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Thursday, May 8, 2014
Self-Rising Baked Pancake with Berries
Posted by Shirley at 5:20 PM 4 comments:
If you're planning to wake Mom up with something special yet easy for Mother's Day, make this pancake for brunch. Instead of standing at the stove flipping a bunch of smaller pancakes, you stir together a simple batter, drop berries over it, and stick the pan in the oven to bake. The pancake is moist and tender, and insanely good with the strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries -- topped with maple syrup, of course. One of these will feed three or four people, with some bacon or scrambled eggs on the side. If you're feeding a crowd, double the recipe and bake them in two pans at the same time.
I adapted this recipe to use self-rising flour for two reasons: I ran out of all-purpose flour, and I can't find enough uses for my self-rising flour. I've included directions for using either in the recipe below. I recently traveled to see my mom and won't be seeing her this Sunday, but I can't help thinking she would love this if I made it for her. I'll have to give her a rain check. If you're seeing your mom this Sunday, treat her to this pancake. She'll love it.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Corn Cakes with Smoked Salmon
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If you're looking for a brunch dish that's a little indulgent but not heavy, and just fancy enough for weekend guests, this is it. I made these on Easter and just loved them, and they'd be great for treating moms on Mother's Day morning. This savory spin on pancakes is made with cornmeal and corn, topped with slices of smoked salmon, and dolloped with light sour cream.
I also experimented with popovers recently. These are my first ever. Look at that pop! This is a plain one, but I also experimented with crumbled bacon and want to play more with them.
For those of you who prefer a better corn product for the corn cakes, I found an organic yellow cornmeal made by Arrowhead Mills at my local health food store. No luck in the supermarket organic section. If you don't eat fish, you can substitute the smoked salmon with slices of ham, or top it with a fried egg. The recipe is pretty easy, and if you have a large electric griddle you can make all the corn cakes at once in one batch. That equals a little more time for weekend relaxin'.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Gruyere and Caramelized Onion Pull-Apart Bread
Gruyere, caramelized onions, and thyme -- this could be my favorite out of all the breads I've ever made. I love a simple country loaf with just butter or olive oil, or naked if the bread is that good, but this pull-apart bread has so much going for it. There are lots of cheesy pull-apart bread recipes out there, including convenient ones that call for layering storebought bread with cheese and then baking it. But a yeasted bread you baked from scratch is special. There's something about the beer-like smell of the yeast, watching the dough rise, and the intoxicating aroma of the gruyere, onions, and butter filling the house. Have I got you hooked yet?
This bread sure put a smile on my face. I've been sick for four weeks. The doctor said it was the flu or a virus like it, and that it came and went in waves because I had gotten the flu shot and saved myself from the full-force flu. That sounds like a good thing, but week after week of sore throats, sniffles, chills, nausea, and headaches tapped me out. Never mind the nonstop snowstorms we've had. But now that I'm almost 100 percent, I wanted to bake. The hands-on process of bread-making is methodical and soothing, and the result was pure comfort food. I also finally got around to working on my next dining review for the paper, so I feel like I'm getting back into the swing of things again. At least on all the food front.
This recipe is from Williams-Sonoma's blog, and I didn't change it much. One problem was that it called for a particular type of flour that is no longer available, so I used a blend of all-purpose and bread flours. It also called for mustard seeds and I didn't have any, so I subbed in whole-grain Dijon mustard. I also reduced the butter a tiny bit, but worry not, there's still plenty in there. The bread will have crusty, cheesy edges, and soft centers sweet with caramelized onions and butter. The next time a blizzard comes your way, make sure you've got gruyere and onions, then settle in for pure winter comfort.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Flour's Tortilla with Chorizo, Peppers & Potato
I've been making liberal use of my oven during the recent snowstorms and "polar vortex," the better to warm up the house. Icy, grey mornings call for a hearty breakfast or brunch like this tortilla. Red peppers are sauteed and potatoes get browned before pouring in an egg mixture laced with Parmesan, and then the skillet is thrown in the oven to finish. You can keep the recipe vegetarian as is, or add some chorizo like I did. It adds a nice, salty bite.
Sprinkle on some chopped scallions and parsley for freshness, then slice into wedges. I like that the tortilla can be served hot or at room temperature, and that you can make it a day or so in advance and reheat when serving. Perfect if you want to get a head start before house guests arrive, or for getting one weekend brunch dish out of the way.
Making a Spanish tortilla usually involves flipping the eggs, hot skillet and all, onto a plate, and then sliding the filling back into the skillet to cook the other side. I'm not a fan of inverting piping-hot cast iron skillets with ingredients that could still be runny, so I'm glad this recipe involves no flipping! When the next snowfall hits, I hope this is in my oven. It'll sustain us through lots of shoveling. Stay warm, friends!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
White Chocolate-Macadamia Cookies, plus Christmas Roundup
Posted by Shirley at 12:11 PM 8 comments:
Happy 2014! I had plans to cook and bake so many things and share them with you last month, including these White Chocolate-Macadamia Cookies. That all went out the window as the holiday season got so busy. I love that time of year, but it's downright stressful and tires me out. Even my vacation time was hectic since we hadn't gotten around to sending out cards, getting a tree, or shipping out the annual family cookies. And my sister has to have her cookies -- it was our birthday! We're Christmas twins and my dad's birthday is in the same week, so it's always a big time of year in my family.
Another thing that kept us busy was our new family member! Joe and I adopted Betty from the local shelter a few days before Christmas. Her name is enormously popular among our friends and family, s
But just because I wasn't posting doesn't mean my kitchen wasn't seeing lots of use. This year we included Hot Chocolate on a Stick (recipe by Giver's Log) in our cookie baskets. Who wouldn't want hot cocoa with their cookies? You stir it into a mug of hot milk, and it's instant hot chocolate! I also made homemade Vanilla Marshmallows, and you can kind of see a snowflake-shaped one in the back piped with dark chocolate.
For my friends' British-themed Christmas party, I made Braided Lemon Bread filled with lemon curd.
I also made my Mini-Cornish Beef Pasties for the party. These are ready to go in the oven.
This year I switched up the Christmas Butter Cookies -- Joe's dad's favorite -- by decorating them with white chocolate instead of royal icing. White chocolate dries so much faster.
And everybody else's favorite is the Linzer Cookie. It's labor-intensive for me, so it's reserved for Christmas and maybe Valentine's Day also. Everybody just loves the hazelnut cookies sandwiched with jam and dusted with snowy sugar.
