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In a May 2 article chronicling the Minuteman Project's efforts to patrol a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, The Christian Science Monitor described Minuteman volunteer Joe McCutchen as "a retired pilot" who donated his time and money to man a lookout post on the Arizona/Mexico border eight hours a day for two weeks. But the article's portrayal of a man dedicated to the Minuteman "vigil" -- spending "14 days in a folding chair, buffeted by wind storms, face-cutting sand, freezing cold, and scorching sun" -- failed to include information that seems relevant to his motivation: his connection to two white supremacist organizations.
Monitor staff writer Daniel B. Wood quoted McCutchen describing "a new sense of compassion for the illegals who are being exploited by both countries," but Wood did not report McCutchen's association with the Council of Conservative Citizens and American Renaissance, despite a January 27 Associated Press report exposing these ties.
The Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), which the Southern Poverty Law Center calls the "successor of the old White Citizens Council," listed McCutchen as a member in a 2001 CCC publication. While McCutchen has denied that he was ever a member, he does not deny that he spoke on a panel at a 2001 anti-immigration forum CCC held in North Carolina, as the AP reported. The Southern Poverty Law Center has noted that the CCC has described blacks as "a retrograde species of humanity." CCC's national website currently features an article titled "David Yeagley speaks on miscegenation," in which Yeagley states that "Love of race is the only 'saving grace' left in the world" and calls for an end to further mixing of the races. The site also features an advertisement for "White Pride T-Shirts," with CCC listing the t-shirt group as a sponsor.
McCutchen has lobbied for anti-immigrant legislation proposed by Arkansas state senator Jim Holt, but Holt said he plans to "distance himself" from McCutchen, apparently as a result of McCutchen's alleged ties to CCC, according to an April 24 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette report. He appeared with McCutchen on the State Capitol steps in Little Rock in January to announce the formation of anti-immigrantion lobbying group Protect America Now, which McCutchen chairs. Following the Southern Poverty Law Center's statement that McCutchen had been involved with the CCC, Holt told McCutchen to "step back" from Holt's proposed legislation in order to "make sure the bill is not going to be hurt because you're [McCutchen] attached to it."
McCutchen also has ties to American Renaissance, a print publication listed as a hate sheet by the Southern Poverty Law Center. McCutchen has acknowledged that he wrote a letter to the paper's editor asking its readers for money to help defeat then-U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI). The AP reported that McCutchen disagreed with Abraham's support for expanding entry visas to foreign high-tech workers.
Further, McCutchen trotted out several old anti-Semitic canards in two June 2003 letters to the editor of the Fort Smith, Arkansas, Times-Record, in which he stated that the "the central government, banking, media (radio/TV/print) and entertainment are controlled by Jews" and that "American and international Jews own the world monetary system."
McCutchen was also mentioned as a Minuteman Project volunteer in an April 14 MSNBC article, an April 12 Ventura County Star report (registration required), an April 22 Los Angeles Times report, and an April 1 report on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight -- none of which mentioned McCutchen's connections to white supremacist groups or his anti-Semitic statements.
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Joe Schofield, left, walks along the giant steel beam built to support a 340-ton rock as he and other workers prepare to transport the rock from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at Stone Valley Materials in Riverside, Calif. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong.
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King Sisyphus, it turns out, had little on the folks at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a giant rock up a hill for eternity. In modern-day LA, the city's largest museum has spent months and $5 million to $10 million trying to get a 340-ton boulder from a dusty quarry in Riverside onto its campus west of downtown.
When the teardrop-shaped chunk of granite finally arrives it will become the focal point of acclaimed earth artist Michael Heizer's latest creation, "Levitated Mass." Museum visitors by the thousands are expected to walk under what will be one of the largest environmental art creations ever placed in an urban setting.
Heizer "came up in a generation that wasn't just about what you could create or sculpt in the studio," said Rochelle Steiner, dean of the University of Southern California's Roski School of Fine Arts. "It was about how you could intervene in the elements, in your own environment, in the landscape, and how the environment became not just your subject matter but your situation as well."
The reclusive Heizer is perhaps best known for "Double Negative," the 1,500-foot-long land sculpture he cut into a desert mesa in a remote section of southern Nevada.
"Levitated Mass" will be a major coup for the museum, Steiner said, and will provide the general public a rare opportunity to see Heizer's work up close.
But before that can happen, the museum has to get the rock here, and that's proving a Sisyphean task.
At the Stone Valley quarry, on the outskirts of Riverside, a 196-wheel, 44-axle transport vehicle strong enough to hold more than a million pounds is being constructed. With drivers, steerers and police escorts, as many as 60 people could be involved in the move.
"It will be an entourage," laughed Rick Albrecht, who is supervising the rock's move for Emmert International, an outfit that specializes in moving really big stuff.
Although Emmert has never hauled a rock the size of a two-story house before, Albrecht appears undaunted by the challenge.
"This might be the first time for a rock but our company moved a building in Salt Lake City that was equivalent to a five-story," he said during a recent day at the quarry, as workers with welding torches worked on the transport vehicle. "It was almost 60 foot wide, it was a little over a hundred feet long, and we had to jack it up 14 feet, spin it 180 degrees, move it across the street and jack it back down."
Compared to that, he indicated, the rock will be a piece of cake.
The hardest part so far has been getting permission from the three counties, the state and the numerous cities through which Emmert will haul the boulder.
The museum has rescheduled the departure date several times as it works with local officials to find a route acceptable to everybody. The rock is now tentatively scheduled to leave the quarry sometime later this month.
The 60-mile trip to the museum that would normally take about an hour in light freeway traffic is expected to take the rock at least 10 days.
It will rarely travel faster than 5 mph and its delivery people may have to drive as far as 20 or 30 miles out of their way to get around various obstacles like utility wires and freeway overpasses.
The move, coming just months after repairs to a major freeway overpass had most of Los Angeles staying off the freeways for a weekend, has reawakened "Carmageddon" traffic nightmare scenarios.
Albrecht downplays such concerns. Although the transport vehicle is as wide as three freeway lanes and nearly as long as a football field, he notes it will only travel a few hours each night when traffic is lightest. People along the route will be told in advance that it's headed their way.
Once the rock arrives it will straddle a 456-foot-long trench in such a way that people who walk under it will have the illusion that it is floating unsecured above them. California seismic officials had to sign off on the project to make sure no one would be squashed by the boulder should an earthquake strike.
While he's kept a low profile, museum officials say Heizer himself has been involved in every aspect of the installation and may even show up for the planned unveiling in November.
For most of the last 40 years, the 66-year-old artist has been creating a Mount Rushmore-sized project called "City" near his home in the central Nevada desert.
Although he has carefully, some would say obsessively, kept the public from seeing it, photos that have surfaced show a number of huge, pyramid-like buildings, some as high as 80 feet, stretching across more than a mile of desert terrain.
