman, 32, and Mays, 29, are living together in Santiago, Chile, where Mays is on a Fulbright Scholarship.
"The relationship feels like it has all sorts of room inside it," said Mays, an artist. "There's room to grow, and room to grow together."
Hooray for the triumph of love, but, but, but … how can you be sure that it'll work forever?
Unfortunately, you can't, said divorce attorney Marie Fahnert. She said she has divorced plenty of once-great couples who grew apart, lost communication or lost trust.
But the good news: The qualities that "make for a good marriage are actually the same things that make for a good divorce," she said.
The other day, I read a momentarily comforting motto on the back of a beer can: "Clarity is overrated," it said.
Clarity seems like nirvana to me. But I expect some of us will never "know when we know." We'll just decide when we decide (panic attack), and hope that we're right.
And now a word
from the experts
Two relationship coaches offer insights on choosing a partner.
Seth Meyers, Los Angeles psychologist and relationship coach:
•Opposites may attract but rarely work out in the long haul. Look for similarities, someone who sees the world as you do, wants the same kind of relationship as you, wants the same kind of social life as you do, has the same values and goals.
•Choose a partner with whom you can easily pass the time and who says things that you are interested in hearing. Who comes to mind when you ask yourself: Whom would I call when I'm upset? Whom would I call my soul mate? Who knows me and accepts me?
•Don't dwell on external characteristics, such as physical attributes, class, race, job or type of lifestyle. Instead, ask yourself: What does this person find funny? How does he/she respond when you confide a problem? What are his/her friendships like?
•Be wary of unbridled passion, which is usually fueled by an underlying fear that this person will ultimately be unavailable to you. Passion is good, but it should feel trusting, hopeful and excited, and not be driven by insecurity, game playing or control issues.
Anne-Renee Testa, New York psychologist and relationship coach
•Choose someone caring, empathetic, reliable, flexible and open-minded, who carries his or her weight in the relationship and, importantly, makes you feel as though you're first. Look at how you communicate: It should be honest, clear, kind and respectful.
• Understand you're buying a commodity. Look at the things he or she doesn't have, and think about how much you value the things that are missing. Don't expect to change anyone.
•Beware that you're not marrying the unfinished business of your childhood. For example, when you're with a guy who is emotionally unavailable, and you think of Dad, avoid the impulse to fix him.
•Listen to your gut. "If it doesn't feel good in your gut, don't walk away," Testa said. "Run away."


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"I can't do that," said the 36-year-old woman to my right as I leaned down and touched my toes in a yoga class. "I'm a runner." Such limitations may seem ironic, but they're all too common among seemingly fit athletes: marathoners so tight that they can barely reach their shins, cyclists so fixed in their hunched-over riding position that they can't lie flat -- "like crabs," as one masseuse told me. Flexibility is a key element in performance, and a fun and effective way to get it back is through yoga, which is increasingly popular among the high-VO2-max crowd. Helping the cause are new yoga accessories that can help loosen up any body, athletic or not.
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First, a firm footing
Sun Salutations Yoga Grip Foot Gloves: Thin, tight, cotton-Lycra socks that have a separate section for the big toe and bottom surfaces covered with tiny, rubbery nonslip dots.
Likes: Safe and hygienic. Keeps you stable by preventing sweat-slick feet from slipping on a mat or hardwood yoga-studio floors, and limits contact with germs remaining from earlier classes. The mitten-like, separated-toe design makes it easy to grab your big toe, a common yoga move. Very comfortable in sandals too.
Dislikes: None
Price: $14.98. (888) 411-4747; www.yogagripgloves.com.
Yoga Props
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Yoga Props Yoga Ropes: Four wall-mounted loops of half-inch-thick rope that allow you to do extreme back and shoulder stretches.
Likes: Quickly loosens up inflexible body parts. Particularly helps cyclists unkink their hunched torsos with backbends and other exercises. To use, hold the handles formed by the tied-off ends of the rope and move though several all-body hangs and stretches illustrated in the usage guide.
Dislikes: You need a drill, a stud finder and a spare wall you don't mind drilling holes into. If you knew how to tie ropes, you could probably buy all the parts (four ropes and four big ring-head screws) at Home Depot for less than $15.