The new cookie this year was the White Chocolate-Macadamia. This recipe by chocolate baking expert Alice Medrich is not overly sugary like those storebought versions, and the oats give it some hearty flavor. The cookies come out soft and chewy with crisp, golden bottoms. The dough needs to sit in the fridge for at least two hours, so plan ahead. I didn't love the cookies as I'd hoped, but I should disclose that I'm not usually a fan of white chocolate. I fall into the camp of people who find it inferior to "real" chocolate. But if you like white chocolate, this cookie's for you. You can also make the dough ahead of time, scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, freeze until hard, and bake when needed. Store them in zip-top bags in the freezer once they've fully hardened. They'll bake at the same temperature and time, and add a minute or two to the baking time if needed.
Here's to 2014!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Boston Globe Review: The Corner Stop
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Read the rest of my verdict at: http://b.globe.com/KehTrN
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Mini-Cornish Pasty
Posted by Shirley at 12:55 PM 5 comments:
I'm continuing my autumn pie-mania with a savory turn today: the Cornish pasty. I know, I know, it's past unofficial pie season and we're now in cookie season! But this pie lover thinks it should always be pie season. I also hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving as much as I did. We got to spend it with our families, which is a treat when you've spent as many Thanksgivings working in a newsroom as I have. And I started out stressed, thinking about all the things I could cook and bake and how to make everything perfect. Then I loosened up. My pumpkin pie looked imperfect. I helped Mom make the meal instead of interfering with the planning or trying to take over. I shrugged when the the table wasn't styled like a magazine spread. Because the whole family was together, and it was a darned good meal. A plentiful one. My dad suddenly bought lobsters, of all things, Thanksgiving morning. My brother went out and bought Italian cookies and a ricotta pie. "Gee, you think we have enough?" I asked them. And then we feasted.
Besides scaling them down, I adjusted the filling. The recipe doesn't call for cooking it before the pies go into the oven, but I figured beef and vegetables steamed in a crust can't taste as good as the pan-seared and sauteed variety. I put that to the test by making them two ways, and I was right. The uncooked filling was bland (though Joe was happy to polish those pies off), but the cooked filling was aromatic and full of flavor. The recipe, from Jamie Oliver's Great Britain, also included zucchini and butternut squash in the filling. I kept the ingredients closer to that of a traditional beef stew, and I didn't want watery squash or the trouble of dicing hard butternut anyway. Swap in whatever you like -- the recipe suggests peas, fava beans, or asparagus in spring.
I won't lie -- these are kind of a production. But worth it! Don't attempt the whole thing in one day. Make the dough one or two days ahead, the filling one day ahead or the day of. Give yourself time to roll and re-roll the dough and assemble the pasties. They can be fully assembled, frozen, and baked later. When done, reward yourself with a beer and a couple pasties. They'll make a great holiday party starter, or a hearty winter lunch.
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Tell me Adrian Wojnarowski's great, I'll blink twice and say "you could be right." I come to this space not to impugn his body of work, career or character. The state of sports journalism is what consumes, not any particular interest in a single reporter. I think.
There's so much rumor that we lose track of it all. We fix on a titillating morsel of "sources say" like hyenas on a corpse–only to quickly move on to tomorrow's scraps. Reporters are generally free to revel in the unsubstantiated, threatened more by diminished publishing profits than by a track record.
With that in mind, I cringe in the direction of "Inside look at LeBron's free-agent coup." I'm a political junkie, and this piece prompts a familiar dismay. The article draws from a hated cannon of political journalism: An "insider" reporter uses quotes from other (anonymous) insiders to separate the cool kids from the dorks. Beltway journalists like to hold the "very serious" grownup insiders above their "unserious" outsider foes. Wojnarowski's screed is bulwarked by this stuffy, condescending attitude, which rankles my outsider sensibilities.
Before we sift through the fishy sand that is "Inside Look" I begin with a slim of sliver of good from the piece. Here's a respectable way to use anonymous sourcing:
"The NBA doesn't seem interested in pursuing a tampering probe, but a senior NBA official wants the league to investigate whether Riley promised James employment and benefits to members of his camp."
A whistle blower wishes to do right by the rules, but has to shield himself in the meantime. I have no issues with this. If true, it's all above board. If true.
Here's a counter-example from an earlier Wojnarowski article:
"He (LeBron James) seems more enthusiastic about this (free agency) than he did trying to beat the Celtics," said one Western Conference GM."
Zing! Pow! What a brave way to cattily snark at a rival player. How noble to print that very important slice of anonymous information.
There is nothing wrong with believing LeBron James to be an egomaniacal jackass. Printing such an opinion is not only understandable—it's popular these days. So much of the popularity shift is LeBron's fault, if not his Decision. I'd even go a step further—the attitude he paraded on that postmodern joke of a TV special made me fear for James' sanity.
But I do take issue with death-by-Casper insults. I realize that athletes are a satisfying target. We hate them, we love them, we want to be them, but we also know we'd be better at being them. They aren't human beings so much as they are avatars, legends, and fodder for morality fables. And the petty gossip is fun. Who cares if nameless critics rip sports figures to wood chips?
I do. Call me naïvely self righteous, and ask why I crave ethics in a trivial pursuit. Can't help it, won't help it. Sports journalism should be better. At least in my deluded head.
Anyway, I have many questions for Adrian, but my overarching query is simple:
"You know this, how?"
This supposedly "damning" LeBron article can't link a human to a quote. It's a heap of "insider" information that comes on the heels of Adrian's Heat-less LeBron reporting. Wojnarowski never sniffed Miami, and now he's sagely telling us how it all went down. Call me suspicious.
"No one could stand James as a 19-year-old in the 2004 Athens Olympics, nor the 2006 World Championships."
Really, not a one? No one at all? And none of these no ones can give you a named-quote about it?
"After the NBA witnessed the behavior of James and his business manager Maverick Carter during the 2007 All-Star Weekend, the commissioner's office sent word to USA Basketball the league wouldn't force James on them for the Olympics."
These events are connected? What did Maverick Carter do? What did LeBron do? Details? Does anyone actually believe—on the record—that Team USA was apathetic about LeBron James due in part to Maverick Carter's 2007 ASG behavior?
"Legacies were on the line," one league official said, "and they weren't going to let LeBron [expletive] it up for everyone in China."
Are these anonymous slights germane to the story about 2008 free agent collusion, or are they just plain fun? If these big, bad, manly men were so intent on keeping LeBron in line, they could have, you know, publicly said something.
"Through Nike, James ultimately heeded the message and became more tolerable to coaches, teammates and staff. Team USA assigned Jason Kidd to babysit him at the Tournament of the Americas in 2007, to try to teach him something the Cavaliers never had a veteran to do: professionalism."
How exactly did Jason Kidd "babysit" an adult LeBron James? Is Kidd really the best "professionalism" mentor around?