Before he started on "City," Heizer was already envisioning "Levitated Mass" and spent decades searching quarries for the right rock.
He found it in Riverside six years ago, about the same time his longtime friend Michael Govan became head of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Govan arrived with a mandate to install large outdoor works that would anchor the museum's campus. "Urban Light," contemporary artist Chris Burden's stunning display of 202 restored antique street lamps, was placed in front three years ago.
"Levitated Mass" will go in back, literally just about a stone's throw from the famous La Brea Tar Pits and the dinosaur fossils they hold.
As word of the project has spread around town, some critics have come forth, complaining that the money could be better spent on adding other works to the museum's eclectic collection, which includes everything from 6th century Mexican sculpture to works by Rembrandt and Picasso.
Steiner indicated they aren't seeing the big picture, that "Levitated Mass," in tandem with "Urban Light," will give the museum two different but equally impressive displays of modern Western U.S. art.
"Chris Burden is an LA artist. Michael Heizer is an artist who is interested in the landscape of the West," she said. "The choices (of those two) are not coincidental but a statement about LA and its larger surroundings."
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By Andrea Oschetti, for CNN • Updated 29th April 2014
Italian climber Claudio Tessarolo has been at Mount Everest base camp for the last 10 days, waiting to find out if his attempt to summit the world's highest peak can go ahead.
He says it's been 10 days of rumors -- 10 days of watching other expedition teams make the difficult decision to leave, one by one.
This morning, he and his team finally decided to pack up and follow them.
"For once, the local people decided about Everest," he says.
I've been climbing towards base camp through the Khumbu Valley for the last five days.
Helicopters have been a constant presence, breaking the beautiful silence that lovers of the mountains treasure.
They carry negotiators to Kathmandu, officials to base camp and climbers back home.
Take a look at a few interesting facts about the highest mountain in the world.
CNN's Michael Smerconish talks about the latest avalanche tragedy and the role of sherpas in climbing Mount Everest.
Mount Everest has had it's most deadly ever accident. But the summit would be forever out of reach without Sherpas.
On the ground, I cross paths with yak caravans, ascending empty and descending with full loads.
"Why is everyone leaving?" a German climber asks me. "There is still one month of opportunity before the monsoon arrives."
Despite conflicting reports to the contrary, the mountain is still open.
The government has not issued any prohibition against climbing,
releasing a statement
on April 24 encouraging expedition teams to go ahead with the season.
But support for this season's climb has trickled away, day after day, since the April 18 avalanche that left 13 guides dead and three missing -- the deadliest accident in the history of the world's highest peak.
A group of about 50 people, mostly Nepali Sherpas, were hit by the avalanche at more than 20,000 feet just above base camp in the Khumbu Ice Fall.
Sherpas, an ethnic group from Nepal's Himalaya region famed for their climbing prowess, aren't officially stopping anyone from attempting the risky journey, though hundreds involved in the lucrative Everest trekking industry have refused to climb.
"Without the Sherpas we cannot climb and there is nothing we can do about it," says Tessarolo.
"We made Everest a circus. This year the Sherpas decided that the show will not go on."
Sherpas open the route on the Nepali side of Everest, through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall.
They fix the climbing lines all the way to the summit of Mount Everest, transport the equipment to make camp, climb next to their clients while carrying their oxygen and food, and rescue those in danger.
Without their assistance, making the long, dangerous journey is nearly impossible for all but the most experienced of climbers.
Everest avalanche: American climber recounts how Sherpa saved his life
Mixed feelings on canceled season
It wasn't a unanimous decision by Nepal's Sherpa to abandon the season -- there's no unanimous motive.
Some don't want to climb because they're in mourning -- a sign of respect for their friends who died in the avalanche and their families.
Others don't want to climb for religious reasons.
The Sherpa spiritual code of conduct, which interconnects humans and nature, has been violated, they say.
To put it simply, the gods are angry.
Some refuse to climb for political reasons: they want better insurance from the Nepal government and scholarships for their children.
Some don't want to climb because of safety: there have been several avalanches reported since the tragedy.
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'How will I convince my wife to let me go away again?'
The Nepal government makes about $3 million from royalties on Everest each spring season.
More than 330 foreign climbers had been given permission to climb Everest over the next couple of months, with an estimated 400 guides helping them, spending between $40,000 and $90,000 each in their attempt to scale the mountain.
The short window, May 15-30, is usually the best time to make an attempt to reach Everest's peak.
As discussions took place on the fate of the Everest season last week, many climbers left base camp to continue their acclimatization process on other mountains in the region.
"When we went back, we found base camp empty," says Bae Young Rok, a South Korean member of the Kyungil University Alpine Club.
"There is nothing we can do but leave as well."
Mount Everest sherpa Jamling Tenzing Norgay discusses the cancelling of the ascents after an avalanche killed 16 sherpas
He says the Nepalese government told him his Everest climbing permit will remain valid for the next five years.
"That's fine, but how will I convince my wife to let me go away again for two months?"
One of the reasons an Everest expedition takes so long is the time required for multiple rotations up and down the mountain to help the body adjust to the thin air, says professional climber Alan Arnette (who summited Everest in 2011) on
his blog
"A typical Everest climber will spend 10-15 days sleeping high on the mountain above Base Camp before going on their summit attempt," he says.
"They sleep at ever-increasing altitudes to trick the body into making the necessary physiological changes, especially with respect to respiration, the key to survival at extreme altitudes."
Sherpas seek better employment opportunitie
On the route to base camp I meet Tsering Sherpa, who is making his way down from base camp.
"I am ready to climb," he says.
"I want to stand by my clients; it is their decision whether to climb or not."
He says the leader of his team called the expedition off on Monday.
"He told us that the icefall is too risky."
Some teams left earlier out of respect for their Sherpa, many of whom work on climbing expeditions only because they don't have access to better economic opportunities.
They make up to $6,000 per season and usually get a summit bonus if their clients reach the top of the 8,848-meter (29,020-feet) mountain.
It's a stark contrast to what drives the foreign visitors to climb.
"In our time the best job available was climbing; it's not anymore," says Natang Sherpa, who owns the Moonlight Lodge in Namche Baazar, a popular acclimatization village among tourists.
Her daughter is now a medical doctor living in the United States.
"Tourists asked me how long have I been a Sherpa. I am a Sherpa since I was born! Some of us become porters and climbers, most of us, luckily, can avoid it [nowadays]."
Other Nepalese ethnic groups are starting to replace the Sherpa, as they manage to secure better jobs.
Among the 16 people dead or missing in the April 18 tragedy, three are from other ethnic groups.
Mount Everest climbing season up in air after avalanche deaths
Only a handful remain
For the few still hanging on in base camp in the hope of making the summit, their chances get slimmer with each day that passes.
The Khumbu Icefall moves one meter per day: the ladders are lost, the lines broken.
None of the camps on the mountain itself are operative, I'm told, and nobody has reached Camp 3 yet -- one of four camps set up on Everest en route to the summit.
