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Importance of Updates
How important are updates? Well, it is illustrated by the recent disaster with Debian based distros and the problem with the encryption key random generator. What was mistakenly done was that the keys were not random enough. As a result at total of 32,767 possible keys were available which meant that a key could be hacked in as little time as 1 hour, at least according to some assessments. This has been vulnerable for two years!!!!!!!
What this means is that you thought you had encrypted communication for the last two years but it may have compromised during that time.
Real Life Example:
I recently had a consulting job to set up a mail server on a remote host. An organization had set up the box two weeks prior to my notification with Ubuntu 8.04. They had done no updates and had made a basic LAMP install. When I logged in with SSH I noticed a user connected using SSH. I had been given the list of IPs that were legitimate and this was not one. Worse yet a quick check of the logs, this person was repeatedly attempting to gain root access. A check of their IP and it showed they were using a proxy, a bad indication. What it looks like is that the SSH key had been cracked and they were attempting root access.
A quick use of tcp_wrappers and they were denied access. The root password was immediately changed and all updates to fix the SSH problem were completed. This does illustrate not only the need to keep on top of updates but also the need for organizations to use multiple layers of security in case one fails. If this organization had used tcp_wrappers in the first place the issue would not have been an issue.


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Courage Under Fire
God rescued His faithful servants when they showed themselves unwilling to bow to Nebuchadnezzar's dictates. The Lord promises to deliver us as well, though this deliverance might not occur until He returns. In any case, we serve God not because ...Read More
Misplaced Confidence
Today we must likewise be wary of misplaced confidence. We do not rest in God's salvation because we signed a card of commitment to Christ or have a memory of going forward to receive Christ at an "altar call." ...Read More
Taking Joy in the God of Salvation
Believing God when "the chips are down" is one of the most difficult things that we will ever be called to do. Yet if we trust the Lord only when things are going well, then we do not really trust ...Read More
Micah's Trust in the Lord
As God's people were surrounded by their enemies, Israel and Judah often heard these nations asking, "Where is the LORD your God?" (Mic. 7:10a). Because these enemies conquered Canaan with little resistance, they thought Yahweh was absent from ...Read More
The Lord of Grace, Mercy, and Justice
God must give us new hearts if we are to repent (Eph. 2:8–10). But once these hearts are ours, we must turn to Him for salvation both from His wrath and our enemies. He will deliver us if ...Read More
The Fourth Petition
Paul tells us that the failure to thank God for His blessings is one of the two basic sins of which all fallen people are guilty (Rom. 1:21). This means, among other things, that we tend toward ingratitude and ...Read More
Depending on the Lord
Christian growth comes as we learn more and more what it means to depend absolutely on God. Our Lord, since He is a jealous God, will not put up with His people not depending fully on Him. Thus, He will ...Read More
Goodness and Faith
We will continue to sin until we are in the direct presence of God, so there will always be occasions when we disbelieve the Lord and transgress His law. Our need for perfection has been met in Christ, and He ...Read More
Truth and Hope
All of us have experienced betrayals in our lives wherein somebody did not keep a promise or otherwise violated our trust. When God calls us to be trusting people, He knows that many will betray us, but that does not ...Read More
Building Amidst Opposition
Dr. Sproul notes that one of the hardest costs to bear for following Jesus in the modern West is the scorn and ridicule encountered from an unbelieving world. This is the kind of opposition that we are most apt to ...Read More
Courageous Esther
Though the Lord is always working for our good (Rom. 8:28), most times we cannot discern how His providence will work things out. We must often make decisions when there seems to be no good option or when God ...Read More
The Trust of a Man
Good times make it simple to trust God, but do we believe in His goodness even when things are rough? In the midst of a severe economic crisis, do we grow anxious or do we trust the Lord to supply ...Read More
Small but Powerful Faith
Today's passage does not define faith exhaustively; thus, it must be read in concert with other passages like 1 John 5:14, which emphasizes the importance of God's will when we pray. As Dr. John MacArthur writes: "True ...Read More
Jesus Stills the Storm
We put our lives in Jesus' hands based on the evidence of His power. Today's passage shows us that we can trust Him because He has authority over all nature and is worthy of our faith since He is ...Read More
Entrust Your Soul
Today's passage, which also says that the righteous are scarcely saved, does not warn us that salvation can be lost. Rather, as John Calvin says, it tells us that no one enters the kingdom without experiencing hardship. Even in ...Read More

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Mocha Truffles 3 Ways
I like to serve truffles for Shavuot. Actually, I like any excuse to whip up a batch of truffles, and with Shavuot being a dairy holiday and all, I can justify making these.
As a theme and variation, I show how to make 3 different versions of the same truffle. Pop a coffee bean on some. Roll the rest in powdered sugar or a mocha mixture and voila! Versions II and III.
Truffles such as these need to be refrigerated until about 30 minutes before serving, unless you want to eat them with a straw. There is a version IV which can take room temperature, but I'm saving it for another time, maybe nearer Chanukah. Consider this a tease to keep you interested.
Normally I don't care for white chocolate. To me it has the flavor of Crisco. So when I tell you, Dear Reader, to not substitute more "real" chocolate you should listen to me. In this recipe, white chocolate helps to mellow out the taste. If you make a batch with and without you will definitely notice the difference. You're welcome.
Mocha Truffles 3 Ways
Yields: about 75 truffles
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 sticks (1/2 cup) butter, cut up
3 tsp. instant coffee granules, divided
1 (24 oz.) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (6 oz.) package white chocolate chips
25 coffee beans
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, plus more if needed
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
|Butter really should have been cut up to melt faster.
Pour cream into a 2 quart saucepan. Add in the butter and 2 teaspoons of the coffee granules. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until coffee dissolves and butter completely melts.
Reduce heat to low. Stir in the semi-sweet and white chocolates.
The chocolate will first "seize" (clump up), but continue to stir the mess anyway until it almost completely melts. Remove from heat.
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Continue to stir until the chocolate completely melts and the mixture is smooth.
Pour mixture into a 9 inch pan (pie, square or rectangular, whichever is handy) and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours, or until the mixture firms up and almost completely loses it gloss in the center.
|Notice the slight gloss above & to the right of spoon. Perfect!
You should be able to easily scoop out the mixture. If the mixture hardens too much, leave it out of the fridge for 15 to 30 minutes to soften a tad.
|Those are water drips from my hands on the chocolate.
While the mixture is a-chilllin', line two large cookie sheets with parchment or wax paper. When you are just about to dig in, wet your hands with cold water and remember
Use a teaspoon to scoop out some of the semi-hardened chocolate mixture. Using both hands, roll into a ball barely an inch in diameter. Place on prepared cookie sheet.
Repeat a bazillion more times until all the mixture is used up, wetting hands every 6 truffles or so, when the truffles start to stick to your hands.
|Waited too long, so the beans sit on top of the truffles instead.
Quickly before the truffles harden, gently push a single coffee bean into the top of a third of the truffles (or 25, whichever comes first). Then pop all of them back into fridge at least 30 minutes to firm up.
Place powdered sugar in one small bowl. Roll half of the remaining truffles in the powdered sugar, then place back on cookie sheet. Whisk together the cocoa powder and remaining teaspoon of coffee in another small bowl. Roll remaining truffles in the mixture. Place back onto cookie sheet. Refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving.
To serve, place on a serving platter. To really jazz up the presentation, place each truffle in a ruffled candy cup (double the cups to really guild the lily). Store the truffles in a tightly covered container for up to a week, or freeze for up to a month. Defrost still in the covered container to prevent condensation on the truffles.