"James lived to make demands, but those with knowledge of his plans insist he never intended to re-sign with the Cavaliers."
Adrian, I read "Cleveland ties could still bind LeBron." It was printed on July 4th, not April Fools'. Other than an offhand Pat Riley reference I saw no Heat foreshadowing. Were you among those out of the loop? Can you tell us why this happened?
"Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, a statistics analyst, met with Chris Bosh at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 armed with an iPad. Morey's cult followers on the web hailed it as a resounding success, but Riley never believed he was losing Bosh to the MIT gang."
Is this an insult? If so, was it necessary to insult Daryl Morey and Morey's "cult" fans in this offhanded manner? Were you trying to insinuate that Morey is too much of a nerd to woo a free agent? Are you a Kindle kinda' guy? Oh well, I guess Morey is a silly outsider and his crazed fanboys are deluded rabble.
"Carter wanted credibility beyond the public perception of him as merely James' childhood buddy, and ultimately he could no longer hide his jealousy when Wesley started to get too much public recognition for packaging the players in free agency. Privately, everyone in the circle knew James was leaving Cleveland, and it would be harder for his Akron guys to get credit for the deal."
Do you have a Maverick Carter mood ring? Does it come with the Maverick Carter voodoo doll?
"After a Yahoo! Sports column detailing the strife within Team LeBron in late June, Carter unwrapped his jealousy and called the New York Times to insist Wesley would have nothing to do with choosing a team."
Again with the jealousy.
"Still, he (Wes) stayed in close contact with James through a Nike official, Lynn Merritt, and let Carter cool down from his public tantrum."
This is a tantrum? Carter merely claimed that Wesley had no influence over the process. Based on the Heat outcome, that may have been the case. But it sure was nice of wise, adult Wes to "let Carter cool down from his public tantrum."
"As the New York Knicks followed the Nets by repeating those themes with an array of power points and charts about accumulating wealth, James drifted in and out of focus."
Is there any proof of this? A particular question he asked? Did he not pepper Prokhorov with inquiries about Brighton Beach nightlife?
"As it started to get back to Jay-Z that the Nets were trailing to the Heat and Bulls, a Nets official close to ownership – against the wishes of several peers – hatched a plan to leak the notes of a Prokhorov staff meeting to a media outlet. The leaked notes indicated that Prokhorov believed James' brand would be diminished as part of a three-star team in Miami. What's more, the notes also indicated what great respect Prokhorov had for Maverick Carter."
Maverick Carter again?
"Later that day, Carter was on the phone with free agent Mike Miller telling him that James was going to Miami and that he needed to join them as a sharpshooter playing off the three stars."
Maverick Carter should be a GM?
"James had been gone a long time. They (Cleveland) just never wanted to believe it."
Apparently they weren't the only ones. From AW's July 4th column: "And maybe most of all now, you get the idea that James is an overgrown teenager getting a few laughs with his buddies, driving home to Akron from this cattle call in Cleveland to watch cartoons, play video games and kill some time until he gives the nod to post the big news that maybe the rest of us should've known all along: He's home."
"James had wanted Brown gone a year earlier after the Cavs lost in the Eastern Conference finals to the Orlando Magic – despite Brown guiding Cleveland to 66 victories while winning the league's Coach of the Year award."
So LeBron would make a good GM?
If all this was so telegraphed, then Wojnarowski missed multiple Morse memos. Now Adrian claims retroactive omniscience? My temples throb at the thought. Insiders should prove their status with a hefty helping of named sources. I give leeway to those with impeccable track records, but Adrian just whiffed on a big one.
Say this about Maverick Carter: He was much better at keeping a secret than Adrian Wojnarowski was at uncovering it.

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1. Nay, speak no ill; a kindly wordCan never leave a sting behind;And, oh, to breathe each tale we've heardIs far beneath a noble mind.Full oft a better seed is sownBy choosing thus the kinder plan,For, if but little good is known,Still let us speak the best we can.
2. Give me the heart that fain would hide,Would fain another's faults efface.How can it please the human prideTo prove humanity but base?No, let us reach a higher mood,A nobler estimate of man;Be earnest in the search for good,And speak of all the best we can.
3. Then speak no ill, but lenient beTo others' failings as your own.If you're the first a fault to see,Be not the first to make it known,For life is but a passing day;No lip may tell how brief its span.Then, oh, the little time we stay,Let's speak of all the best we can.
Text and music: Anon., ca. 1853
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Q&A: Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Educator and HIV Expert
John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D., and his wife, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., both professors at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), wouldn't in a million years call themselves media darlings. But that's what they felt like in February when their new study was released. The Jemmotts' research showed for the first time that an abstinence-only education program helped delay sexual initiation in middle school kids more than other kinds of sex education did. Quick as a finger snap, their phones blew up with calls from The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe, CNN and NBC.
Weirder for the couple, who have been studying sex education and related issues for more than 20 years, their study became a lightning rod for political controversy. Right-leaning organizations, whose beliefs the Jemmotts do not share, hailed it as a victory for the abstinence-only sex-education programs that the George W. Bush administration forced into schools and communities. Activist group Abstinence Clearinghouse proclaimed that the study proved "comprehensive sex ed a big flop."
The Jemmotts have been careful not to get sucked into the political fray. In their study, which appeared in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 662 sixth- and seventh-graders in Philadelphia who attended abstinence-only classes were less likely to become sexually active than their peers who went to sessions emphasizing condom use exclusively or to classes combining lessons on abstinence and condoms. Unlike Bush-era abstinence education, however, the program that the Jemmotts created for their research sidestepped judgmental hectoring -- which kids tune out anyway -- and didn't depict sex outside of marriage as wrong.
The Jemmotts' study hasn't ended the back-and-forth over how best to help teens and tweens avoid sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, and how to keep girls in this age group from getting pregnant. But in the midst of the firestorm, adults need to know what to say to the young people in their lives to keep them safe and healthy -- beyond "just say no." We asked Dr. Loretta Jemmott, 54 -- director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at Penn and the mother of two daughters, ages 11 and 13 -- for advice:
Please explain how the abstinence-only program you used in your study is different from the ones that George W. Bush advocated during his terms.
Those programs tell kids that they should be abstinent until marriage -- which feels like a moralistic put-down if you want to have sex. We didn't say anything about marriage at all. What 12- or 13-year-old is thinking about marriage anyway?
So what did you say?
In the beginning stages, it was more about listening than talking. After years and years of this, we've learned that our interventions work because we take the time to listen to the voices of children and also to meet with their parents, teachers and counselors. You can't design a good study sitting in your office in Penn. We needed to hear what kids this age were thinking and feeling. What were their hopes and dreams and goals, their worries and stresses? So we spent a lot of time hanging out with kids this age even before we got started.