Nobody is left to do the heavy work for the foreign climbers, and most have come to the realization over the last few days that climbing is not a possibility for them.
Until the late 1970s, only a handful of climbers reached the top each year.
The number topped 100 for the first time in 1993.
By 2004, it was more than 300. In 2012, the number was more than 500.
The deadliest year on Everest was 1996, when 15 people died. Another 12 climbers were killed in 2006.
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How do you configure IBM Rational Common Licensing to serve license keys through firewalls?
Simply opening the ports on the firewall will not allow the clients outside the firewall to get a license. The server has to be configured to use specified ports.
How to point a client machine outside a firewall to a License Server
- Open three bidirectional (two-way communication) ports on the firewall
- one for the license manager daemon (lmgrd.exe)
- one for the rational daemon (rational.exe)
- one for the IBM rational daemon (ibmratl.exe).
Any port numbers can be used but FLEXlm recommends 27000 for lmgrd and any other ports between 27001 and 27009 for rational and ibmratl.
If you need information on how to open ports on a firewall, contact your firewall software vendor.
If your firewall is Windows Firewall, simply go to the Windows control panel > Windows Firewall and add a port from Exceptions tab.
- Once these ports have been opened on the firewall, they will need to be specified on the SERVER and VENDOR (DAEMON in old license files) lines within the license file.
On UNIX and Linux platforms:
Locate the *.dat license file and use a text editor to modify the daemon lines to look like the example below:
SERVER <hostname> <hostid> 27000
DAEMON rational /usr/local/flexlm/sun4_solaris2/rational port=27001
DAEMON ibmratl /usr/local/flexlm/sun4_solaris2/ibmratl port=27002
On Windows platform:
Locate the rational_server_perm.dat license file on the license server.
By default this file will be stored in
- C:\Program Files\Rational\common (for License Server version7.0.1 and earlier)
- C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common (for License Server version 7.1 and higher)
It is good practice to also update the temporary license file (rational_server_temp.dat) at this time. Rational License server v8.1.1 will have a different directory:
C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalRLKS\common
SERVER <hostname> DISK_SERIAL_NUM=1234abcd 27000
VENDOR rational "C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common\rational.exe" port=27001
VENDOR ibmratl "C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common\ibmratl.exe" port=27002
1. Open the License Key Administrator on the License server
2. Access Settings and select Server Ports
3. Enter the ports opened for each of the daemons and click OK.|
Note: If your attempt to change the server ports from the License Key Administrator (LKAD) results in the FLEXlm service stopping with error messages in the logs about missing host ID, you need to apply IBM Rational Common Licensing Interim Fix 03 or modify the license file manually as per the steps in technote#1454407.
- C:\Program Files\Rational\common (for License Server version7.0.1 and earlier)
- Once the License server is configured with the ports opened on the firewall, go to the client machine.
On UNIX and Linux platforms:
Set the Environment variable
LM_LICENSE_FILE=<port#>@<server host name or IP address>
Example: setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE 27000@<hostname>
Note: You must stop and restart the Rational License Server for these changes to take effect.
Kill all the current lmgrd and rational process that belong to rational
% /bin/ps -ef | grep lmgrd
Start the license server using one of the below:
%cd <Rational>/config/start_lmgrd_on_<your machine>
%lmgrd -c <license file> -l <flexlm log file>
On Windows platform:
- Open the License Key Administrator
- Access Settings and select Client/Server Configuration
- Enter the lmgrd port and click OK.
- The client should then be able to get a license from the server.
- If you have installed any IBM Rational Software Development Platform products that are configured to use floating license support:
1. Open the Installation Manager > Manage Licenses
2. Select the product ( for example IBM Rational Performance Tester)
3. Select Configure Floating license support and click Next
4. Select I accept the terms of the license agreements and click Next
5. Select the line where the license server is mentioned
6. Click on Edit (the pencil symbol)
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Blueberry Bars
Another blueberry recipe as promised (as requested Jonathan, sorry for the delay). I've been really into bars latey, and by that I mean blueberry, lemon, brownies...okay brownies don't fit that criteria but I'm also on the lookout for a low sugar brownie recipe. I think I've found a few good ones. I suppose if you break it down, I've mostly just been interested in rectangularish food lately. Let's not judge, okay?
Well, back to the blueberries.
Blueberry & Cream Cheese Cookie Bars
Cookie Base
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 egg, room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups all purpose flour
For the Blueberries
2 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
2 tbl fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup white sugar
zest of one lemon
1 tbl cornstarch
1/4 cup cream cheese
2 tbl white sugar
2 graham crackers
1. Preheat oven to 350 and start the cookie dough by creaming the softened butter and sugars together in a mixer until light in color, about 3 to 5 minutes
2. Add the egg, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt and mix together
3. Add the flour 1 cup at a time and mix until just combined
4. Line an 8x8 square pan with parchment, two sheets perpendicular to each other, crossing on top of one another
5. Spread cookie dough into the pan and bake for about 30 minutes, until golden
1. Start the blueberry topping, Put the blueberries over medium low heat until defrosted
2. Add the lemon juice, sugar, and zest to the pot
3. Stir and cook together for about 5 minutes, the mixture should be simmering and start to thicken slightly
4. Sprinkle the cornstarch in and mix thoroughly. Leave on a heat for an additional minute or two and make sure there are no cornstarch chunks
5. Remove from heat
1. Pule the graham cracker in a food processor to make crumbs, set aside
2. In a mixer whip up the cream cheese and the 2 tbl sugar until creamy
3. Take the dough and make small drops of the cream cheese on the top
4. fill the rest of the area with the blueberries, making sure to use it all
5. Sprinkle the graham crackers in small sections as pictured below
6. Return to the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes
7. Remove and let cool, remove from pan by lifting the parchment paper. If the edges are stuck cut around them with a small knife
8. Cut in small strips of squares and eat up. Good warm or cooled
The above picture shows how I dropped the blueberries and cream cheese on but any way will work.
A lot of photos, I know. But I have more pictures that words for this one so I hope you enjoy either way. And as I slowly work my way into Photoshop, bountiful photo posts like this just seem to happen. Also I will be bombarding you with just one more blueberry recipe tomorrow, and then we'll move on to a new ingredient.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:21 pm
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Ahhhh, thats it Im a closeted FOOD NAZI. I had no idea. I didnt realize term even existed until the famed Soup Nazi episode came to mind with all this talk about fascism.
Food Fascist is too good for me -- I should be tried and shot for crimes against humanity (unless those 2 Monster Thickburgers put me out of my misery with a massive heart attack tonight).
In a mere 73-word poorly thought out diatribe I insulted ingredient choices, used unwarranted obscenities, hopelessly flawed logic and pretty darn poor grammar while still managing to name drop and plug my own thoroughly sinister web log.