Price: $100. (888) 856-9642; www.yogaprops.net.
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YogaPro Yoga Toes and Mini Massager: Gel brackets that spread your toes, plus two attached mini-vibrators that give a massage.
Likes: Effective and soothing. Spreading out toes that have been smushed together by shoes feels great; some say it enhances balance and circulation, strengthens foot muscles, and aids athletic performance. The tiny (2 1/4 - by- 5/8 -inch) massagers, clipped to the bracket, provide a luxurious buzz.
Dislikes: None
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Hugger Mugger Cork Block: A 9- by 5 1/2 - by- 3 1/2 -inch block made of cork. Blocks are used as support for difficult movements and poses, such as sitting for a prolonged period on the haunches.
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Dislikes: None
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Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in the US. We've got to tell you, though, you've got some of your immigrants pretty perplexed about this holiday.
Take your religious refuge-seekers from Europe, for example. PRI's The World interviewed a pilgrim couple as part of its First Days series, which recounts immigrant memories of their first days in America. Those pilgrims don't recall any big deal around turkeys and marshmallow-swaddled sweet potatoes.
And PRI's The World reports that, in poet Richard Blanco's Cuban-American family, his mother sees today as commemorating the saint of giving, and is worthy of a good pork roast.
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An alien visitor from the Oort Cloud
In a few weeks, ISON could be the "comet of the century" — or it could be a cosmic dud.
The comet is now "grazing" our Sun, coming within a million kilometers of it, and we'll see it on its return trip to the Oort Cloud at the far reaches of the solar system. According to the Economist, it will provide a spectacular show for those in either the northern or southern hemisphere. That is, if it survives.
Scientists think the comet may have split apart due to the intense heat and gravity of the Sun — and we'll just have to wait and see. By the way, ISON is named for the International Scientific Optical Network in Russia, which discovered it.
When is a woman not a woman? When she alleges harassment, in India
Three alleged cases of sexual harassment are in the news in India these days. The World's Rhitu Chatterjee reported on one case, involving the editor of a magazine known for championing women's rights. The others involve a candidate for prime minister and a retired Supreme Court judge.
The BBC's Andrew North notes that the Indian media typically refer to all of the accusers as "girls" — though all are in their twenties. There's a simple cultural explanation - women are considered "girls" until they are married — which says a lot about deep-seated attitudes toward women.
'Breaking Bad' meets North Korea
It turns out that North Korea has become a major player in the international meth trade. Their specialty is the 99-percent-pure variety, mentioned in "Breaking Bad" as blue crystal meth.
Just last week, five men were arrested in Thailand for planning to export North Korean meth to New York City. PRI's The World interviewed Isaac Stone Fish, associate editor at Foreign Policy, about how North Korea came to be a supplier. He says scientists there with too little work needed a way to feed their families...
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23-year-old trombonist Michael Buchanan is widely regarded as an emerging artist of great interpretative intelligence and technical ability. He is the recipient of both the First Prize and Audience Prize at the ARD International Music Competition 2015, as well as at the Ian Bousfield International Trombone Competition 2015 (first prize), and Royal Overseas League Competition (first prize in Wind, Brass and Percussion section). In 2015 he received the %u2018Player of the Year' award by the British Trombone Society.
Engagements as a soloist include concerto appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra SWR, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerisches Rundfunk and the Berner Symphonie-orchester, as well as recital appearances at the Lucerne Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Schwarzwald Musikfestival, Mecklenburg Vorpommerln Festival and the Wigmore Hall. In June 2016 he was featured in a documentary recorded for the French-German TV station Arte, titled %u2018The Stars of Tomorrow, with Rolando Villazón'.
As an orchestral musician, Michael Buchanan has recently signed a contract as a temporary member of the Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsoper, and has recently performed in orchestras such as Seiji Osawa's Saito Kinen Orchestra (August 2016), the Philharmonia (London), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
Michael received his bachelors degree studying academic music at the University of Cambridge, from where he graduated in June 2014 with First Class Honours. He attended Wells Cathedral School between 2005 and 2011, taught by the trombone pedagogue Alan Hutt. He has recently completed his studies on a %u2018Masters of Specialised Performance' programme at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, as a student of Ian Bousfield, where he was awarded the Edward Tschumi prize for the finest exam performances of the conservatoire.