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9th January 2018
PRWeek asked PR industry pros for their views on what Intel should do, in light of revelations about their chips' security flaws. Grayling's Elliott Suthers was among them. Here is his take.
Meltdown and Spectre are pervasive and complicated vulnerabilities. The average consumer knows that the bugs exist, but has little awareness of how they're going to be impacted.
For the most part, Intel isn't a consumer company and it's important that it keeps its core audience in mind when it comes to its communications strategy. It cannot fix this through a simple patch as a software company could, so it will need to work with partners across the tech ecosystem.
A communications approach that looks to lift the entire industry will not only benefit Intel, but also restore consumer confidence and help it fortify a leadership position. Simultaneously, it must educate consumers about how it's working to provide a solution.
Read more here.
Grayling Team
15th November 2016
Will Kunkel, Executive Vice President for Creative and Content in Grayling New York, on the final of our #7for17 trends, Live and Uncut'Timing is everything' has been a favorite line to many but...Read More
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Danica Ross, Grayling San Francisco US Executive Vice President, on how brands can guide themselves through the 'the new space race' – part of our #7for17 trends series.In an era where brands...Read More
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Russell Patten, Chair of Grayling's European Public Affairs practice, looks at one of the major political trends as part of our #7for17 series. It's been a turbulent year in politics, with the...Read More


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Bank of Japan Relents, Raises Inflation Target
Facing Pressure From New Government, Policy Board Agrees to Adopt New 2% Target and Strengthen Monetary Easing Effort
TOKYO—Under strong pressure from Japan's new government, the country's central bank promised Tuesday to enact an ambitious program of further monetary easing and raise its inflation target in a bid to rid the economy of its long-running deflationary pressures.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had lately staged a vocal campaign to urge the Bank of Japan to step up efforts to defeat persistent price falls. Mr. Abe and other government ministers praised Tuesday's action from the BOJ....


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Kevin O'Neill
USC Men's Basketball Coach Kevin O'Neill Relieved Of Duties
Cantu named interim coach
USC Hosts Dayton Sunday In Final Game Before Pac-12 Play
Trojans open conference play on Jan. 3 vs. Stanford
Trojans Easily Handle UC Riverside, 70-26
USC snapped their five-game losing streak with the win.
USC Falls to No. 14 Minnesota, 71-57
Byron Wesley added 13 points and Jio Fontan had nine points.
USC Falls To No. 18 Lobos, 75-67
Five Trojans scored in double figures, led by 14 from Eric Wise, but USC (3-5) still lost its fourth straight.
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Kevin O'Neill, 55, was named the USC men's basketball head coach on June 20, 2009 and brought with him tireless energy, a vast depth of experience and a brilliant basketball mind. O'Neill's highly successful stops as a coach or head coach at both the college and NBA levels have helped him develop strong NBA ties and some impressive defensive systems.
The 2011-12 season had great promise, but injuries mounted starting with senior point guard Jio Fontan in the summer and then starting forwards Dewayne Dedmon and Aaron Fuller went down and the Trojans were left with just six scholarship players for nearly half of the season. The results was a 6-26 season and a keen focus on a return to past successes this season.
In the 2010-11 season O'Neill guided USC to a 19-15 record and into the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans finished tied for fourth in the Pac-10 conference and reached the Pac-10 semifinals. Along the way he oversaw the development of NBA first round draft selection Nikola Vucevic, who went from averaging 2.6 points per game prior to O'Neill's arrival to averaging 17.1 points, a conference-leading 10.3 rebounds and first team all-conference honors. The Trojans held the opposition to a .409 shooting percentage, second among Pac-10 teams and to a conference low of 62.7 points per game. USC lost 59-46 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to NCAA semifinalist VCU.
In his first season after replacing Tim Floyd, O'Neill led USC to a 16-14 record and a fifth-place tie in the Pac-10 Conference. He was named the 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year by CollegeInsiders.com. USC was in the hunt for the conference title until the final two weeks of the season, despite playing the second half of the year under the knowledge that self-imposed sactions would prohibit them from postseason play. Among the highlights during his first season at the helm was an eight-game winning streak, winning the inaugural Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii and wins over NCAA Tournament bound No. 9 Tennessee, St. Mary's, UNLV and Washington (twice), as well as a sweep of rival UCLA.
O'Neill brings 16 years of collegiate and NBA head coaching experience and has worked in the coaching ranks for 33 years. During the 2008-09 season, he served as an assistant coach and special assistant to the general manager of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.
He has extensive knowledge of the Pac-12 and West Coast basketball as he served as an assistant at Arizona from 1987-89 when the Wildcats compiled an 82-19 record and went to three straight NCAA Tournaments, reached one Final Four and posted two first-place and one second-place finish in the Pac-10. He then served as the Arizona interim head coach for the 2007-08 season when Lute Olson took a leave of absence. O'Neill guided Arizona to a 19-15 record and into the NCAA Tournament despite directing a team with four of its top five players being freshmen or sophomores (19 wins & 1 loss later vacated by Arizona due to NCAA penalty).
O'Neill began his NCAA Division I collegiate head coaching career at Marquette, where he went 86-62 (.581) in five seasons (1990-94) and had three postseason appearances. His initial team in 1990 went 15-14 and played in the NIT, the school's first winning season and postseason trip since 1987. His 1993 squad was 20-8 (Marquette's first 20-win season since 1985) and captured the school's first NCAA berth since 1983. That season, he was named the Great Midwest Conference Co-Coach of the Year, Basketball Weekly Midwest Coach of the Year and National Association of Basketball Coaches District 11 Coach of the Year and he was a finalist for Associated Press National Coach of the Year.
Marquette then went 24-9 in 1994 to earn its first-ever league title and he guided the Warriors to their first NCAA Sweet Sixteen berth since 1979. O'Neill was selected as the 1994 Great Midwest Coach of the Year and the NABC District 11 Co-Coach of the Year. His final two Marquette teams led the nation in defensive field goal percentage. While at Marquette, he was featured in the 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary, "Hoop Dreams."
He then became Tennessee's head coach for three seasons (1995-97), inheriting a team that had won just five games in 1994 and getting the Volunteers into the NIT by his second season.
O'Neill then served as the head coach at Northwestern for three seasons (1998-2000), where he went 30-56. The 1999 Wildcats team was 15-14 (its first winning season since 1994) and played in the NIT, just the third postseason appearance in school history. He then moved on to the NBA as an assistant coach, spending the 2001 season with the playoff-bound New York Knicks and then two seasons (2002-03) with the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons won 50 games, were the Division champs and appeared in the playoffs both seasons (advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2003) and were regarded among the NBA's premier defensive teams.
O'Neill served as the Toronto Raptors' head coach in 2004. His team started out 25-25 and was in position to make the NBA playoffs, but then injuries struck and the team finished with a 33-49 record, just missing a playoff spot.
He spent the next three years (2005-07) with the Indiana Pacers, the first two as an assistant as the club made the NBA playoffs both seasons and the third as a consultant.
O'Neill began his coaching career as the head coach at Central High in Hammon, N.Y. in 1980, then spent the next two years (1981-82) as the head coach at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Within two seasons the program earned a berth in the Region III junior college playoffs. In 1983 he served as the head coach at the NAIA's Marycrest College in Davenport, Ia. and led them to a 17-14 record.
He then became an assistant coach at Delaware for two seasons (1984-85), Tulsa in 1986 and Arizona (1987-89) before landing the head coaching job at Marquette. The Tulsa team went 23-9, won the 1986 Missouri Valley Conference tournament and made the NCAA Tournament.
O'Neill was a three-year basketball letterman at McGill University in Montreal (1976-79), helping the Redmen to a 52-35 (.598) mark in his career. In his 1978 junior season, McGill posted a school-record 28 wins and advanced to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship tournament.
He received his bachelor's degree in education from McGill in 1979 and his master's degree in secondary education from Marycrest in 1983.
O'Neill was born on Jan. 24, 1957, in Malone, N.Y. His wife's name is Roberta. He has a son, Sean, who worked with the team and earned a graduate Business Management degree from USC last year.