All on the flawed premise that Americans eat crap and its killing them in numbers unprecedented in this countrys history. Definitely not appropriate for a food blog.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:21 pm
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"Im a closeted FOOD NAZI"
...your word, not mine. I did not use the term "fascism" as a put-down, but as a generalization of the "health activists" in this country that has made "healthy living" their religion. They currently crusade against evil corporations like McDonalds, Burger King, etc... There are trial lawyers galore that are salivating at the thought of sueing the hell out of the fast food industry since they milked all that they can get out of the tobacco industry. Those on the government side would love to regulate and tax the "idiots" who make "poor" health choices.
If you really are interested in helping those 400,000 people a year live longer, do something about it. Posting rude comments on a blog will do nothing to further your "cause".
I have to ask: If you think this is a "dumbass web page", why do you keep coming back?
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:22 pm
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A libertarian supporting agra-business and big tobacco: wow! I had you guys figured all wrong. I was hoping for your support to legalize pot. Just think -- the government could tax it and vaporize the deficient in a year or two in spite of the Bush. And we could classify pot as a vegetable, just like ketchup! Plus, a new market for the tobacco industry: they could sell off their holdings in food. Big Tobacco could survive!
Kraft Foods' parent company Philip Morris Companies Inc. acquires Nabisco Holdings, a world leader in cookies, crackers and snacks. The Nabisco brands are integrated into the Kraft Foods business worldwide.
Hmm, big tobacco is now feeding the children of America that helps me sleep at night.
Micky-Ds and Burger Krap are part of the fast food industry? Next youll tell me Archer Daniels Midland Company actually produces food, rather than hybrid polymeric molecular chains of substances remotely related to organic matter (genetically altered or not).
I was going to list the (known) organic and inorganic matter in Campbells Mushroom Soup, but its been done before. I have this great soup cookbook with no mention of 95% of whats on the Campbells list of wholesome ingredients. How did our forebearers ever survive?
Why do I keep returning? Why do you assume I ever left? Im on a 36 hour nonstop project, and need YOU to entertain me during my brief breaks until its complete.
Im worse than an engineer, Im a consulting engineer in the black world, so deep in the annals of government, Id have to kill you to tell you (its OK macaroni & cheese moms, its an inside joke, dont panic - just a joke). We, in the government dont actually kill anyone anymore at least on our soil. They allow me the Carbonboy persona to keep me sane. But they watch me closely.
Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner. That is what I truly want to be-ee-ee. Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner, everyone would be in love with me!
Food fight! - Food fight!! -- Food Fight!!!
Hey Michael L, I did like the thread on Brats. I was born and raised in Sheboygan, WI THE brat capital of the world. The ONLY way to make Brats is to soak them in water, get your real charcoal grill started and grill them, turning them with only your hands. Then let them simmer in beer, onions and real Wisconsin butter.
The only way to eat a Brat is as a double on a real Sheboygan Hard Roll. You are allowed only the following condiments: ketchup, pickles, onions (fresh and from the beer boil), mustard and lots of real butter. And its Miesfeld's Meat Market (see the 5th link).
Too bad my dead father is not around to have a brat with me over the holidays. He loved Brats.
Yeah, those darn health activists are a real darn threat to the good old USA. Who is their leader again mmmmn, no name actually comes to mind, but I bet hes some former heart surgeon that works for the Terrorist Group better know as the American Heart Association (funded by Cat Stevens I hear).
Fear not, even though Tommy Thompson is a lame duck (and a Wisconsinite) he will not allow the health activists to harm you. Agra-business will prevail and Kraft Marconi & Cheese (byproducts) will forever be available to the youth of this great country.
So every law suit challenging the junk food industry was lost whats your point? Whats needed is a class action law suit to actually force them to serve food again. But not to worry my libertarian engineer, it wont happen until well after 2008.
Meanwhile, kids will just keep getting fatter, thanks to Campbells and Kraft (aka Philip Morris Companies) and we Americans will continue to be transfixed by the real terror threat to us all, as told to us daily by Fox News.
So Im a troll, Mr. Brady. Hmm, I apologized twice, didnt do any harm to all the folks that now hate me, and I care deeply about the children of American because their parents are, through sheer ignorance, killing them. Yup Im a troll alright.
Do something about it, you say. I am, right here and now:
Moms, stop feeding your kids crap, please.
Michael L, take the crap out of your receipts please -- you are a bad influence.
Lets see word for the day: satire, A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
Later Brady, my assignment is complete. Im off to the green zone for a time. Wish me luck (or not). Im beginning to like you.
The Food Nazi aka carbonboy
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Is there no place save from prosetylizing hippies? Sheesh.
I'm not even going to respond to that pile of steaming crap you posted.
But, carbonboy, let it be known:
1) We don't care.
2) See #1
3) See #2
&c., ad nauseum.
People will eat what they want to eat. People will beleive what they want to beleive. There is not much that you can say via the internet that will change people's minds, and taking an extremist tone (as you have in your previous posts), although popular among the liberal set at this point, tends to categorize you with the reactionary extremist freaks. Is it so hard to let people be? There are so many causes that you could be contributing the astounding amount of thought you've lavished on the comments section to that would move the cause forward and help people; yet you persist in spouting ignorant, vitriolic diatribes. Over a tiny bit of sodium.
The internet is about being helpful, not about attacking. If you wanted to be helpful, you would've posted a suggestion to try an organic cream of mushroom base rather than the Campbell's, or an organic vegetable broth. And why would you attack the chicken? You can get free range organic chicken that's *very* good for you at most stores these days.
Attacking is not welcome. Attacking will make people ignore you. Now go smoke some pot and relax, and leave the actual work to us.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:22 pm
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K, can we not malign irrelevant political views because of one idiot?
It's just food.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:23 pm
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Good grief! It'd be interesting to see how much controversy the classic recipe for green bean casserole--complete with Campbell's cream of mushroom soup and a can of French's fried onion rings--would stir up.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:23 pm
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Ah, but this is the best darn thread in the whole of "Cooking for Engineers." I love all you hate mongers you all, saturated fat, sodium and apple pie is what makes America so great! Such a compasssionate lot.
Oh, and I dont smoke pot, thats about as destructive as anything that comes out of the Campbell's. I just figure we should tax it.
Lets see, what is an appropriate last statement for Michaels "Cooking for Engineers" great all American Food?
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Well maybe not, if you factor in the French Paradox.
Those French folks eat every god-awful thing AND guzzle a bit of red wine and seem to be fine (until Micky-Ds came anyway).
So, if not that, then, what best summarizes soaking perfectly fine chicken breasts in a sodium solution (but not too long):
Eat shit and die?
Oh, given Im this scumbag troll theres only one way to rid yourself of me can you guess what it is?
Ill give you a hint: dont feed the troll. Only then will he go away.
Heres a happy place:
Hmmm, real food!
TFN from the green zone
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:23 pm
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Simply stunning. Can we cook something now?