Michael Buchanan is a Getzen Artist, and plays a Getzen 4147 trombone.


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Wicked - Original Cast Album
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No One Mourns The Wicked
Dear Old Shiz
The Wizard And I
What Is This Feeling?
Something Bad
Dancing Through Life
I'm Not That Girl
One Short Day
A Sentimental Man
Defying Gravity
Thank Goodness
I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)
As Long As You're Mine
No Good Deed
March Of The Witch Hunters
For Good
Finale "Wicked"
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Wicked - Original Cast Album
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text: This article goes against everything good we have been educated regarding breastfeeding! I was simply searching Google for any evidence-based articles that supports breastfeeding reducing childhood cancer, and this article appeared in the search results. I clicked on it, read it, and now do not know what to think about it. I am aware that certain toxins are released via breast milk, which are stored in the body's fat cells (this is why we are not supposed to go on a detox diet or lose weight really fast, because the toxins are released into breast milk). Financially, I cannot afford to eat organically grown food right now (living paycheck to paycheck while in nursing school) and this is really scary, if it has any validity at all. What do you ladies think about it?


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If first impressions are everything, the Durango High School girls basketball team put future opponents on notice with a resounding victory Thursday.
The Demons rolled to a 53-33 victory over Harrison in their opening game at the Lady Hornet Holiday Tournament in Pueblo.
It was fantastic, said DHS head coach Nancy Smith, unable to contain the giddiness in her voice.
The key for Durango (1-0) was defense. The Demons forced a bevy of turnovers and were able to get out in transition and put the Panthers from Colorado Springs on their heels rather quickly.
As often as we could, we pushed the ball up the floor, said Smith, in her first full year as head coach after taking over on an interim basis midway through last season. The girls did a great job reading who was open and finding the open man, and they had great defensive pressure.
Molly Barnes led DHS with 13 points, while Dominique Ward chipped in 10. Katie Wiegert scored nine, while Emily McCue added eight of her own in a well-rounded offensive effort.
(Barnes) stepped out and hit two 3-pointers fairly quickly, and that started us off really well, Smith said.
But, again, Smiths focus turned to her defense, which, like that of Durangos male counterparts, likely will jump-start the rest of their game on a nightly basis.
What happened was our defensive pressure was so strong, we really got them rattled, she said. They ended up getting a technical foul called on them in the second half because they got frustrated.


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Italian Bread Bowls
I have had several requests for the bread bowl recipe I used for the soup I posted a while ago. I actually use two recipes and love them both – just depends on which one falls out of the recipe binder when I'm ready to make them!
Both recipes create a dense, hearty bowl perfect for soup. If you twisted my arm and made me choose a favorite, I would say the Italian Bread Bowl recipe but either one is delicious!
If you are looking for the Artisan Bread Bowl recipe, click HERE. It used to be housed right here but I split it into its own post.
Italian Bread Bowls
- 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast (use 1 tablespoon instant yeast)
- 2 1/2 cups warm water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 7 cups all-purpose flour (see note)
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- In a large bowl (or bowl of an electric mixer), dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes. (You can omit this step if using instant yeast.)
- Add salt, oil and 4 cups flour to the yeast mixture; beat well. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well with an electric mixer at medium speed after each addition until a soft but not sticky dough is formed (you may not need to use all 7 cups). This bread bowl dough needs to be a bit firmer than a roll/bread dough so that the bread bowls rise up instead of out.
- When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes (or let knead in an electric mixer). Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Punch dough down, and divide into 6-8 equal portions. Shape each portion into a round ball. Place loaves on lightly greased baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal (or use silpat liners or parchment paper). If desired, slash the top surface of the bread bowl several times with a sharp knife or razor. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about 35 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 minutes until golden brown and baked through.
As with all yeast doughs, I never use the flour amount called for in the recipe as a hard fast rule (unless a weight measure is given and then I pull out my kitchen scale). Because humidity, temperature, altitude and a multitude of other factors can impact how much flour you need in your yeast doughs, I always judge when to quit adding flour by the texture and look and feel of the dough rather than how much flour I've added compared to the recipe. This tutorial on yeast may help identify how a perfectly floured dough should be.