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***These theories are mine, written for fun and do not apply to all Asian ethnicities. Just my fellow Chinese people really, haha. If you're offended, just go to cuteoverload.com and blow some steam.***
A few of my friends who have been recently sucked into LA's food blog world have brought up a particular question many times to me.
Why are there so many food bloggers of Asian descent in LA? In the world, even?
Because we love food. No shit. That's obvious, but why? Hmm. Good question – could this be a coincidence? I don't think so. Out of the 33 links on my blogroll, 28 are authored by people of Asian descent. Whoa! I wish Confucius was here. But then again, this miniscule debate wouldn't exactly be on the top of his list. But we care about this small-minded issue because we love food, so I'll have to undergo a Ghost moment with Confucius. Not in a creepy way - I have a girlfriend.
Theory #1: Dinner Time is Family Time
The dynamics of an Asian Family work like this. The all-too-expressive Dad will be in the living room reading the newspaper or watching some Chinese soap opera with some young girl crying and the guy walking off. Repeat five times in an hour. Mom will be peeling some vegetables she got on sale at 99 Ranch Market with her apron that has random Engrish cartoons on them. Something like.... "Happy Happy Cook Love" with bunnies and shit all over. Little Sister is in her room practicing for the One Man Band competition. She's playing the violin, piano, flute, cello and studying for her Calculus 19A quiz – all at the same time. Big brother is filling out his Ivy League college applications, with UC Berkeley as 'backup' and counting down the minutes till he gets to release his stress on online video games. 98-year old Grandma, mother of the father of course, is taking care of the baby sister singing her the Chinese alphabet song like a broken record. Everyone is dispersed in this activity center we call home, but when it's dinner time, everyone is at the table - hungry or not. You see, this is where the congressional hearings take place. Dad's got the gavel ready, maybe even a feather duster, and he's ready to hear the children's daily reports. There's also the occasional wedding banquet at the Chinese restaurant which is mandatory. You don't know everyone there, but you have no choice but to sit there and watch your drunk uncles get smashed off Hennessy and XO. Then there's the one of many relatives that visits from Asia, Canada and Australia. Bottom line, food brought generations of family together. Everything sounds so forced and strict, but you know what, the day I left for college... I missed my parent's home cooking. I didn't miss the lectures... I missed the food that brought us together. It's something I took for granted because now we hardly eat together as a family. It wasn't anything special, but it was good because it was made with TLC. Asian families are very close-knit and it's no wonder you see a herds of Asians. At clubs, it's not a surprise to see a group of 40. At dinner parties, restaurant servers are rushed to put tables together for the birthday dinner for 30. Yes, we stick together because that's how we grew up... being together.
Theory #2 All Asian Food Has A Common Origin
Rice, don't like rice, so I'll pick noodles for instance. The Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Mongolians, Malaysians, Indonesians, Burmese and Filipinos - they all eat noodles. We all eat rice and beans and have evolved different methods of preparing them. When I grew up, I was exposed to Chinese noodles because my dad is the true noodle whore. He passed that whoring gene down to me and my sister. Here are a few cultural favorites:
Hong Kong: wonton noodles, fish ball noodles, beef ball noodles - brought over by the Chiu Chow people. Traditionally, Hong Kong and Macau love to eat beef brisket egg noodle soup and wonton noodles.
Chiu Chow/Chao Zhou/Trieu Chau/Teo Chew: this seafood city is the land of delicious beef ball/pork ball/fish ball noodles. Vietnamese refer to their soup noodles as 'hu tieu'... which is the same as chinese (guo tiao) and thai (kway tiao). They love to eat fat rice noodles and yellow egg noodles. The Chiu Chow people brought this to Vietnam, Cambodian, Taiwan and Thailand. You'll know you're in a Chiu Chow restaurant when you see the menu in four different languages: chinese, vietnamese, cambodian and sometimes thai. Go to Chinatown, there are at least 5 Chiu Chow restaurants, with Mien Nghia being my LA favorite and Trieu Chau Restaurant being my OC favorite (Santa Ana).
Taiwan: beef noodle soup, beef ball noodles, pork ball noodles, vermicelli (fun sih/mi fun) Taiwanese are originally from the Fujian area, which is the province next to Chiu Chow. They fled to Taiwan because of the Qing dynasty, and at that time, was initially occupied by Malaysian, Polynesian aborigines and then later colonized by Portuguese, Dutch and Japanese. The original beef noodle soup came from Muslim Chinese and in China alone, there are probably hundreds of variations just like Japanese ramen. Some words in Chiu Chow dialect and Taiwanese sound VERY similar.
Vietnam: pho beef noodle soup. Pho is a variation of Chinese beef brisket noodle soup with lighter colored, aromatic soup. In southeast Asia, fish sauce is used more commonly than soy sauce. Mongolians brought with them to Vietnam the spices used in the soup, such as anise, coriander and cinnamon. There is a saying in Chinese... "where there is land, there are Chinese." So true. Chinese are all over Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos... they fled for work and war refuge. And with them, they brought their food. In any vietnamese restaurant, besides pho, you'll see something called 'hu tieu' which as mentioned before is the Vietnamese name for 'gwo tiao', which means soup noodles with thick rice noodles or yellow egg noodles. The soup base consists of boiling pork bones, chicken bones, dried fish, fish sauce and shallots. The result is a sweet, yellow broth.
Thailand: ever have Thai Boat Noodle Soup? The name for soup noodles is 'kway tiao'... which is the same as Chinese 'guo tiao', Vietnamese and Cambodian 'hu tieu'. Same thing, soy sauce based soup with herbs and beef parts.
Cambodia: Cambodia is heavily influenced by French, Chinese and Thai cuisine. You'll see fried rice, fried noodles and of course, hu tieu. In Cambodian restaurants, it is very likely that they can speak Chinese, Chiu Chow dialect, Vietnamese and sometimes Thai.
Japan: cha-shu ramen. everybody loves ramen. At Shin Sen Gumi, my fave ramen shop, the noodles used are similar to Chinese noodles which are called 'la-mian' (mandarin) and 'lai-mein' (cantonese). But cha-shu style pork is their main ingredient, not beef. Like Chiu Chow noodle soup, the broth is made by boiling pork bones... but for 10+ hours. This causes the collagen and marrow in the pot to form a rich, white broth.
Korea: neng myeon ('liang mian' in chinese which means cold noodles), jaampong and jja jiang myeon. Jaampong is a spicy, seafood noodle soup which is similar to China's 'chao ma mian'. That shit will send you to the toilet in no time. Jja jiang myeon is a variation of Chinese 'ja jiang mian' which is a pork/black bean paste noodle served with cucumbers. I love both the Chinese and Korean versions.
The Philippines: again, where there's land, there's Chinese... and with that, they bring their food. 'Pancit canton' dish is similar to the Chinese 'chow mein'... only with a different type of noodle. Some variations include Chinese sausage, shrimp, pork, carrots and celery.
Hawaii: not noodles typically, but a big clusterfuck of delicious foods. The lunch plates you usually see at Shakas, L&L and Ono Hawaiian bbq are massive boxes filled with some kind of Asian meat, rice and macaroni salad. During the sugar plantation era, there was a large influx of Chinese, Japanese and Korean immigrants. After work, they would set up little night markets and sell their culture's food for extra money. That's why you have fried rice, tonkatsu cutlets and korean bbq. Gravy and macaroni salad are not from Asia if you haven't figured out.
What's my point? Noodles pretty much have a common background. And because I love noodles, it's very likely that I'll try another culture's dish. I'm sure those that love pho will probably like Chinese beef noodle soup. And those that love Chinese beef noodle soup usually end up liking Thai Boat noodles. Each culture's variation is different enough to distinguish it as its own type of noodle soup. I'll eat pho one day, and the following week, eat Chiu Chow noodles. Same dish essentially, different taste. In essence, if you combine all the Asian cultures soup noodles, that's A LOT of different things to try.
Theory #3: Asians Eat Everything
Yes, and so do, the French, Mexicans and Spanish. So don't call PETA just yet. There's another saying... "Chinese will eat anything on the ground with legs, except for tables and chairs. Chinese will eat anything in the air except airplanes." haha. And it's the truth. Chinese are thrifty and will not let anything go to waste. In some countries, it is a sin to kill an animal and not use all of it - an unworthy kill. When you are living in a poor country, you do what it takes to see the next day. Even if it means eating an animals feet. And if that's all your given to eat, you're gonna make sure that its edible. For example, Filipino food consists of a lot of offals and entrails. During Spanish colonization in the Phillipines, the Spanish gave Filipinos leftovers and 'non-edible' parts. What'd they do with them? 'Dinuguan' is a popular dish consisting of pork blood cubes, pork stomach, snout, ears in blood stew. Those parts you don't see very often on TGIFriday's menu.
Introducing, the Southeast Asian sampler platter! Jack Daniel's, beer-battered blood cubes! Mesquite-BBQ pig ears! Beef organ Nachos with Salsa Verde!
Theory #4: Asian Food Is Cheap
I'm sometimes amazed by how affordable Asian food is. And I wonder how these restaurateurs actually keep a roof over their head. Places like PF Chang's will make my parents faint. A bowl of pho is $4.25... what would wou rather have a piping hot bowl of cholestorol or McDonald's $4.25 fatty cholestorol-laden fried food? #4 Special please. To eat 'family' style means to order a few dishes and share with the table. So you can imagine the bill being divided up will amount to a low cost per person. My friends and I had a large dim sum get together not too long ago... twenty people, a smorgasbord of food.... $10 each. $10 at a non-asian place will barely get you an appetizer and soup. You know those delicious soupy dumplings - 10 pieces for $4.50. For some Chinese people, that is a rip because in Shanghai, you can get 10 of those for like $1. Crazy. Anyway, because the food is affordable and tasty, you can eat out more often and not damage the wallet. I don't know too many people that can afford to eat at Mozza, Doughboy's, Malo and Lucques all in one week. Not to mention how rich that food is. But I can afford to eat at Saap Coffee Shop, Golden Deli and all-you-can-eat korean bbq at Gui Rim 2. That's about $40 there. Thanks to Christine D for bringing up this point.
Theory #5: Asians Love Computers
Oh yes we do. I do. If you don't believe me, go to Fry's Electronics - half the staff is Asian. Wait a minute, there's a place that allows me to be around computers AND make money at the same time? Nice - application please! The computer and internet allows us to voice opinions with anonymity. You can do everything on the computer nowadays - even find @$$!
In essence, I think that the combination of closeknit families, wide variety of Asian cuisine as a whole, relentless devouring of the whole animal, affordable costs and love for computer technology... is the reasoning behind the high amount of foodblogging done by people of Asian ethnicity. Everyone wants to find a niche and with the thousands of food blogs out there, we know that the topic of food is very much a cozy, comfy nest for us to rest in. Eating at a restaurant is the best way to kill two birds with one stone... you want to stay in touch with family and friends but you also want to feed your face. Not many people I know will get together with their families and go and get loaded at a dive bar or bikini waxing salon. It's also the best way to not have to clean up your house and have guests sit on your furniture, which is already wrapped in thick plastic to ensure centuries of usage. True story, I knew of an Asian family that even had their Oldsmobile interior wrapped in plastic. Might as well have added bubble wrap outside of the car.
Ok, so now the real question is... what am I eating for dinner?
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Developer's Reading List, October 23, 2012 New books on C++11, parallel programming, CoffeeScript, requirements, and more.
Mastering the Requirements Process, 3rd Ed.
by Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson
Requirements books are few in number, but they all look like they were cloned from the same parent. They focus on how to cajole users into expressing their needs, and then segue into capturing that data in use cases. Then they cover requirements management and disappear entirely into discussions of pure IT processes. What they never actually do, though, is show you a complete and correct requirement, properly captured and correctly described.
This book takes a completely different approach, which is considerably more useful. The authors start right off showing you templates for requirements. They then step through the aforementioned topics. But instead of vanishing into IT procedural details, they circle back with an excellent series of chapters that critique bad requirements. They provide a series of intelligent suggestions for making the requirements better. For example, they discuss the problem of granularity — how detailed should the requirement be without veering too deeply into implementation details? How to avoid ambiguity in capturing needed details. How to specify measurable requirements. And so on. It's clear the authors have done a lot of work in this area and they've managed to extract the critical information and key lessons from their experience. These chapters alone are worth the price of admission. Having looked at many of its competitors, I can honestly say without fear of correction that this is the best book on requirements available today. Highly recommended.