Betty Crocker had no politics involved last I checked.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:24 pm
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oh, please. I can't believe someone is as self-involved as mr anonymous. don't fill up a blog about cooking, which people visit in order to escape the politically charged world, with your egocentric ranting!
I am making this dish tomorrow, with a middle finger salute in honor of mr anonymous!
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:24 pm
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Okay, a few statements to start.
1.- I like Mike Chu's blog and I visit it on a regular basis. I'm too a kitchen enthusiast.
2.- I'm simpatethic with carbonboy's point of view. He's saying what's right, and not what's courteous or politically correct.
3.- I don't like dogmas, fundamentalism or integrism.
Why I like carbonboy's point of view? It's like mine, he's a conscious eater. carbonboy, you're noble, being concerned about your fellow citizen's health. There's no place for noble ones up north. Your ways may be wrong, tough.
I can see that in the US when someone has a different point of view, departing from the official one (or a clearer mind, understanding that ye olde american way fairy tale is basically a bunch of lies) is being bombarded, telling him that "if you disagree with something, shut your mouth, move on, disappear". That's no the-country-of-freedom-and-democracy behaviour. In this side of the world we choose to ignore those prepotent ones who yell out ideas instead of stating in. But desagreeing is okay! If we all think the same, there's no progress. Dissident ideas are necessary, you know.
BTW, carbonboy, as an empire's citizen, I agree with you that MacCrap, BurgerKrap, KentuckyFriedCrap and all junk food that you export worldwide is getting more and more young children tucked with saturated fats becoming candidates to obesity.
Junk food is corner stone to the american way. And you yanks keep on exporting your american-way-junk-food; you (or the bush's government) have not understand yet that american way is good for yanks and not for everyone else.
My point: all this discussion is futile, because junk food and saturated fats are necessary to udermine the empire's health, from the inside, and in a coupla hundred years we'll see massive deaths from sedentarism, obesity and other american way diseases.
Mike Chu, keep up the good work.
Anonymous-es: all point of view are valid (right or wrong). A bit of sodium now and then won't hurt no one; a bit of sodium now and then, starting from 3-4 years old, assuming a 80-year life expectance, is quite a great pile of (no, not the s word) Na (sodium). Healthy?
carbonboy: you're not alone out there, facing the wolves (or should I say the hawks?).
carbonboy: if you like healty eating, you've made a good choice; marry a healty eating woman, have lots of healthy children and pass on all your healthy-eating-way-of-life; they'll do the same to their own children, thus spanning a new breed of healty US citizens (I don't say americans, because americans are those who live in America, THE CONTINENT, not inside US borders).
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I thought this was pretty bland. Very little flavor. I was disappointed.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:25 pm
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Depending on the brand of cream of mushroom (condensed) soup, you may need to add additional salt to taste. As previously stated in the comments, Campbell Soup's Cream of Mushroom has a considerable amount of sodium, so I don't usually add more. If spiciness is more to your liking, add a dash of cayenne or chop up a jalapeno and sautee it with the onions. The second paragraph of the article has a few more ideas of how to bring more flavor to the dish - my person favorite is spinach with garlic and liberal amounts of garlic powder (not garlic salt) over the chicken.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:26 pm
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Sheesh... Ronald McDonald is not actively trying to kill us. One Big Mac a year won't kill anyone. They aren't forcing anyone to buy their food. Attacking the vendors won't fix the problem, only changing people's eating habits will. And I'd just like to remind you all that it's important to have a little fun in your life. I'd rather be a bit pudgy and eat food I like than to suffer through food I consider terrible 24/7 to prolong my life for ten or twenty years. Not that I think healthy food is terrible, but I'm sure some do. Lighten up, all of you!
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:26 pm
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My girlfriend and I tried the Chicken Pot Pie and loved it. Your packets of information, specifically safe defrosting methods, are wonderful (I only pop things into the fridge after freezing them now). This, simply put, is a great site. Thank you.
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Holy Moly! Why is everyone so angry?!?
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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.1 /3.0 Mageia 6, PCLinuxOS 2017.03, Fedora Workstation 27 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.
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A quick look at ROSA Marathon EE RC
As a Mandriva user, I am concerned because I would not like this beautiful distro to disappear. However, I haven't heard of a new Mandriva release soon. Mageia and ROSA, the two divergent lines of the continuity of Mandriva Linux, are buzzing with activity. For the ones who are not informed, while Mageia 1 kept the line of Mandriva 2010.2, ROSA is intending to keep the line of Mandriva Desktop 2011.
When Mageia 2 Beta 3 made its appearance in the Linux landscape, I tested it and was satisfied by its new look and use of KDE. In addition, the Japanese IME was working flawlessly, so I was very pleased there even if multimedia needed some tweaking to run properly.
ROSA, on the other hand, has unveiled its new release candidate of Marathon EE (EE is the version including non-free stuff, like the extinct Mandriva ONE). I downloaded, gave it a run in Live mode, and this is what I found:
ROSA presents some animated bars as the Live environment is becoming ready to launch. After a while of waiting (the wait was shorter than with Mandriva Desktop 2011, I must say), you are greeted by this desktop:
It is very responsive for a Live CD and the Spanish localization is very good. The most obvious change is the indicator of the KDE desktop. When you clic on the ROSA button, you see the well-too familiar ROSA launcher and SIMPLE WELCOME found also in Mandriva 2011:
You have a ROSA sync icon, but I noticed the lack of software for a distro this size. I mean, you get a full LibreOffice suite, but in graphics or multimedia, the options are scarce. However, the ROSA player is promising:
The ROSA player works well with mpg and avi video but, when playing mp4's or flv's, there was no sound although it displayed the video. This was curious because YouTube worked fine out of the box.
ROSA Marathon EE also recognizes and mounts all the partitions on the hard drive in Live mode.
On a different note, the Mandriva influence is visible. For example, to configure the system, you type MCC (Mandriva Control Center), not RCC, and the ROSA control center opens:
You can also see the "M" in the icon ;-)
Overall, I think that this is a heavy system, but it is beautiful and usable for newbies. ROSa is beggining to capture some attention in the world of Linux, too, as seen by its quick moving up in the DistroWatch chart. I wonder if there is a ROSA community, though.
Now I will wait for the Mageia 2 RC to run a comparison.
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I think ROSA has potential among people who like these new cellphone-like interfaces.ResponderEliminar
About your question concerning its community...so far it seems it doesn't.
You should've tried ROSA with hardware acceleration, it's heavier and more beautiful. ;-)
The community is coming from what I can see on their devel mailing list; they're still getting their act together, but they're getting there. I think this might be an winning horse.
After all is mostly ROSA Labs that is doing any development at all nowadays behind Mandriva.