I often use half to 3/4 finely ground white whole wheat flour with good results – and sometimes I get crazy and use 100% whole wheat flour (always finely ground white wheat) but the bread is a bit more dense with 100% whole wheat flour. If using part or all whole wheat flour, add a few minutes to the kneading time to help develop the gluten.
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
Recipe Source: adapted from allrecipes.com


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By Anthony Galloway
NBC News producer
Rachel O'Neill is at home in Malawi. Her real home is in Trenton, Mich., not far from Detroit. But when she arrives in Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, she is welcomed like a native.
On her most recent trip to the country last month, O'Neill was greeted at the airport by a handful of locals, people she has known and worked with for almost five years. Her visits are never routine, but this trip was special.
Anthony Galloway/NBC News
O'Neill was returning to Malawi on the five-year anniversary of her first trip to the country. It was Thanksgiving week in 2006 when she first made a commitment to sew and hand out dresses to a few thousand girls – five years ago, almost to the day, when she promised to do something small to bring smiles to the faces of girls who she knew held so much promise. O'Neill didn't know it at the time, but her simple idea to help a few thousand girls would end up touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of women around the world.
How to help: Little Dresses for Africa
Correspondent Chris Jansing and I had the opportunity to profile O'Neill over the past 14 months, reporting her story for NBC Nightly News. Each time we meet with her, we are impressed to learn about the astounding response she continues to receive from viewers. Since our first story aired in December 2010, O'Neill has received more than 400,000 dresses from all 50 states. The dresses arrive on her home doorstep and she, along with a dedicated army of volunteers, makes sure they get to needy girls throughout Africa.
The day before Thanksgiving, Jansing and I traveled to meet O'Neill in the village of Thobola, about 100 miles from Lilongwe, to witness firsthand what we had seen in so many photos and videos. There's no easy way to get there. Eighteen hours in flight and three connections to the capital city, then a two-and-a-half hour drive south to the countryside, picking up fuel when you can, because Malawi suffers from a fuel shortage. But when you get to the end of the dirt road that leads to the village, you know instantly why O'Neill makes the trip.
Thobola is a simple town perched on a hill overlooking a green valley. Most people live in small, thatched-roof huts, pump their water from a well and only have basic nourishment. Still, despite their lack of traditional western resources, the kids' smiles are radiant and their singing is contagious. They incorporate all of our names into a song: Rachel, Chris, Anthony, and also the names of O'Neill's family and friends, Dave Taylor, Kandyce Muniz, Jerry and Mark Adams, who have come with her to help distribute the dresses.
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It is a long, hot day in the unrelenting sunshine, but the girls are patient. It's striking when O'Neill tells us the dresses may be the only new things these girls have ever been given. The larger message only sinks in later. In a place like Thobola, a brand-new, handmade dress is not just a piece of clothing. It's a symbol of hope and a gesture of friendship from women 8,000 miles away. It's one small thing a girl can hold on to as the sun sets and Rachel O'Neill prepares to make the long journey back to Michigan, knowing her little idea brought happiness to thousands of little girls today.


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Under 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(30)(A) of the Medicaid Act, a state that accepts federal Medicaid funds must adopt a state plan containing methods and procedures to "safeguard against unnecessary utilization of .. . [Medicaid] services and . . . assure that payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available . . . at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population." The Ninth Circuit, along with virtually all of the circuits to have considered the issue since this Court's decision in Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002), concluded that this provision does not confer any "rights" on Medicaid providers or recipients that are enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and respondents do not contend otherwise.
Nonetheless, in the present case, the Ninth Circuit held that § 1396a(a)(30)(A) preempted a state law reducing Medicaid reimbursement payments because the State failed to produce evidence that it had complied with requirements that do not appear in the text of the statute, and because the reductions were motivated by budgetary considerations.
The questions presented are:
1. Whether Medicaid recipients and providers may maintain a cause of action under the Supremacy Clause to enforce § 1396a(a)(30)(A) by asserting that the provision preempts a state law reducing reimbursement rates?
2. Whether a state law reducing Medicaid reimbursement rates may be held preempted by § 1396a(a)(30)(A) based on requirements that do not appear in the text of the statute?