In your study, did you tell kids not to have sex?
We let them figure it out. We had very targeted discussions. We talked to the kids -- and let them talk -- about stuff like, why are you having sex? What would your parents say if they knew? Close your eyes and think about what you'd like to do in the next five years. How would a baby or an STD change your plans? The kids came to their own conclusions about their own lives, instead of us telling them, "Don't do this, don't do that."
As school systems try to figure out the best ways to teach sex ed, it's up to parents to do the work. What are we doing wrong?
Not having the conversations at all.
True. What else?
Not sitting down and listening to kids is the biggest problem. Then too many parents ask door-closing questions, like "Do you have a boyfriend?" One word -- yes or no -- and the conversation is over. Instead, you get a dialogue going by asking a question that opens the door for the child to explain, like, "Tell me about the boys in school. Who likes you?" See the difference? ">
What are some of the door openers you have with your own daughters about sex?
In general, I try to be a friend to my daughters. I want my kids to understand that, yes, I'm your mommy and I'm gonna be in your stuff, but I also want to be your BFF [best friend forever], someone who's in your life forever, and who you can always talk to. I might say something like, "I just read that girls your ages are having sex. Do you think that's going on with girls in your group? I'm just trying to understand what makes girls your age have sex early -- why do you think?" That gets a dialogue going.
Any other advice?
Along with the information and discussions, give them the specific skills that they need to abstain. There's a lot of peer pressure at these ages. So teach them how to say no without losing someone's friendship. Try some role-playing to teach kids how to negotiate.
What are your personal feelings about abstinence?
I'm just trying to get my daughters to wait. My message, and the message of the program is, take your time. You've got goals and dreams; focus on them, not on sex.
As for HIV specifically, what should parents say to kids?
The clearer you are, the better you are. It's best to provide kids with the facts. But first you have to make sure you know the facts. There hasn't been a big educational push to teach adults about HIV prevention, so sometimes kids know more than their parents because they've learned about it in school or from their friends.
So once the parent gets up to speed…
Explain what it is, without being too scientific, and how it gets into your body: through body fluids. But remember that knowledge alone doesn't change behavior -- otherwise everybody would always wear a seat belt. So once you've provided that framework, let your kids know that their job is not to let the virus get into their bodies. That's when you can then move naturally into the discussion about sex and abstinence.
Journalist Linda Villarosa is the co-author of Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls' Survival Guide and a number of other books.


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— Last year, Kelly Esch emerged as the go-to weapon for Jamestown High's volleyball program.
The rising senior's performance didn't go unnoticed as she announced Tuesday that she had committed to play Division I volleyball at Louisiana State University as a committed walk-on.
"Playing in college has always been one of the biggest goals I have wanted to achieve," said Esch in an interview Tuesday. "It was a far-fetched dream when I first began playing in third grade, but with all the amazing coaches I've had throughout club (season) and (at) Jamestown with Coach Stephenson, as well as all my fantastic teammates I have been able to reach my goal."
The 2012 Virginia Gazette Volleyball Player of the Year, Esch turned in the best season of her career last fall. The 6-foot-2 outside hitter led the team with 367 kills and 50 blocks en route to earn Bay Rivers District, Region I and Group AA state honors.
Much more than a front-row player, Esch showed vast improvement in all facets of her game. Defensively, she posted 317 digs and very rarely left the court. Offensively, she was one of the team's top point producers, including 68 aces.
Esch said she had offers from several schools, including Iona College and George Mason University before choosing to go to Baton Rouge. She plans to major in criminal justice.
"I chose LSU because when I went down for an unofficial visit, it felt like a natural fit," she said. "The coaches and players made me feel right at home and after being shown around, I knew LSU was the place I need to be."
A four-year starter at Jamestown, Esch has been to back-to-back state tournaments and is eager to start her senior year. "My goals are to be a balanced student athlete — putting equal focus into volleyball as well as academics," she said. "I want to improve my skills and become a well-rounded player."
Tom Stephenson, who has coached Esch at both Jamestown High and with the Williamsburg Volleyball Club, said her commitment is a product of a lot of hard work.
"One of the things that make Kelly so special is her ability to see the court," said Stephenson in an interview Wednesday. "Kelly is a very capable of overpowering you, but her ability to use her vision to see the open spots on the court makes her extremely difficult to defend. At the next level, where the block she will face is much larger and quicker, her ability to quickly see openings and take advantage of those separate her from many other players."
Stephenson said he's coached Esch since she was in the eighth grade and realized early on that she had the intangibles to be a special player. "I've felt since the minute she walked on the volleyball court that she had the potential to play D-1 volleyball," he said. "I remember when she was an eighth grader, she came with her dad to pick up her sister, Natalie, from varsity tryouts and her dad was tossing her balls and in her bare feet, she was elevating and hitting the ball harder than some of my varsity players. I had a feeling right then, that she could be something special."
Esch joins former Jamestown standouts Casey Wyatt (North Carolina State) and Krista Hughes (East Tennessee State) as players to earn a spot with a Division I program. "It means so much to be one of three to reach D-1 athletics," she said. "I couldn't have gotten there without the coaching and support of all my coaches and teammates. It's the best feeling in the world."
Stephenson agrees. "As good as Kelly is right now, she still has great potential to become even better," he said. "She's driven to be on the court and contribute to the success of any team that she is associated with. She make a great teammate and is the type of quality person any college would want to represent them."
Esch credits all of the coaches that she's had over the years, both at the high school level and through the Williamsburg Volleyball Club. Coaches like Sam Krehel, Becky Stowers, Greg Koon, Bobby Sanders, Keith Nowadly, Lee Thornhill and of course, Stephenson have all made an impact.
With her college decision made, Esch is now looking forward to focusing on her final year of high school.
"It was important to me to make a decision, but I wanted to make sure I knew it was the right school for me," she said. "It absolutely takes pressure off. I can focus on improving my skills as well as succeeding academically. My goals are to have a great high school volleyball season and club season, but also keep focused on school work and to enjoy my senior year."


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Ted Dog
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Posted: Sun 16 Oct 2005, 00:31
Post subject: larger files stored in archive
A single file that size will default to archive and not be reloaded into ram. the file will still exist on the DVD so keep it up only 4.55 G to go.. He Hee
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Official Dog Handler
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Posted: Sun 16 Oct 2005, 01:20
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Ted Dog,
Here's how I thought I'd do the test Barry wants done: boot the multisession Puppy DVD-R in a computer which has 512 MB of RAM and 16 GB of mp3 books in (NTFS) HD partition, transfer ~4 GB of those mp3 books into /root/mp3_books, then shut down. If I understand correctly how ms Puppy works, the ~4 GB of mp3s should be saved to the DVD, filling it up so that the next time I boot and then try to save ~1GB of mp3 books, it will tell me I need to make a new disk.