Exciting times for Mandriva users.
md5sum check of ROSA EE version is OK but I got an error when booting from live USB I've created by using 'dd' or Win32ImageWriter. I could boot into Mandriva, Mageia, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Fedora Live successfully with 'dd' or Win32ImageWriter but not for this one.ResponderEliminar


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Many wineries hold events – tastings, grape stomping, auctions, winemaker dinners – from Sept. 1 through the harvest season and beyond. Here's a sampling of major events. To find more, check www.californiawineevents.com and individual winery Web sites.
Premier Cruz. Taste cabernets from the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association along with food from Arcadia chef Michael Mina at the San Jose Marriott. 5-7 p.m. Nov. 10. Details/tickets: (831) 685-8463, www.scmwa.com.
Passport Day. Meet winemakers and visit wineries in the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association that are not generally open to the public. Passports, $30 each, also offer discounts at local restaurants. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 17. Details: (831) 685-8463, www.scmwa.com.
Silver Pass Weekend. Visitors purchase a pass that allows them to visit wineries along the Silverado Trail for barrel samples, food pairing and special discounts. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 10-11, various wineries. Details/tickets: $20 for one-day pass, $30 for two-day pass, www.silveradotrail.com.
Harvest Wine Tour Weekend. More than 85 wineries in Paso Robles Wine Country open their doors and offer a variety of events, from educational seminars to food pairing classes to barrel sampling, plus live music and winemaker dinners. Oct. 19-21 at various wineries (hours vary). Details: (800) 549-WINE, www.pasowine.com.
Vintners Annual Harvest Celebration. San Luis Obispo Vintners hold winemakers dinner, tastings, auction and jazz plus an open house at selected wineries. 1-5 p.m. Nov. 2-4, Avila Beach Golf Resort. Details/tickets: $75, www.slowine.com.
Celebration of Harvest. Live music and a silent auction, plus wine tasting and food at Rancho Sisquoc in Santa Maria, hosted by the Santa Barbara County Vintners Association. 1-4 p.m. Oct. 13. Details/tickets: $65 in advance, (805) 688-0881, www.sbcountywines.com.
Fall Wine Cornucopia. Sample wines from Central California winegrowers at Chukchansi Park in downtown Fresno. Live jazz, dancing and art for sale. 2-6 p.m. Oct. 27. Details/tickets: $35 in advance, www.idrinkwine.net.
Wine Trail Holiday Spirit Weekend. Members of the Madera Vintners Association host tastings, food, art and live music on their wine trail. Wineries include Birdstone, Ficklin, Mariposa and Oak Hollow. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 10-11. Details/tickets: $15, www.maderavintners.com.
Amador Vintners Harvest Wine Festival. Member wineries of the Amador Vintners host their annual "Big Crush" harvest festival, with grape stomping, vineyard tours, barrel-rolling contests, tastings and food. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7-8, at 29 area wineries. Details/tickets: $25 in advance, (888) 655-8614, www.amadorwine.com.


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In 2003, in an assembly plant in Mexico, the last classic Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the production line. It was the last in a long line of more than 21 million that had been built.
The history of the Volkswagen is fairly well-known, or so I thought. The car, designed by Ferdinand Porsche, under the careful guidance of Hitler, is one of the few successful remnants of the Nazi regime – along with the Autobahn, built especially for people to drive the Volkswagen, "the People's Car."
And then along comes this book, The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz (RVP Publishers) in which author Paul Schilperoord says that in fact the popular car was the product of the imagination of Ganz, a renegade Jewish engineer from Frankfurt.
Ganz sketched his first car as a young engineering student. He believed cars could be made lighter and safer, and from the beginning proposed that a "Volkswagen" could be sold at a price that ordinary people could afford.
At the time, in the 20s, only very rich people drove cars. At best, people drove around in incredibly unsafe motorcycles.
As a penniless student, however, he found it was impossible to build his dream car. So instead he turned to journalism, becoming the editor-in-chief of Motor-Kritik, where for five years he attacked the stagnant German car industry for designing cars that were far too expensive, ungainly, heavy, unsafe and outdated.
Ganz was rewarded for his efforts with a growing pool of readers, although he also gained criticism from the established industry who would have liked to put him out of business. In 1929, the RDA, the German auto industry, blacklisted his magazine.
The established manufacturers were not too keen to develop his ideas. They had designed and built cars according to their familiar methods for years. Who was this new upstart, a magazine editor, telling them how to do things?
But undaunted, Ganz continued to send his ideas for a small, affordable car with independent suspension, swing axles, backbone chassis and a rear-mounted engine, to various manufacturers, particularly to the motorcycle companies who were keen to develop small cars.
Ganz was offered a consulting position with various companies including Adler and Daimler Benz. This allowed him to continue editing his critical magazine.
In 1931, he built a prototype at the Adler plant which he called the Maikafer, (German May Bug). With its pointed rear and its brown colour, it really did look like a bug. It was so light that one person could lift the front off the ground.
Other companies started to show interest but as the Depression ravaged the German economy, the time was not right for full production of a Volkswagen.
It was around this time that Ganz started to have falling-outs with other engineers. One of them was his former co-editor at Motor-Kritik, Paul Ehrhardt, a man with Nazi ties, who would later become his mortal enemy.
An issue of the Nazi magazine Die Nationale Front published a rather defamatory article in which Ganz was maligned as a "Jewish engineer" and his magazine described as "poisonous excrescence." Ganz believed that Ehrhardt was behind this article.
Although the May Bug never came to fruition, in 1932 another company, Standard, agreed to develop a car built to Ganz's patents. The end product was named the Standard Superior. It had a front end that looked remarkably like the later VW Bug.
The car would officially be launched the next year at an exhibition in Berlin in February 1933.
By this time, Hitler had just been appointed chancellor and Ganz was thrilled by Hitler's speech at the exhibition in which he underlined the great importance of an affordable car for all. Hitler was impressed with the Standard Superior and started to sketch his own designs, which borrowed much from Ganz's plans, including the price of under 1,000 Reichsmarks.
Things started to go downhill rapidly for Ganz. He became the prime target of his former colleague Ehrhardt, who was now working with the SD, the state secret police. Ehrhardt – who some linked to the 1933 burning of the Reichstag – was trying to portray the activities of Ganz as a Jewish conspiracy against the Reich. Ehrhardt, an opportunist, stood to benefit if Ganz disappeared, since he could then lay claim to Ganz's Volskwagen design for another company, Tatra, which he was associated with.
Within six months, Ganz had been dismissed as technical consultant to BMW and Daimler-Benz and lost his job at Motor-Kritik. After several arrests and patent battles, Ganz grew weary and left Germany. He spent the war years in Switzerland. Stripped off his German citizenship, he could no longer lay claim to his patents.
Hitler, meanwhile, appointed Porsche to head the consortium to develop the Volkswagen, the name now patented by the RDA.
After the war, Ganz left for Australia where his health declined rapidly and he died in 1967. After reading a book about the history of the Volkswagen, in which he was not mentioned, Ganz tried to tell the world how Hitler had stolen his plans to an Australian magazine. "The Volkswagen today principally is little different to the one I proposed in 1928. They haven't even changed the name."