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Pair indicted in road rage case
Road rage might be to blame for a wreck in Kirby last year that left a 2-year-old paralyzed and his father seriously injured, a Bexar County grand jury appeared to concur with prosecutors Thursday.
Motorists Robert Jay Brown, 49, and Armando Garza, 41, were both indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — their pickups — causing serious bodily injury. If convicted of the felony, each man could face up to 20 years in prison.
Witnesses told authorities after the October 2011 wreck that the two had been driving aggressively on FM 78 during a rush hour duel spurred by them both trying to maneuver into the same patch of roadway.
One of the men was forced to swerve off the road, according to authorities. The other retaliated, and a short chase ensued, witnesses said. It ended when Garza braked, causing Brown to rear-end him.
Garza's vehicle careened into oncoming traffic and hit several cars, including a small Saturn SL2 driven by Randy Nelson, who still uses crutches after suffering a broken pelvis.
The impact caused Nelson's son, who was strapped in his car seat in the backseat of the car, to be pushed into the vehicle's trunk, to stop breathing. Braylon Nelson was revived but has never regained full use of his legs.
"Hell yeah," Randy Nelson said Thursday when asked if he had been hoping for a criminal indictment. "They took half my life. I can't go to work or nothing right now. They were acting the fool, and me and my son got the worst of it."
Braylon Nelson, now 3, recently had a tracheostomy tube removed and has regained slight movement in his legs. But he still can't walk, said his father, who now lives in Louisiana.
"He's still going through therapy," his father said.
Both Brown and Garza denied after the wreck that they had been engaged in a road rage duel, according to previous reports.
"If it's just an accident ... you're not criminally liable, but we don't think the facts support that version of events," First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said.
A wreck becomes a criminal act when the vehicles are used in an assaultive manner to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause serious bodily injury, he said.
"All of these road rage cases we have are a troublesome, relatively new phenomenon," Herberg said. "We'll do anything we can do to send the message that this is not tolerated."
Roughly 280 people were injured on San Antonio-area roads in suspected road rage wrecks between 2007 and 2011, according to a recent San Antonio Express-News analysis of a statewide database. Bexar County exceeds all other Texas metro areas, including Houston and Dallas, the report found.
Indictments are not a finding of guilt, but they do indicate that a grand jury believes there is enough evidence to warrant a trial.
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Quiz 624: Current Affairs for IBPS Examinations
1. After Stuxnet, an extensive data-mining computer virus that has been designed to steal information from computers across the Middle East especially from the Nuclear Faclilities in Iran is :
2. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will aid in building a National Register for Multiple Schlerosis (MS). Which one of the following parts of the human body is affected by this disease?
[A]Immune System
[B]Brain and Spinal Cord
[D]Heart valves
Brain and Spinal Cord
3. As per the latest, State of Forest Report,2011 which Indian State has the maximum forest cover area in the country?
[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]Arunachal Pradesh
[D]Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
4. Indian Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand retained the World Chess Title for the record 5th time by defeating :
[A]Vladimir Kramnik
[B]Boris Gelfand
[C]Vesselin Topalov
[D]Bobby Fischer
Boris Gelfand
5. Union Government has constiuted a committee to review the functioning of Petroleum Service Companies (PSCs) in the country under the chairmanship of :
[A]Usha Thorat
[C]Dr. C.Rangarajan
[D]Kaushik Basu
Dr. C.Rangarajan
6. Recently, 5th International Mt. Everest Day was celebrated in Nepal to mark the first successful climb to the world's highest peak. In this context, which of the following Statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Mt. Everest is locally known as 'Sagarmatha' in Nepal.
2. At 73, Tamae Watanbe became the world's old woman to scale the Everest in May,2012.
[A]Only 1
[B]Only 2
[C]Both 1 and 2
[D]Neither 1 nor 2
Both 1 and 2
7. Unaided minority institutions have been excluded from the ambit of RTE Act due to which of the following fundamental rights guaranteed by the Indian Constitution:
[A]Article 16
[B]Article 19(1)(c)
[C]Article 29
[D]Article 30(1)
Article 30(1)
8. The book 'Controversially Yours' is the autobiography of :
[A]Shoiab Akhtar
[B]Taslima Nasreen
[C]Sanjay Dutt
[D]Shashi Tharoor
Shoiab Akhtar
9. Recently 'Mamoni Scheme' was launched by Assam Government to reduce Maternal Mortality ratio, in the honour of :
[A]Homi Vyarawalla
[B]Indira Goswami
[C]Lalita Ubhayaker
[D]Sharada Dwivedi
Indira Goswami
10. India's first University of Cooperative Management is being set up in :
[A]Bijapur, Karnataka
[B]Sibsagar, Assam
[C]Karnal, Haryana
[D]Kottayam, Kerela
Sibsagar, Assam
11. The famous 'Hornbill festival' is celebrated in which of the following States of India?
12. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the coveted award 'Vyas Samman'?
[A]It is given annually for an outstanding literary work in Hindi language.
[B]The literary works published during the past 10 years are short listed for the awards.
[C]The award for 2011 has been given to Professor Ramdarash Mishra.
[D]All of them
All of them
13. Which of following Indian State/Union Territory has become first in the country to issue e-Stamp papers in all denominations?
14. The fifth World Future Energy Summit, 2012 with the theme of 'Powering Sustainable Innovation' was held in:
[A]United Arab Emirates
[D]Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
15. Consider the following statements :
1.Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) fixed the incentive for the distributors at 0.25% of the subscription amount.
2.The Changes in the incentive structure were made on the recommendations of the G.N.Bajpai Committee due to the poor performance of National Pension Scheme (NPS).
Which of the above Statement(s) is/are correct?
[A]Only 1
[B]Only 2
[C]Both 1 and 2
[D]Neither 1 nor 2
Both 1 and 2
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If Malaysia 370 crashed into the Indian Ocean, its two black boxes would almost certainly have survived and will be crucial to finding out what happened to the plane carrying 239 people.
But the bizarre circumstances of the Malaysia situation could render much of the information they reveal totally useless.
One of the two devices, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), records the pilots' voices, air traffic control, and other noise in the cockpit.
The problem is that it's designed to hold on to only the final two hours of the flight. Until an FAA rule change a few years ago, it held just 30 minutes.
Two hours is plenty in "standard" crashes, which usually happen quite quickly. But if one popular theory turns out to be right, it's not nearly enough.
In a Google+ post, Chris Goodfellow theorized that smoke filled the cockpit, maybe from a burning tire on the front landing gear. He suggested that the pilots then turned the plane toward an airport that could handle the 777, turned off the transponder, along with other electronics, to isolate the source of the fire, and were then overcome by smoke.
If Goodfellow's right, the CVR will include two hours of silence and reveal nothing about the pilots' final moments and decision-making. If the plane was hijacked, then crashed several hours later, investigators won't have potentially crucial audio of the takeover.
The second black box, the flight data recorder, tracks of a wide variety of parameters, including speed, altitude, engine power, and flight controls, and holds 25 hours of data. It does not, however, hold voice recordings from the cockpit.