Before I start, is there any reason this can't work? Will 512 MB be enough RAM to do the whole 4 GB in one go, or will I have to transfer it to the DVD in bites <450 MB or so?
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Ted Dog
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Posted: Sun 16 Oct 2005, 13:31
Post subject: /root/ = 1/2 of RAM + some swap
in my experience you will get an out of memory error less than 200M. for some reason half the RAM is not used. try the
command in a terminal window find the amount free in /usr.
growisofs -M /dev/dvd -D -J -R /
your mp3 books directory
will fill up the DVD directly from hard drive thereby not using RAM.
it works safely in my experience.
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Official Dog Handler
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Posted: Sun 16 Oct 2005, 16:03
Post subject: Testing 14oct05 multisession: handling of full DVD
Ted: thanks, I might have to use that.
Here's what I've managed to do so far:
1.) Burn 14oct05 multisession Puppy to a DVD+RW with growisofs as per instructions
2.) Boot the DVD I just burned, and use TkDVD to add 4.3 GB (approx) of mp3 files directly to the DVD as a session. I used TkDVD because there is no easy way to enter the locations of several hundred files in growisofs from the command line.
TkDVD used the -M and -J options in growisofs (I think)
When I closed TkDVD and shut down the computer, Puppy gave the usual error message,
:-?Volume descriptor mismatch. Did you use same mkisofs options?
after the line: "Copying volume descriptors," but it seemed to have worked okay nevertheless. It rebooted and the mp3 files were there when I mounted the DVD. I added a few hundred MB more of mp3 files, this time dragging them to the /root/Archive folder -- which has mysteriously reappeared -- and when I went to shut down the computer it said I would need to start a new disk. I think I followed the directions correctly. The first step seemed to be to finalize the original disk. Everything seemed to be going well but at the end of that step the computer stuck in a loop, endlessly repeating:
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with no apparent activity of the DVD burner.
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Official Dog Handler
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 01:14
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Even though the computer stuck after burning the first session of the new DVD, the DVD booted and everything worked, so I went with it. I created a new folder, /root/mp3_books, copied 450 MB of mp3 books to it from the NTFS partition, then rebooted Puppy, saving the session. It took a long time to boot, apparently loading the 450 MB of mp3 books from the DVD back into RAM.
I added another 400 MB of mp3 books to the /root/mp3_books folder and rebooted, saving the session. Again it took a long time to boot, but this time when I mounted the DVD and looked inside I found that the folder from the 2nd session contained 850 MB! Apparently the entire 450 MB saved in the 1st session, plus the 400 MB of the 2nd session, were saved to the second session folder on the DVD. Also, I noticed that the /root/Archive folder disappeared.
The DVD booted, so I added ~400 MB more to mp3_books and rebooted, saving the session. It seemed to save the session ok but failed to boot, finding a lot of bad sectors on the disk. The DVD burner may be failing. It quit working in Windows but seemed to work in Puppy. I plan to try the same experiment again, with a DVD+RW, but with a different burner. Once I'm sure I have the procedure down I'll try it with a DVD+R and a DVD-R, when I can find the time.
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Puppy Master
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 07:11
Post subject:
...hmm, I'm getting confused
I think it would be better to follow Ted Dog's suggestion:
growisofs -M /dev/dvd -D -J -R /your mp3 books directory
to fill up the DVD.
At shutdown, when it detects the DVD is full, it executes
growisofs -M /dev/dvd=/dev/zero
which is supposed to fill up the rest of the DVD with zeros then close it.
...from what I can understand of your description, it seems to be stuck
at this stage ...I don't know why.
I wonder if TkDVD has something to do with it? Or using a DVD+RW?
...DVD-R may work better.
Maybe I could change rc.reboot-cd so that it doesn't close the DVD.
...there's no essential reason why it has to be closed I think.
---well, except that it makes shutdown neater, as rc.reboot-cd will
detect if a DVD is closed and not ask if you want to save a session
-- at least, I think I put in code for that.
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Official Dog Handler
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 11:21
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I realize that wasn't very helpful, but I indend to repeat the test, as a learning experience. Eventually, assuming I learn what I'm doing, I'll notice something that will be helpful. Burning and loading such large files takes a lot of time so it will go slowly. I intend to try Ted Dog's suggestion, but first I have to make the folders containing the mp3 files ready on the NTFS partition. It would take me forever to enter all the files on the command line, assuming I didn't make any mistakes.
Meanwhile, here are some more "screen shots"; two of the shutdown and one showing the error messages at last attempt to boot. This is the DVD which was created by the first DVD, which was the one I filled up using TkDVD. TkDVD was not used to put anything on this DVD. I can't remember for sure, but I think it may actually have booted all the way up, the bad sectors no doubt being in the saved mp3 section.
Saving Multisession Puppy 1.jpg
2577 Time(s)
Saving Multisession Puppy 2.jpg
2549 Time(s)
Booting Multisession Puppy DVD 1.jpg
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Ted Dog
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 14:58
Post subject: lack of deep relocation flag in TkDVD
The TkDVD lacks -D flag support which is used in every DVD supported version to handle directories over (from failing memory) 7 deep. It could cause this error
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 16:16
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TkDVD was not used at all to write any part of the DVD that was booting when these pictures were made. TkDVD was only used to write the second session of the first DVD. The first DVD then created this DVD automatically because it was too full to hold any more. Everything on this DVD was automatically formed up and written to it by the multisession scripts in Puppy.
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 17:02
Post subject: wine as a usr_more.sfs works
the Nathans' new wine.gz was converted into a squash file <9M and works very well with the Oct14ms iso. I will upload the usr_more.sfs to my host and provide a link in an hour or so.
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Ted Dog
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 17:16
Post subject: usr_more.sfs with wine
here is a squash file version of Nathan F's wine compiled for puppy.
save target as....
broken link
add to existing DVD iso with
in terminal change to directory used for download.
growisofs -M /dev/dvd -D -R -J usr_more.sfs
in terminal window type
wine notepad
to test.
Edit: changed to Peters' host.
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 21:40
Post subject:
Flash wrote:
I'll do it, but is there an intended place to save stuff so it isn't loaded into RAM when Puppy boots? I thought you had somehow solved that problem without the use of the Archive folder, but that was when I was trying out DVD+R, and the whole thing quit working before I could confirm it. I've switched to DVD-R, which so far seems to work OK, but there is no Archive folder and the stuff I save (in /root) is loaded into RAM every time Puppy boots. This would take forever if the DVD was full, even if I had that much RAM.