The Volkswagen, meanwhile, took off. By 1955, the millionth bug had already been produced – but few remembered Ganz's involvement in it. The Nazis had done a good job of wiping Ganz's name from the history books of the Volkswagen.
The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz does get bogged down in technical specs and patent disputes, the reader comes away knowing far more about independent suspensions and swing axles than he probably cares to know. But Ganz's story is an interesting one for sure, one that deserves to be told.


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Ronald Schultz of Hillsboro was 22 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He lived in Hillsboro, graduated from Hillsboro High School, and after a year at Tabor College, he decided to follow duty's call. He never came home, and years later, his family still misses their very own POW/MIA brother.
"He felt very strongly that he wanted to serve his country," said Schultz' sister, Ruth Funk of Hillsboro. "He actually wanted to go in and be a Green Beret, but football injuries changed that. He went into medic training instead."
Funk said her brother never even completed his training before he was sent into action in Vietnam.
"My older sister was in nurses training at the same time, so they interacted a lot at first, but later it was hard to stay in contact with him," Funk said.
While in service, Funk said a Christian Leader reporter met her brother and wrote a story about him.
"I remember how the article told about Ron making a long trek just to be able to meet the reporter," Funk said. "The reporter told us when they met, Ron said 'Boy, am I glad to see you.' It wasn't too long after that he went missing, and the reporter told us if he ever found him, he would be the first to say 'Boy, am I glad to see you.'"
Funk said little things like that she remembered at odd times about her brother.
"Some things just trigger my memory and I wonder what he would be like," she said. "Mostly when I look at my own children, I think of him. When they were 22, I couldn't help think that was much too young to go into war like that."
Funk said her brother was on his 100-day count to come home when a shortage of medics sent him back out into the field.
"He shouldn't have been out there that day," she said.
Funk said her parents, who died several years ago, used to be very active in POW/MIA activities but they were never bitter about Ronald's disappearance.
"They just kind of took life as it came, and they taught all of us kids to do the same," she said.
Funk and her twin sister were the youngest of seven children in the family; Ronald was the oldest.
"He always called us Rufus and Goofus," she said. "Before he left he really tried to learn to tell us apart, but I don't know if he got it or not."
Funk, who was 12 when her brother enlisted, said he would be 70 years old if he were still alive today, but she remembered him as he was the day he left home.
"We are so different now," she said. "I wonder if he would know us if he came back."
POW/MIA Remembrance Day was Sept. 21. Several American Legions in the county held quiet services to remember those lost in service to their country.


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Tyler Florence and "Top Chef" Contests
In these dire economic times, who couldn't use a $2,500 shopping spree at Macy's for new kitchen products?
Especially if your personal culinary guide is Tyler Florence, a member of Macy's Culinary Council.
Through April 3, Macy's and Food Network star Tyler Florence are hosting a contest, in which you can enter your own video showing how to prepare an original recipe. The "Macy's Keeps America Cooking" contest was launched in conjunction with Florence's 12-series podcasts highlighting his own favorite recipes.
Each video submitted should be 2 minutes or less, and demonstrate "What gets you cooking?"
In addition to the shopping spree, the grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to San Francisco to cook with Florence, and a feature spot on a Macy's podcast. Nine runners-up will win a $1,000 gift card from Macy's.
For a complete list of contest rules, click here.
For "Top Chef" fanatics, there are just three days left to enter the "Quaker Oats Quick Fire Challenge."
The popular show with the multitude of product placements is asking fans to submit an original recipe using Quaker Oats, of course. Top entrants will be flown to New York to compete with one another. The winner will get the chance to attend a future "Top Chef" episode.
For more details, click here.


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Shawn Armstrong is taking the same approach he had when he was playing youth baseball in New Bern and when he starred for the West Craven Eagles.
Shawn Armstrong is taking the same approach he had when he was playing youth baseball in New Bern and when he starred for the West Craven Eagles.
Pitching for the Akron Aeros, the Double-A Minor League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, Armstrong is going to continue having fun on the mound.
That mentality helped him move swiftly through the Indians� system last year, which began at Low-A Lake County and ended in Double-A.
�I am playing the game that I love to play,� Armstrong said. �I�ve played it since I was five years old, in New Bern and in church leagues. I�m going to take it a day at a time, play the game that I love and go out there and try and throw strikes.
�If I do that, I have a feeling I will get moved up sooner rather than later.�
Armstrong concluded spring training last week in Goodyear, Ariz. He pitched and played with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers for most of the spring before getting sent back to Akron.
The West Craven graduate and former East Carolina right-hander said he continued to improve on his mechanics as spring training progressed.
He added that he�s 100 perfect confident in his pitches.
Armstrong�s fastball has been clocked at 97 miles per hour, but he consistently ranges between 93 to 95 miles per hour. He also has a reliable cutter and curveball.
�I went up to Cleveland for winter development and I got to meet (Indians manager) Terry Francona,� Armstrong said. �I sat down with the head of our scouting and we talked. I was going to try to perfect a changeup and they decided they didn�t want me to throw a changeup at all and focus on my curveball which is as good as my cutter and fastball.
�That�s what I�ve been working on all spring. That�s what I am confident in. If I can throw three pitches for a strike, I think I will have a very good advantage.�
The Aeros open their season at home on Thursday against the Binghamton Mets. Armstrong will resume his role out of the bullpen as a set-up man.
He pitched in 17 games for Akron last season. He was 1-0 with three saves and a .89 ERA. Opponents hit just .176 off him.
Armstrong threw in 45 games last season between Lake County, the Carolina Mudcats and Akron. Combined, he had a sturdy ERA of 1.60.
If Armstrong has similar success to start the season, he hopes to be promoted to Columbus early.
�I want to go out there and have success,� Armstrong said. �I moved pretty quick last year and I am hoping to do the same this year.
�I�m just going to go out there and control what I can control and have success and try to win ball games.�
Armstrong�s personal objectivity is to advance through the minor leagues, and eventually reach the majors, but when he is on the mound, he is looking to help his team win.
Armstrong added that the team�s success will go hand-in-hand with his pursuit toward the big leagues.
By the end of the year, Armstrong hopes to be suiting up at Progressive Field for the Cleveland Indians.
�I have no control when I get moved up but my expectations are to make it to the big league before the year is over,� he said. �The biggest goal, for any pitcher or any player, is to stay healthy. I want to stay healthy, fill up the strike zone and control what I can control.
�My main goal is to be up at Progressive Field by the time the year is over.�
Shawn Armstrong
Team: Akron Aeros
Affiliation: Double-A Minor League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.