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Hosted by New York's civic establishment, Chelsea Clinton goes a little more public
Chelsea Clinton took another modulated step toward being a public figure on Monday morning, moderating a panel on the nonprofit sector at a breakfast event hosted by the Association for a Better New York.
A crowd of about 150 business and nonprofit leaders crowded into the 10th floor of One World Trade Center to see Clinton, whose family has never been more popular, which has in turn invited a variety of speculation what they intend to do next.
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Clinton kept the attention of the audience, and the reporters in attendance, on the chosen substance of her talk, and carefully away from any of that speculation.
She told the crowd that this month marked the 25th anniversary of her first visit to New York, when her mother and father, who was then the governor of Arkansas, took her to see Rockefeller Center, the Christmas tree, the Rockettes and "Cats." (She said she was "slightly disappointed" when the riders on her subway car didn't spontaneously break out into song.)
"Although that didn't happen, I was enchanted and I knew that it was a place I someday wanted to live," said Clinton, who moved to New York in 2003.
She also said: "I cannot imagine living anywhere else."
She has been rumored to be interested in a run for Congress in recent months, though it's unclear where she would actually run. (One of the more talked-about possibilities is Westchester, where her parents live in the district represented by Nita Lowey, but Lowey just won the ranking member spot on the powerful Appropriations Committee.)
When one of the panelists, Josh Wachs of Share Our Strength, referenced "your home state of Arkansas," the crowd chuckled and Clinton just smiled.
Among the notable guests at the ABNY breakfast were police commissioner Ray Kelly and M.T.A. chairman Joe Lhota, who had to leave before the event, but was recognized cordially from the podium by Bill Rudin, with whom he recently had a minor spat.
Rudin also called out Councilmembers Leroy Comrie, Liz Crowley and Tish James from the podium (though the only one I saw was Crowley).
Clinton, who is under contract as a special correspondent for NBC news in an arrangement that is explicitly not political, explained that she had invited Wachs, along with Erica Hamilton of City Year New York, and Rain Henderson of Clinton Health Matters Initiative, in order to focus on the plight of children.
"So often our most vulnerable, our children, are not thought about in a coherent way, not only here in New York City, but in our national dialogue," she said, in introducing the panelists. "And that was something I felt particularly over the summer, in full candor, during our election season."
The questioners duly kept their focus on that topic, asking how technology impacted nonprofit work and whether the organizations transferred data effectively.
Clinton chatted with Kelly after the event, and posed for pictures with well-wishers, but didn't take questions.
Helping to deflect the press was Rachel Adler, who works for the public relations firm that has been handling Clinton's careful rollout as a civic figure. The firm's owner, Matthew Hiltzik, was also in attendance.


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We are committed to improving the health of the community by improving access to health care services, enhancing the health of the community and advancing health care education.
These Community Health Needs Assessments and specific plans prioritize the areas for health improvement in our counties.
Nebraska Methodist College – The Josie Harper Campus (NMC) staff and students are hitting the road and taking diabetes care to those who do not have access.
Our partnership with Omaha Public Schools and several area churches provides free, confidential counseling to area youth by licensed, master-level mental health practitioners.


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How Do I Get the Most out of My Floating Network License (FNL)?
Vicente Javier Jiménez Miras April 2, 2014
From an installation point of view, the main difference between a COMSOL CPU-Locked Single User (CPU) and Floating Network License (FNL) is how they are installed and managed. However, the FNL not only offers every single benefit of a CPU license, but also enables several additional features while greatly enhancing your workflow, allowing COMSOL Multiphysics to scale with your company's growth.Read More


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Kristin Alumni
Since the early days of 1973, thousands of students have donned their Kristin uniforms, attended classes, sat exams and been the heart of this school. Whether you were here for one year or 13, you have been as responsible for determining the success of Kristin as have the teachers, principals and school leaders.
The Kristin School we know today has come a long way from its humble beginnings in Campbells Bay, and its success is due to the many individuals who have given their time and energy to share their vision of what this school could be.
In recent years, it has been a priority of our Advancement team to strengthen our Kristin Alumni programmes to provide a growing platform on which past students can reconnect with Kristin and with each other. We have a dedicated Alumni Manager, Victoria Morris, who works full time within our Marketing and Advancement team on campus to develop and deliver an exciting range of events and initiatives for our Alumni community.
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Email Victoria
09 415 9566 Ext 2849
Upcoming Alumni Reunions
A full calendar of reunion events for 2019 is available on our Alumni Facebook page.
Our major Auckland event will be in November for the classes of 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.
What's my Peer Year?
Your Peer Year refers to the year you were or would have been Year 13 / Form 7.
We use this to identify the groups for year-group reunions. It doesn't matter if you didn't stay at Kristin until the end of your schooling, you'll still use your peer year to identify your peer group.
For example the Peer Year for a student who left Kristin in 1995 from Year 10 / Form 4, would actually be 1998.
Stay in Touch
Kristin Alumni are encouraged to stay connected via our Kristin Alumni Facebook page and our Kristin Alumni LinkedIn network. Events and reunions are regularly organised and advertised through these avenues.
In every issue of Kaleidoscope we share stories of what our past students are up to and where they are going. If you would like to contribute a story to the magazine simply email our Alumni Manager. We'd love to hear from you.
If your details have changed since we last were in contact, please update your details using our Keep in Touch form.


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Chris Brown is still dating his on-off girlfriend Karrueche Tran, according to pal Christina Milian.
Brown was rumored to have rekindled his romance with Rihanna in recent months. The pair spent several nights together at different events and the "Umbrella" singer uploaded a snap of a topless Brown on a bed via her Twitter.com page.
The reports were fueled in October when Brown allegedly split from his partner Tran, but singer Milian, who is close friends with the pair, insists they are still very much an item.
She tells Wendy Williams, "You know what, from what I've always known, she's his girlfriend. And that's where it lies for me. I see everything in the media. I really don't get into the detail of it, but I think everybody has their own life and how they deal with things. They have the right to handle it how they want. I think they make a great couple."
Rihanna and Brown split in 2009 following a violent altercation on the eve of the Grammy Awards. Brown was subsequently charged with assault and placed on five years probation.