On a related subject, does ms Puppy look at the actual size of the DVD, and the actual amount of room remaining? I could use a mini-DVD to speed things up. It only holds 1.4 GB.
/root/archive/ folder is supposed to be there. I don't know where it has got to
Ah no, Puppy sees it is a DVD then decides size limit is 4G.
We will have to investigate how to determine if a mini-DVD is inserted.
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 21:44
Post subject: Re: dvd+rw-mediainfo on error stream not standard out stream
Ted_Dog wrote:
testing a no-name CD (burned with ms-14iso) The call to the command goes to error not out.
DVDRWMEDIAINFO="`/usr/bin/dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd`"
non-DVD media mounted, exiting...
# DVDRWMEDIAINFO="`/usr/bin/dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd`"
non-DVD media mounted, exiting...
echo $DVDRWMEDIAINFO
Sorry to miss this earlier.
Ah yes, I already corrected that. The code is now:
DVDRWMEDIAINFO="`/usr/bin/dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd 2>&1`"
...I will have to upload a new ms-iso soon!
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Puppy Master
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Posted: Mon 17 Oct 2005, 21:47
Post subject:
Flash wrote:
I just don't have any idea how this thing works. I burned a DVD-R, booted, saved a 150 MB file to /root, then rebooted. It took so long to save to, then load from the DVD that I assumed it was reading the large file from the DVD back into RAM. But when I rebooted again, it didn't take long to save the little I had changed, and it didn't take long to load. What's going on, Barry?
I can understand why it was slow to save. growisofs seems to burn a only 1.x times even though we use the "-speed=4" option.
But, I have no idea why bootup was slow ...confused again!
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Posted: Tue 18 Oct 2005, 16:57
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I'm doing a lousy job of reporting. One thing I forgot to mention is the DVD burner I used for the testing. It is a Memorex dual format 8x/4x. Perhaps it ignores growisofs speed commands and burns at whatever speed its firmware determines to be best. From the first image in
post, it appears that, when shut down, multisession Puppy saved to the Cheap (2.4x) DVD+RW at an average of 2.1x.
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Yolo County Library
Kids' Books
March 2017
"Think about it. They do bad things because they're badgers. If they weren't bad, they'd just be gers."
~ from John Doughtery's
Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
Recent Releases
Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
John Dougherty; illustrated by Sam Ricks
Adventure. A crimewave is sweeping the island of Great Kerfuffle, and Stinkbomb's piggy bank is the latest victim. The culprits? A gang of no-good, mustache-wearing badgers, OBVIOUSLY. Seeking justice, Stinkbomb and his sister Ketchup-Face ask King Toothbrush Weasel to banish badgers from the island, and the king agrees -- but sends the siblings on a quest to round up the badgers themselves! Bursting with cartoony artwork and silly remarks aimed directly at you, the reader, this zany fantasy adventure is just right for readers who love Philip Reeve's Not-So-Impossible Tales series.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Fantasy. Doreen Green is new in town, and she's hiding a big secret: she has the proportional strength and speed of a squirrel -- not to mention the fluffy tail. Doreen wants to fit in, but when a villain threatens her new neighborhood, she knows it's time to step up and become a superhero. She gains support for her new mission from her squirrel pal Tippy-Toe as well as from Ana Sofía, a classmate who uses hearing aids and shares Doreen's curiosity (and love of the Avengers). Whether you're a Marvel fan or a newcomer, you'll be nuts about the upbeat energy and quirky humor in Squirrel Girl's leap from comics to chapter books.
Hazy Bloom and the Tomorrow Power
Jennifer Hamburg; illustrated by Jenn Harney
Fiction. It begins with a weird prickly feeling and a sudden image of flying green peas. It takes third-grader Hazel "Hazy" Bloom a while to figure out that it's a vision of the near future, and it's just the first of many. High-spirited Hazy can't resist a challenge -- whether it's building a cupcake tower or trying to fit marshmallows up her nose -- but decoding her confusing visions seems to cause more disasters than it prevents. Can Hazel get a handle on her "tomorrow power" before it messes up her family, her friendships, and the school's spring carnival? Pick up this funny, fast-paced series-starter to find out.
Me and Marvin Gardens
Amy Sarig King
Fiction. Since his best friend has become a bully, 11-year-old Obe has lots of time to clean up the creek on his family's remaining piece of farmland, and that's where he finds the creature. Beagle-sized but with hooves, slimy skin, and a taste for plastic, the creature bonds with Obe, who names it Marvin Gardens. However, with so many housing developments being built nearby, it's hard to keep Marvin a secret for long… Similar to Sara Pennypacker's
, this sensitive story of a boy and his unusual companion will make you think about "how we treat each other and the planet" (
Publishers Weekly
The Someday Birds
Sally J. Pla
Fiction. If Charlie can just spot all of the "someday" birds, his dad will be okay. At least that's what the 12-year-old hopes after his dad is injured and sent across the country for treatment. Charlie likes order and rituals, so as he and his siblings -- along with mysterious, pink-haired family friend Ludmila -- drive all the way from California to join their dad in Virginia, he carefully tries to complete his and his dad's birdwatching bucket list. Charlie's voice is both thoughtful and authentic as he describes the national landmarks, family drama, and desperate hope of this offbeat family road trip.
You're In Luck...
The Luck Uglies
Paul Durham
Fantasy. Eleven-year-old Rye knows the legend: years ago, the Bog Noblins preyed on Village Drowning, devouring villagers and wearing necklaces made from their feet. The fearsome creatures were driven away by the brave Luck Uglies, a secret society that hasn't been heard from since. But now the Bog Noblins are back, awakening the villagers' terror -- and Rye's curiosity. Along with her friends Quinn and Folly, Rye sets out to discover the village's secrets and the fate of the Luck Uglies. Bold characters, brisk pacing, and tons of action combine to make this series opener "a thumping good story" (
Kirkus Reviews
A Whole Lot of Lucky
Danette Haworth
Fiction. When 12-year-old Hailee's family wins the lottery, her life changes in unexpected -- and not necessarily good -- ways. Hailee thinks that they'll move to a big, fancy house and that she'll get her very own horse...but what actually happens is that her parents send her to an expensive private school. Now she's got to make new friends and figure out how she fits in (or doesn't) with the rich kids. Warm, witty, and more about friendship than money, this is a great pick for kids who like realistic characters and situations.