College: East Carolina
Drafted: 18th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft
High School: West Craven
Throws: Right
Pitches: Fastball, cutter, curveball
2012 stats (with LakeCounty, Carolina, Akron): 2-3, 1.60 ERA, four saves, 45 games
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The instrument behind most of modern pop music isn't just for electronics geeks anymore. Toy company littleBits' "Synth Kit" is an analog modular synthesizer anyone can put together. Comedian and musician Reggie Watts takes Little Bits' diminutive synth for a spin and explains what makes synths tick (and buzz, and sing).
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Yes, Midnight Ridazz has formed a team for AIDS Life Cycle, with 9 officially registered and more expecting to join soon. Somehow I became nominated to be captain of this crew on this crazy voyage of epic cycling and fundraising. It will be 545 miles of cycling euphoria, and of course there will be some pain and suffering too, but come next summer, we'll be ready for it. WooOOoo00oo!!!
We had our first ride together at the official ALC kick off ride at the end of October, which featured an awesome 5 mile hill climb up La Tuna Canyon on the advanced course. Everyone seemed to be doing really well and I think we're all off to a good start. As we slowly progress closer to the ride date (next June), we'll ramp up training to longer and more challenging routes.
If you're feeling charitable, and would like to support a good cause, and our team's effort, we are graciously accepting donations through our official Team Midnight Ridazz Webpage. We each need to raise $2500 by next June, and every little bit can make a difference. We're also interested in seeking sponsorship from businesses and are intending to produce team jerseys and sell space for logos.
Currently we are exchanging ideas for fundraising special events, and as we work out the details I'll keep you all posted.
For more information about ALC, what the ride is like, and how their fund raising money is used check out their site. AIDS Life Cycle
Thursday, November 08, 2007
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text: The heart is almost always located in the left side of the chest. Dextrocardia is a condition in which the heart is located in the right side of the chest. Dextrocardia can also cause the heart to develop in a mirror image of the normal heart. In the more common types of dextrocardia, heart defects are present in addition to the abnormal location of the heart.


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30 in 30: Coyotes want return to playoffs after missby Tal Pinchevsky
For a team that had become a picture of consistency in the NHL since Dave Tippett took over as coach in 2009, there were a number of things conspiring against the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2012-13 season.
The offense sputtered through an abbreviated schedule, and goaltender Mike Smith struggled with injuries and couldn't recapture his form from the previous year. Unable to find their footing, the Coyotes failed to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time under Tippett.
Despite what some might consider an anomaly, the Coyotes refuse to make any excuses.
"You've got to learn from the past. I've already had a good discussion with some of our players that missing the playoffs for this organization is unacceptable," Tippett told NHL.com. "Even though it was a shortened season and there were some outside factors involved, we're not a team that wants to make excuses. We want to get back into the playoffs. That will be our goal going into the start of the year."
The Coyotes did little to shake up their roster over the summer but addressed some major issues during the offseason. The first priority for the club was to bring back Tippett, whose contract expired after last season. They did that in June, signing the coach to a lengthy extension. From there, re-signing Smith became an imperative. On July 1, they achieved that by agreeing to a six-year extension with the goaltender who enjoyed a breakout 2011-12 season, his first with Phoenix.
By agreeing to the new deal, the Coyotes asserted they would be relying on more strong play from Smith, who last season tied for the League lead with five shutouts despite his injuries.
"We believe Mike can be one of the best goaltenders in the game. We believe we have the style and infrastructure that can put him in that category. That includes our style of play and [goaltending coach] Sean Burke's tutelage," Phoenix general manager Don Maloney told NHL.com. "We still have a lot of work to do, but at least I feel we've got the best coaching staff in the League and a goaltender I think can be as good as any. We just need to bring it out of him."
Phoenix retained much of the core that led the club to the Western Conference Final in 2012. But there was a major addition made through free agency: Scoring center Mike Ribeiro was signed to a four-year contract, reuniting the fleet-footed forward with Tippett, who coached him to his most productive seasons when they were with the Dallas Stars.
Ribeiro is the type of player the Coyotes desperately need. He'll provide skill, scoring and on-ice awareness to a team that ranked 21st in goals scored last season. He'll also improve a power play that ranked last in the Western Conference. But Ribeiro's best asset for this Phoenix team will be his ability to make other players better; last season he ranked fifth in the League with 36 assists, and in his final two seasons with Tippett in Dallas, Ribeiro ranked among the League's top 10. He should help fill the offensive vacuum created when Ray Whitney left the Coyotes to sign with the Dallas Stars after the 2011-12 season.
"He understands the game very well. He takes responsibility for being a top player and the responsibility to make good plays. But he also knows you have to play to win," Tippett said of Ribeiro. "I think his skill level is something we didn't have and needed to add to our group. I've had some real good experience with him. I think he'll be a great fit for our team."
Despite the addition of Ribeiro, there are some offensive holes to fill on the Coyotes' top two lines. Captain Shane Doan and 23-year-old Mikkel Boedker are possibilities to play alongside Ribeiro on the top line. Tippett will look to a pool of talented prospects to potentially fill some of the gaps.
Additions: C Mike Ribeiro, LW Tim Kennedy, G Thomas Greiss
Subtractions: C Boyd Gordon, RW Nick Johnson, G Chad Johnson, C Alexandre Bolduc, RW Chris Conner, G Jason LaBarbera
UFAs: RW Scott Arnold
Promotion candidates: C Chris Brown, LW Lucas Lessio, C Andy Miele
The most intriguing prospect is Max Domi, whom the Coyotes chose with the 12th pick in the 2013 Draft. The scoring forward is 18 years old but has shown on-ice vision that is impressive for a young player. He is one of a number of forward prospects who could get a chance to make the jump to the NHL.
"There are a couple of guys. Both Domi and Lucas Lessio were very good at our rookie camp. Chris Brown wasn't there, but he got a taste of some action with us late in the year. I think he is ready to take the next step," Tippett said. "They're really close. It's just a matter of whether they can jump in and contribute right away."
Any young player who makes the team will be aided by a strong group of veterans that is headlined by Doan, who at 36 remains one of the game's great ambassadors. But some of those veterans will have to take a sizeable step forward if this team wants to return to the playoffs. That list starts with Boedkker, who struggled through a slump in the second half of 2012-13.
"The continued emergence of Mikkel Boedker will help us," Tippett said. "He had a very good first half of the year last season. He dropped off a little bit but he's a very good young player. I look to him to continue to grow."
A veteran core of Doan, Martin Hanzal and Keith Yandle is as solid as they come. So if Ribeiro can help upgrade the offense, and Smith can return to form in net, an influx of youthful energy could bring the Coyotes back to the Western Final.
"We don't spend much time making excuses around here. We came up short of expectations a year ago and the goal for us is to get back to the playoffs," Maloney said. "I think everybody has taken a collective sigh and stepped away for a bit and regenerated the batteries and tried to find the way to make the team better."For all 30 in 30 stories go to NHL.com/30in30stories and for the full 30 in 30 schedule visit NHL.com/30in30.