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Watch and learn how students at Deposit Elementary School are making healthy and delicious choices with the help of the Broome County Health Department and the New York State Department of Health's Creating Healthy Schools and Communities grant.
Deposit Elementary School hosts intramurals for students before school in the gym.
The Harpursville Central School District is a recipient of New York State's Creating Healthy Schools and Communities grant. With this grant, the district purchased DeskCycles and stability ball chairs for the elementary school.
America Walks, a national advocacy organization that promotes walking and walkable communities, has awarded Chelsea Reome, of the Broome County Health Department, a Walking College Fellowship for 2017.
5/30/17: Maine Memorial Elementary School in the Maine-Endwell School District hosts a Bike Rodeo. Students learned about bicycle and traffic safety with the help of the Broome County Sheriff's Office, NYS University Police at Binghamton, BMTS, Broome County Traffic Safety Program, Union Volunteer Emergency Squad and more!


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The Hot Cha!/
In Montreal, Halloween's a very big deal. Like NO-SCHOOL-THE-DAY-AFTER! big (candy hangover NOMMMMM...).
We'll be spending tonight seated in front of our duplex with one of our upstairs neighbors, treats at the ready. (Smarties, the world's greatest candy, am I right?) He informed us that this is tradition around here, because it prevents us all from going crazy hearing our doorbells go off 300 times in one night. I swear to you, in my 15 1/2 years of postcollegiate adulthood, spent in 13 previous apartments, I have never had a single Halloween customer come to my door! I'm so excited!
Yes it is cold here in Canada on the day before November -- although, jeez, nothing like y'all are getting in the NYC <--> DC Eastern corridor; say hello to balmy Quebec! -- so after telling myself I must wear my Under Armour tonight, the second thing I told myself was to concoct a hot cocktail, something sippable from a Thermos.
When I worked at Redbook ages ago, I once edited a piece on healthy winter snacks. (Ask your Grandma if you're not sure what Redbook is.) One of them was to heat up a glass of cranberry juice in the microwave and sprinkle some cinnamon in it. It's actually quite good and for some reason I've always remembered that, so that's what came to mind for the Hot Cha! The rest pretty much wrote itself, almost as if I were possessed... by ghosts... OOOOoooooOOOOO!
The Hot Cha!
1 1/4 ounces Busnel Fine Calvados
3/4 ounces The Arran Malt Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
4 ounces cranberry juice
1/2 ounce honey lemon water
3 dashes Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters
1 cinnamon stick
1 orange peel
Heat the cranberry juice, orange peel and cinnamon stick in the microwave together for a minute-ish. While that's nuking, mix the Scotch, Calvados, bitters and honey lemon water in a separate vessel and stir vigorously without ice. Combine the two in a Thermos, or a baby bottle if you want to go as a drunk baby this Halloween.
Tasting Notes
We're fans of the Arran Scotch around here; we also don't keep many other Scotches in the house. Sean recommends Dewar's as a great pick for this recipe because of its bite.
To make honey lemon water, just stir honey, water and a couple lemon slices in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until it's cooked down to a consistency somewhere between the honey and the water. I use two parts water to one part honey.


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YORK, PA – The York College wrestling squad embarks on a new era in 2013-14. Hall of Fame coach Tom Kessler stepped away from the program at the end of last season. Kessler's long-time assistant and two-time Spartan national champion Duane Bastress stepped into the head position and the Spartans haven't missed a beat heading into the season.
Bastress, who sat next to Kessler for seven years after the conclusion of his outstanding collegiate career, brings a tremendous fire and enthusiasm for the program and is thrilled to be York's head coach.
"It was a privilege to get the opportunity to learn under Coach Kessler," says Bastress. "I feel very prepared to take over the program and I am excited to build on the tremendous tradition which Coach built over the last 20 years."
Bastress enters his first season with high hopes. Those hopes are build on a solid group of upperclassmen supplemented by a dynamic group of newcomers, many of who will battle for extensive mat time in their first year in the Green and White.
"If we have some of our young guys step up and perform to their capabilities, we have the chance to have a great year," says Bastress. "We will be young but we will also have a high level of talent."
Bastress will look his lone captain, junior Joey Giaccio (Cranford, N.J./Cranford), for leadership for this young team.
"Joey is a very good leader," says Bastress. "I am confident he will provide our squad with solid and effective leadership."
The Spartans have different levels of depth in each of their 10 weight classes. Some classes go four or five deep while some others aren't quite as deep.
"Our depth in some classes is really impressive while some others we will need guys to stay healthy because the depth isn't as great," says Bastress.
At 125-pounds, Bastress will turn to freshman Tom Gattinella (Sewell, N.J./Saint Augustine Prep) to hold down the weight class. Gattinella was a three-time New Jersey state qualifier as he went 127-24 during his high school career at Saint Augustine Prep.
"Tom is young and talented. He will have the chance to establish himself as a strong collegiate wrestler," says Bastress.
The 133-pound class features the deepest class on the Spartan roster. Freshman Ryan Flynn (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown) will battle sophomores Kenny Arentz (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) and Trevor Baez-Hernandez (Bendersville, Pa./Biglerville) for the starting position. Flynn was a two-time Pennsylvania state qualifier at Marple Newtown as he won 129 matches in his high school career. Arentz had a good freshman year for the Spartans last year as he won 17 matches including a second place finish at the Monarch Classic last November. Baez-Hernandez won 11 matches as a freshman and has stepped up to be in the mix for a starting spot.
"There is a great deal of competition at 133," says Bastress. "The competition is great for all the guys involved and will only serve to make each of these guys better."
Bastress has his two returning national qualifiers at 141-pounds as Chuck Glatz (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) and Giaccio start the season together. Giaccio was the Mid-East Region champ last year as he went 20-4 at 133-pounds. He won one match at the national championship tournament and is primed to head back to the tournament as a junior. Glatz finished third in the Mid-East Region last winter as he went 21-12 to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament.
"It's unusual to have two returning national qualifiers at the same weight class but the plan will be to have one of the two drop down to 133," says Bastress. "They are both talented wrestlers who have the opportunity to get back to the championships and earn All-American honors."
The 149-pound class is an area of experience for the Green and White. Junior Drew Spector (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) moves down a weight class after earning 14 wins as a sophomore at 157. He is joined by Victor Signorelli (Oak Ridge, N.J./Twin Valley) as Signorelli went 13-6 in 2012-13 including a first-place finish at the Monarch Invitational last November.
"Drew is down from 157 and looks very comfortable at 149," says Bastress. "He has worked very hard in the off-season and looks ready to have a big year. Victor is also a solid wrestler who will push Drew in the room."
Sophomore Adam Kritzer (Herndon, Pa./Line Mountain) will be York's main wrestler at 156 pounds. Kritzer earned 17 wins as a freshman and a fourth place finish at the Monarch Invitational.
"Adam has worked hard in the off season," said Bastress. "He wanted to improve on a solid freshman year and he is set to do just that."
T.J. Demetrio (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) is set to be York's 165-pounder as he posted 18 wins as a sophomore. He finished second at the New Standard Invitational and sixth at the Monarch Invitational. Demetrio will be backed up by sophomore Steven Johns (Manahawkin, N.J. / Southern Regional) and freshman Austin Barley (York, Pa./Spring Grove), a pair of talented young wrestlers.
"T.J. worked really hard in the off season and has made himself into a strong 165 pounder," says Bastress. "I think he will have the chance to be a key part of our lineup and give himself an opportunity to make noise at the national tournament."
The 174-pound weight class features a pair of talented freshman in Tyler Rhoads (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) and Mitchell Ramsey (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg). Ramsey was a 2013 Pennsylvania State qualifier as he posted a 113-31 career record at Mechanicsburg High School. Rhoades wrestled for former Spartan standout Mike Bookwalter at Central Dauphin East High School.
"One seventy-four has been a weight class where we had to mix and match last year," said Bastress. "We focused on that class in recruiting and brought in a pair of guys who we feel can do a good job. I think Tyler and Mitchell both have a chance to be very good wrestlers for us."
The Spartans' top freshman, Nicholas Zak (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty), resides at 184 pounds where he will be expected to be York's starter. Zak was a three-time New Jersey state qualifier and posted a career record of 127-21 at Jackson Liberty High School. He placed sixth at the 2013 Senior Nationals.
"Nick is a kid who has the chance to be a great wrestler for us," says Bastress. "He is driven to be great and his work ethic is fantastic. I am looking forward to getting to see him on the mat."
The Spartans will count on the tandem of sophomore Zach Coleman (Belcamp, Md./Harford Technical) and freshman Troy Uhrin (Archibald, Pa./Valley View) at 197 pounds. Coleman drops down a weight class after going 7-7 at heavyweight last winter. Uhrin is a talented freshman that could push Coleman for mat time.
"Zach really dedicated himself in the off season and looks very comfortable at 197. Troy is a kid who we like and think will have a chance to get on the mat this winter," said Bastress. "I think we are in good shape at 197."
Heavyweight is an area where the Spartans return one of their top wrestlers in sophomore Mike Spencer (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Township). Spencer went 20-11 as a freshman including winning the Monarch Invitational in his first collegiate tournament. Sophomore Tom Boylan (Freehold, N.J./Freehold) will back Spencer up at heavyweight.
"Mike committed himself this offseason. He has worked on improving his strength, conditioning and his wrestling technique. Mike has the ability to be a national qualifier could have a chance to make some noise in the tournament."
Bastress knows his squad is young but the talent in the room has him excited.
"I like our youth. I like our talent. We have a strong group of wrestlers throughout the ten weight classes. These guys are determined to have a great season."
Bastress is excited to get his team on the mat.
"There is nothing like the excitement of a new season. I am looking forward to being the leader of this group of wrestlers."
The Spartans will open the campaign on Tuesday, November 12 when they travel to Lycoming College to face the Warriors. York opens their home campaign on Tuesday, November 26 against Elizabethtown.