Lucky Strike
Bobbie Pyron
Fiction. Eleven-year-old Nate is the unluckiest person in Paradise Beach, Florida. He's never won a coin toss, never been picked first, and his birthday wishes never come true. The only thing about Nate that isn't unlucky is his choice of smart, logical Gen as a best friend. After all, it's Gen's quick thinking that saves Nate's life when he's struck by lightning. After the strike, however, Nate's luck takes a turn, and though his popularity skyrockets, his friendship with Gen is threatened. Funny, folksy, and satisfying,
Lucky Strike
will be a hit with fans of Ingrid Law's
and other realistic books with just a hint of magic.
The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky
Holly Schindler
Fiction. Though Auggie loves her neighborhood, she's excited about starting fifth grade in a different part of town. Her excitement disappears, however, after her best friend ditches her for a group of rich girls and the town's "beautification committee" starts fining her poor neighborhood for looking too shabby. Unwilling to back down, Auggie and her grandfather Gus use objects they've rescued from Gus' trash-hauling truck to start a beautification project of their own -- one that could either divide or unite their community. If this feel-good story leaves you curious about outsider art, you might also want to try Shelley Pearsall's
The Seventh Most Important Thing
Three Times Lucky
Sheila Turnage
Mystery. Ever since her dramatic arrival (as a baby, she washed ashore during a hurricane), 11-year-old Moses LoBeau has lived in Tupelo Landing, North Carolina with eccentric Colonel LoBeau, the man who found her, and Miss Lana, who runs the local cafe. Mo's life is pretty quiet until an unpopular local resident is murdered and a detective comes to town looking for the culprit, stirring up all kinds of other trouble in the process. Readers who enjoy colorful ways with words, complicated yet compelling plots, and unforgettable characters will feel they've hit the jackpot with
Three Times Lucky,
the 1st in the Tupelo Landing series.
Contact your librarian for more great books!
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The last couple of nights have been a huge bedtime battle. I've been trying to keep a more set schedule when it comes to the kid's naps. Around 11 or 11.30 he goes down for 60-90 minutes. Then again at 3 or 3.30 for about 60 minutes. He's usually grouchy enough at that point to actually go down with only a little fuss.
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Run Game Dominates at Washingtonby Joceyln Hopkinson '15 • October 13, 2012 Share:
One way to avoid a letdown after a big win is to methodically run the football. The Little Giants ground out 345 yards here Saturday to suppress any Washington University Bear upset notions. Wabash plodded its way to a 34-14 win.
"Everyone's been talking all week about a letdown and I was glad our guys responded with a great week of practice and got the win against a well-coached team on the road," Coach Erik Raeburn said.
The 5-1 Little Giants were coming off a big Wittenberg win and a homecoming victory before that. The team lost at Washington University two years ago, 24-20.
The 345 rushing yards are the second-most this season for the Little Giants. Quarterback Chase Belton led all rushers with 166.
All of Belton's yards were gained in the first half. He was knocked out of the game in the second quarter after suffering a mild concussion. Junior Andy Walsh stepped in for the rest of the game.
"Any time your quarterback goes down, that can disrupt the flow of the offense," Raeburn said. "We were really moving the ball well in the first half so it's disappointing but Andy went in there and did a great job."
Walsh came in with the offense in the red zone. The Clinton, IN native finished the drive with a bullet throw to wide receiver Sean Hildebrand. The touchdown pass was the first of Walsh's career.
"We (Walsh and Hildebrand) throw around a bunch in practice," Walsh said. "He was actually running a route that was short of the end zone but because of the goal line being right there he had to run longer. We had the same mindset and I trusted him to make the right adjustment and then make the great catch."
Defensively, the Little Giants had another stout performance. The Bears' first touchdown came on a second quarter drive, keyed by a fumble/fleaflicker pass for 31 yards. The other WashU points came on a short field following an interception.
"We knew if stopped the run, we'd be able to dial in and get after the quarterback," linebacker AJ Akinribade said. "We focused on little things like reading our keys so in passing situations we could pressure the quarterback."
The Wabash defense was in Eric Daginella's face all game. Despite not recording any sacks, Akinribade and company hit the Bears' quarterback on a consistent basis.
"It's good and bad all at the same time," Akinribade said. "The hits were there and we got in his face and put him under stress. But it's just a step too slow here or a step in the wrong direction there that made us miss. Those little things were the difference between a good play and a great play."
Scoring didn't start until the closing seconds of the first quarter when Belton sprinted through the left side of the line untouched for a 69-yard touchdown. The touchdown run marked the longest of the senior quarterback's career.
The second score again involved Belton running left. This time he fooled the defensive end before he picked his way through blocks for a 56-yard score.
Wabash extended the lead to 20-0 on Walsh's touchdown pass to Hildebrand on its next drive. The Bears were able to get on the board before the first half expired with a Daginella screen pass to Chris Castelluccio for 16 yards, 20-7.
The Bears pulled within 6 early in the third quarter on a Daginella quarterback sneak, but the team would not make it back to the end zone again, 20-13.
Wabash shrugged off its sluggish second start with a touchdown drive capped by a Tyler Holmes 3-yard run. The team's final score came in the fourth quarter on a 4-yard CP Porter run for the final, 34-14.
Akinribade and Nate Scola led all tacklers with 9 apiece and Jonathan Koop snared his third interception of the year. Linebacker and back up kicker Brock Smith replaced an injured Ian McDougal and executed two extra-point attempts.
Wabash returns home Saturday to host The College of Wooster. The Little Giants will tackle a second tough foe as well, recognizing Breast Cancer Month by wearing pink. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Two UCSB men's volleyball players were recognized by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) as Theo Brunner was named to the All-MPSF Second Team and Jeff Menzel earned Honorable Mention. Long Beach State swept the Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year accolades.
Brunner, a senior middle blocker, led the Gauchos with a .391 attack percentage and was tops in blocks with 87 stuffs, just under one per game. He was second on the Gaucho roster with 3.43 kills per game. The Ridgefield, Conn. native set several new career-highs this season including kills (26), digs (8), and points (28.5). Brunner finished his illustrious stint ranked in UCSB's career top ten lists for kills, attack attempts, solo blocks, block assists, and total blocks.
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Those who erected the monument say it's the first public marker dedicated to atheism in the United States and it was officially unveiled on Saturday in front of about 200 people who crowded the courthouse's courtyard.
STARKE — Walk past the Bradford County Courthouse here and you'll probably notice the Ten Commandments first.
Etched onto a large black monument shaped like twin tablets, the commandments are hard to miss.
But if you look to the side, you will notice a smaller, gray granite monument in the shape of a bench with an accompanying pillar engraved with quotes.
Those who erected the monument say it's the first public marker dedicated to atheism in the United States, and it was officially unveiled on Saturday in front of about 200 people who crowded the courthouse's courtyard.