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"I'm the laziest motivated person that I know!" — Jimmy Chin
Jimmy Chin (@jimkchin) is an artist and professional athlete, often at the same time. If Chase Jarvis and Laird Hamilton had a love child, it would be Jimmy.
He has participated in and documented breakthrough expeditions around the planet, from climbing first ascents in the Karakoram to skiing first descents in the Himalayas. He is one of the few people to both climb Mount Everest and ski it from the summit. Most recently, he filmed and directed the incredible feature documentary MERU, which is in theaters now and won the 2015 Audience Award at Sundance.
What is MERU? In the high-stakes game of big-wall climbing, the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru is the ultimate prize. Everest is a cakewalk by comparison. Sitting at the headwaters of the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the Shark's Fin has seen more failed attempts by elite climbing teams over the past 30 years than any other ascent in the Himalayas. This movie is the story of one group's journey to conquer it—a white-knuckle quest of friendship, sacrifice, hope and obsession. How Jimmy captured it on film while risking his life is almost impossible to fathom.
In this episode of the podcast, we talk about his origins, training, nutrition, gear, and MERU, of course.
Suffice to say, if you want a benevolent kick in the ass, the film MERU is your assignment. I saw it a few weeks ago, and all my family could say for minutes afterward was, "Whoa…." My refrain was, "Holy shit…," which I muttered to myself at least 20 times in 90 minutes. It's an amazing, terrifying, and inspiring edge-of-your-seat experience.
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Selected Links from the Episode
- Trango Towers
- Grand Teton National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Meru Peak
- Exum Mountain Guides and Jackson Hole Mountain Guides
- Jimmy's favorite gear: Five Ten Anasazi Climbing Shoes, DynaFit Boots, Armada Skis, and Black Diamond Skis
- Jimmy stays energized with Clif Shot Bloks, Hammer Nutrition Heed sports drinks, and Endurolytes
- On expeditions, Jimmy listens to The Glitch Mob and José González
- NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)
- Patagonia Land Trust
- Valley Uprising
- Coming into the Country by John McPhee
- Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
- Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era by Eiji Yoshikawa and Charles Terry
- A Guide to the I Ching by Carol K. Anthony
- Casamigos and Casa Dragones
- Jack Black 25 SPF Lip Balm
- Connect with Jimmy Chin
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Show Notes
- How do you pronounce "MERU?" [08:22]
- How do you answer the question, "What do you do?" [09:18]
- What is a first ascent and a first descent? [11:55]
- Defining car-to-car time [17:25]
- Why an outdoor athlete may start spending more time at the gym [19:55]
- A typical week of training [21:06]
- Most common beginning rock climbing mistakes (and corrections) [27:42]
- Overcoming the fear of rock climbing [30:30]
- Jimmy's gear (shoes, boots, skis) [32:00]
- Jimmy's nutrition routine [33:11]
- What does Jimmy listen to when he's on expeditions? [34:50]
- Goals for aspiring climbers [37:07]
- Finding a good mountain guide [39:42]
- Defining moments from Jimmy's childhood [42:44]
- Jimmy's parenting style [44:44]
- How Jimmy got started with photography [51:14]
- Lessons Jimmy learned from Galen Rowell's work ethic [58:38]
- Dealing with fear and House of Cards [01:01:36]
- How Jimmy improved his writing skills [01:09:31]
- The first person who comes to mind when Jimmy thinks of success [01:11:52]
- The books Jimmy gives as gifts [01:13:25]
- Jimmy's morning rituals [01:15:00]
- Drinks of choice [01:17:54]
- A purchase of $100 or less that had the most positive impact [01:19:03]
- What would Jimmy put on a billboard, and where would it be? [01:20:07]
- What advice would Jimmy give his 30-year-old self? [01:21:05]
People Mentioned
- Chase Jarvis
- Laird Hamilton
- Doug Coombs
- Justin Boreta
- Jose Gonzalez
- Alex Honnold
- Conrad Anker
- Galen Rowell
- Dean Potter
- Steph Davis
- Timmy O'Neill
- Cedar Wright
- Peter Croft
- Ernest Hemingway
- John McPhee
- Jonathan Franzen
- Jon Krakauer
- Yvon Chouinard
- Carol K. Anthony
Posted on: October 20, 2015.
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As a lifelong resident of Blanding I have felt that it is my responsibility to give back to this community that I love. When there became a vacancy on the council I knew that now was the time for me to offer my services. My children are raised and even though I am still busy with my business and other activities I felt that I had the time to devote to this position. Even though I have much to learn, I feel like my experience in my business and the time I have spent in various church and community organizations have helped in this learning process. The present council and mayor have established the kind of leadership I would like to be a part of. My greatest desire is for the youth of this community and for their future here in Blanding. I would like to help make decisions so that they can enjoy a place of safety and a place where they and all of us, have an opportunity to excel. I also hope to promote opportunities for employment now and in the future for those who would like to make Blanding their home. As I said, I still have much to learn but I am willing and anxious to put in the time and effort to be a productive councilman. Now is the time to make your voices heard for those you want to represent you. I would appreciate your vote on Election Day.
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After about six hours of intense enemy fire on a Cambodian hillside, former U.S. Army Capt. John P. "Jack" Monahan knew his platoon could not hold its position. There was little food, water and ammunition left.
They would have to withdraw. They adjusted artillery barrages to cover their movement. The wounded Monahan led the survivors to safety several hundred yards down a hill while carrying a wounded soldier on his hip with one hand and firing an M-16 with the other.
They came to rest behind some huge tree stumps. That was May 19, 1970.
This letter is to address the online commenter "blond but not dumb." You know who you are, you went online June 9 and made some very stupid comments about my daughter on our letter, "Jaylen's family grateful for support."
Your comments were: "I very much got the impression that the mother was taking up for her boyfriend. How could a mother live with herself knowing that she allowed the child to be around that kind of environment. The little girl was so beautiful and she shouldn't gone through that situation."
I find two recent letters to the editor to be stunning examples of ignorance of history and just plain myth.
Rudy Schmidt consistently distorts history and wears the distortion like a badge of honor – to quote someone who I'm sure is one of his heroes – "There you go again."
Franklin Whittlesey Sr. is full of historic inaccuracy that I hardly know where to begin.
1. Where does one find the "fact" to prove Obama has "contempt" for the U.S. or its Constitution?
"This is not the time to save – it's the time to spend. We've got to spend to help our economy." This was a quote from city councilwoman Sara Eddins. These words were spoken in context to the 2 percent raise and the $20,752 to cover the 12.7 percent increase in health insurance coverage for city employees.
We are here to mark four years since Continental Tire ceased manufacturing operations and sent hundreds of area jobs to Brazil and Mexico.
We believe that in July of 2006 when Continental Tire suspended production in Charlotte that there were determining factors that entitled Continental's Charlotte employees certain benefits coinciding with the production suspension.
We believe those benefits should have been provided just like benefits were provided to Continentals employees at their Mayfield Kentucky plant in 2005 under similar circumstances.
No, everything isn't coming up roses as far as the United States' and local economy is concerned. The economy is still just puttering along, and signs still point to a slow recovery from the Great Recession.
The U.S. jobless rate hovers close to 10 percent, and here in Lancaster County, it's about 15 percent. Unfortunately, we ranked among the top 10 counties for unemployment in South Carolina.
When you consider facts such as these, it's easy to get discouraged.
History was made when South Carolinians chose their two major candidates for governor this month. Nikki Haley is the first woman from the Palmetto State to win a major political party's nomination for governor.
She clinched the Republican gubernatorial nomination in convincing fashion. She nearly locked up the nomination in the GOP primary on June 8, falling just shy of the 50 percent plus one vote needed to capture the nomination. She then easily defeated U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett of Westminster in the June 22 runoff.
A recent donation by First Citizens bank is another example of local businesses and individuals' commitment to our university.