The atheist monument includes quotes from Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair and others. One side of the pillar lists the biblical punishments for breaking the Ten Commandments, which often call for execution.
American Atheists, a national advocacy group based in New Jersey, established the monument. It originally sued Bradford County in May 2012, soon after the Ten Commandments monument was erected in front of the courthouse, seeking the monument's removal.
The Community Men's Fellowship, a Starke-based group that sponsored the religious monument when it was erected, refused the county's request that it remove the display and filed its own lawsuit. During court-ordered mediation, the groups settled on an agreement: The Ten Commandments monument could stay, but American Atheists would establish their own monument in kind.
It may be the first public monument to atheism in the nation, but it is only the first of many, said American Atheists President David Silverman.
Silverman announced during the unveiling ceremony Saturday afternoon that the organization will erect up to 50 more monuments across the country in public places where religious structures like the Ten Commandments marker in Starke have been established.
An anonymous donor has pledged up to $500,000 for this effort, Silverman said in an interview after the ceremony.
Silverman was one of several people during Saturday's unveiling who spoke to a mostly supportive crowd that packed the outdoor courtyard in front of the courthouse.
Before the speeches began, people who traveled from Jacksonville, Orlando and other cities chatted beneath umbrellas and building overhangs in the light rain. A handful of protesters stood beside signs with sayings like, ''If you don't like our Christian culture, go back home!" One of the protesters held a Confederate flag high.
Gael Murphy, a 64-year-old from Tampa, came to be part of what she said was a wonderful occasion. "To me this is a celebration," she said. "I'm so happy to be here."
While atheists would prefer not to have any religious markers in front of a government building like this one, Murphy said, this monument at least brings some balance to the courtyard, which has been designated a free speech forum by Bradford County.
"We're not trying to get religion out of the public sphere," she said. "Just out of the courthouse ..."
"If they're going to call it a free speech area, let's have some freedom," she said.
Murphy received a handout from someone in the crowd that offered one view of what a world without God entails. "Welcome to a world that rejects God ... Welcome to a world where there is no right and no wrong ... Welcome to hell," it read. Red blotches that looked like blood were printed on the flier.
"We want to have a world with just laws that are equally enforced and where people are compassionate," Murphy said. She felt the flier suggested atheists are "monstrous."
Michael Tubbs, of Jacksonville, was one of the Christian protesters who came to the unveiling. He said he and other protesters there were members of the Florida League of the South, a Southern nationalist organization. He sees the atheist monument as another attempt to diminish Florida's Christian heritage.
"It's a steady chipping away of our heritage, one piece at a time," he said.
The Ten Commandments monument, in his eyes, is suitable for the courthouse. "Our western Christian civilization is already based on the Ten Commandments," he said. "That is the most appropriate symbol for this courtyard that we could put here."
During the ceremony, several speakers talked about the significance of the monument and what it is like being an atheist in America. Across the street, some people held handwritten signs about Jesus and blared Christian music.
Jeanette Madea, of the Center for Inquiry Community of Fort Lauderdale, said the atheist monument is just a piece of granite with words carved on it.
"But what strikes me on this occasion is the power we ascribe to words," she said. "The fact that we have some people behind us trying to drown out our words is (a) testament to that: Fear of what we might say," she said.
EllenBeth Wachs, founder and co-president of Atheists & Humanists of Florida, said the monument shows that atheists will no longer be ignored in this public square.
"I think we can look around and see that these atheists made a lot of noise," she said, looking at the crowd in the courtyard. "They weren't ignored."
Silverman, of American Atheists, called the Ten Commandments "barbaric," pointing out that the Bible condones execution for working on the Sabbath Day, among other offenses. He said he considers the commandments an example of hate speech.
"The demand to worship one god of one religion under penalty of death is the essence of theocracy," he told the crowd.
Silverman urged Christians to actually read the Bible, even offering a copy of it signed by the day's speakers to anyone who promised to read it cover to cover. Ignorance of their own Bible is what keeps many Christians Christian, he said.
As he spoke to the crowd, people began to sit on the newly unveiled bench and take photographs. A boy sat down and smiled for the camera, followed by friends, couples and parents with their kids.
Once the speeches were over, Silverman sat on the bench. People plopped down next to him one by one to get a photograph with him and the monument.
At one point, Eric Hovind, with Creation Today, jumped up onto the atheist monument and began to talk about Christianity, making a comment about tolerance.
Silverman, in response to Hovind standing on the secular monument, jumped onto the bottom ledge of the Ten Commandments marker.
Father Les Singleton, a pastor from Micanopy, said the atheists have a civic right to be here and establish their monument, but he felt they made a caricature of Christianity during their speeches.
Silverman said he was disappointed in the disruptions by Christian protesters. He has been a protester many times, he said, and the point is never to disrupt but to peacefully express dissent.
Silverman said he hopes atheists won't be the last group to erect a monument in this courtyard. He wants other groups to follow suit. All viewpoints have a right to be heard, he said.
Michael Fulford, a 24-year-old from Pensacola, said he likes having a marketplace of ideas ranging from the Christian to the secular and beyond, but he questioned whether it is appropriate in front of a courthouse.
"This is not really making a marketplace," he said. "It's making a battleground.
"When you walk into a courthouse, you should not be an atheist. You should not be a Christian. You should not be a Jew. You should be a person seeking justice."
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The last month has been interesting.
It's been the slowest winter for business that we have ever seen.
We have some friends that own a nearby trucking company and one of their drivers injured a finger back in February.
They needed someone to help him with tarping and strapping loads so I offered to help.
The owners told me I have a golden opportunity to get a CDL with this arrangement. They don't train drivers but the injured driver could train me while I'm helping him on the road.
We are hauling with 18 wheelers using mostly side kits/tarps and low-boy step trailers.
It's turning out to be pretty interesting work and decided to try for my CDL.
I've been on overnite runs to NY a number of times already. Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Manchester, Geneseo and a bunch of other towns I don't remember.
Delivered light poles to the Battery Park renovations near Ground Zero. That was great being on Broadway with an 18 wheeler. We left at 0300 that morning to beat the traffic.
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Designed for middle- and low-handicap amateurs as well as top pros the Tour Series Wedges incorporate key Big Bertha technology like Short Straight Hollow Hosel S2H2 and Tru-Bore into a more traditional club design.


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This is David Solomon's favorite packet trick. It has multiple climaxes and easy patter possibilities.
A blank Bicycle card is placed aside. Four Jokers are shown to have blank backs. One by one the magician prints colorful backs on them. After all four backs are printed, the magician magically causes all of the Joker faces to vanish and all four of them appear together on the blank Bicycle card.
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