First Citizens pledged $100,000 toward building a new classroom building on the University of South Carolina at Lancaster campus.
The campaign to raise the $6.8 million needed to build the classroom building began last year. It may seem like an ambitious campaign given the state of our economy, but almost $3 million has been raised already.
I am writing in reference to an article about the initial steps of the health-care overhaul now under way. The article only tells part of the whole story of health care and what is kicking in the United States.
It is certainly virtuous that the new health-care bill does provide coverage for about 1 million uninsured Americans by next year.
I believe that subscribers to The Lancaster News look in each issue for the coverage on the major events that happen around the county. I, for one, was disappointed that there was no coverage of the TEA Party of July 3 until July 9, or until the third paper after the event.
After the wait, the coverage consisted of two faded black and white photos that failed to provide any coverage of the meeting. The people of Lancaster County need to be informed that the TEA Party is not a political event.
I want to thank everyone who stopped to help me when I was hit in the rear turning in my driveway on Grace Avenue on July 7.
The driver didn't stop. She just kept going. It was a black car and has front-end damage from the wreck. Two men got the tag number and gave the number to the Fort Lawn Police Department. We still need that tag number. I was so addled I didn't get the names of the men who got the tag number. If you have information about the tag number or have seen a car fitting this description, please call and share that information.
My first thoughts after reading the aviation corridor public hearing notice and glancing at the map overlay was that it won't impact me because I don't do much flying. But then reading that it's a rezoning effort by the county raised at least one eyebrow.
I am a Lancaster native. I have had my own brick masonry business since 1994 and I've been a brick mason for 25 years.
I have never had trouble getting work, but it is different now. I have four other brick masons working for me.
There has been much discussion about saving Lancaster's historic jail. There are those who think it is not worth saving for a number of reasons. Probably the prime reason for some is the repair costs.
Other reasons include a lack of understanding of the significance of the jail. Therefore, there is no appreciation for its history nor the noted architect who designed it.
I am writing this response to Robert Ostram's letter, "Don't bother saving old jail." Ostram wrote, "The editorial mentioned Robert Mills, the architect who designed the jail. I have never heard of him. Now, if he was Frank Lloyd Wright, that would be different."
Please allow me to enlighten Mr. Ostram. Robert Mills (Aug. 12, 1781 – March 3, 1855) is sometimes called the first native born American to become a professional architect. Charles Bulfinch perhaps has a clearer claim to this honor.
This letter is in response to the gentleman who has the opinion that the historic Lancaster County jail is not worth saving. He seemed to take great pride in knowing about the great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, but admitted not knowing anything about another great architect, Robert Mills, who was born almost 100 years before Wright.
South Carolinians have a right to know the answer to this question from the candidates in the 5th Congressional District: "If elected in November, whom will you support as the next speaker of the House?"
Considering the divisiveness and partisan struggles currently running through Congress, it's crucial to know where congressional candidates stand on this important issue.
When Jed Clampett was shooting at some food and some crude came gushing out of the ground instead, he achieved by accident what almost all Americans dream of – instant wealth.
Often Jed, the patriarch of the 1960s show "The Beverly Hillbillies," showed the sophisticated city slickers that he was the one with true wisdom – a wisdom that comes from living, not from a fancy college degree or from reading The Wall Street Journal every day or working in a high-rise office building.
I am writing to express my appreciation of Brenda Parker, the children's librarian at the Lancaster Library.
My grandchildren started coming to the library for Teddy Bear Time in 2005 when they were 3 and almost 2 years old. They were introduced to music, stories and educational games. They sang and heard stories using puppets.
They experienced Rhyme Time and were introduced to picking up and putting away using song as a way of encouragement.
Due to frustrations about the endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the country's continued bleak economic situation, being an incumbent officeholder has become a dicey proposition.
No matter what you stand for, if you're currently a governor or in Congress, you're in trouble because you're an insider and thereby part of the problem.
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Google announced a new advertising product this morning, called " Conversions API," with a statement on the DoubleClick blog that gave the strong impression the company was now able to let advertisers use their offline sales data -- from phone calls and credit card transactions, for instance -- to target search ad campaigns.
But hold the phone. That's not what's happening. We misinterpreted a statement Google made about the new product.
The statement appeared to say Google was able to allow advertisers to track your offline behavior, in a store for instance, and then target search ads at you later.
Google even said it wanted to "bring offline into your online world."
That would have been a revolutionary step -- and a huge competitive threat to Facebook, whose Custom Audiences product does much the same thing. We asked Google for further comment, but the company declined to say anything on the record.
The original statement, however, was misleading. Staff at DoubleClick later made an addendum to it, to make it more clear. Here's what it said:
"To capture these lost conversions and bring offline into your online world, we're announcing the open beta of our Conversions API for uploading offline conversion automatically. Upload new conversions to account for in-store transactions, call-tracking, or other offline activities, or edit existing conversions to account for discounts, returns, credit, or fraud through integrated API access."
All the keywords are there: "offline," "call-tracking," "credit," and so on.
But in fact, all that's happening is that Google is allowing advertisers to use the data they already collect to track the results of their campaigns, and compare them against campaigns with slightly different data. For instance, if a company is trying to figure out which of its ads are most successful by using one phone number in one ad and a different phone number in another, then Conversions API will allow them to do that.
Google will not be adding "phone-tracking" data to search ads, in other words, despite what DoubleClick's blog actually says. Here's the original announcement:
Note to readers: The original version of this story was incorrect because it was based on the DoubleClick statement. We apologize for the error.
Disclosure: The author owns Google stock.
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2008-09: Had career highs in games played (28), points (115), rebounds (54), assists (17), blocks (14) and steals (20)... One of only four players to appear in all 28 games... His 14 blocks were second on the team... Scored in double figures twice... Made 5 of 7 shots from the field, scored 11 points and grabbed three rebounds in victory at Penn... Led team with 13 points in victory over MIT... Made his first career start against Boston University and scored eight points in a career-high 31 minutes... Also started against MIT... Hit six free throws in the final 2:38 to help seal a win over Holy Cross.
2007-08: Appeared in a career-high 25 games off the bench... Scored 14 points on 4 of 6 shooting from the field and added four rebounds and two steals in Yale's victory over Oberlin... Scored seven points in four minutes against Boston University... Was 3-for-4 from the field, including his first career three-pointer, and scored eight points against Portland.
2006-07: Appeared in nine games off the bench... Scored seven points and handed out three assists in five minutes against Allegheny in his first career game... Made all four of his free throw attempts in home victory over Harvard.
Before Yale: Averaged 19.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.6 blocked shots at Fairfax High School... A first team All-Concorde District selection... Chosen the Most Valuable Player at the McLean Holiday Tournament... Set the Fairfax single season school record for free throws made... Team captain and team MVP... Single game highs were 29 points, 23 rebounds, seven assists, six steals and seven blocked shots... Played AAU basketball for NoVa United.
Personal: A black belt in karate.