text:
The Moon Festival
The Moon Festival, otherwise known as the Mid Autumn Festival is the 2nd most celebrated event in the Chinese calendar (after the Chinese New Year.) It is held on the night of a full moon—which falls on a day between September 8 and October 7. In 2017 it will be held on the 4th October.
How it came about
The ancient Chinese saw that the movement of the moon had a close relationship with changes of the seasons and agricultural production and so to celebrate the harvest, they offered a sacrifice to the moon on autumn days.
Moon Cake
The Moon Cake is the special food of the Moon Festival. They are round, symbolizing the reunion of a family, and on the Festival day, family members get together to appreciate the bright full moon, eat moon cakes, and think of family members and friends who live far away. Moon cakes are given to relatives and friends to wish them a long and happy life.
The legend of Chang E
There are many variations on the legend but here are the basics.
Chang E was a beautiful young girl working in the Jade Emperor's palace in heaven, where immortals, good people and fairies lived. One day, she accidentally broke a precious porcelain jar. The Jade Emperor was angry and banished her to live on earth, where ordinary people lived. When she was 18, a young hunter named Hou Yi spotted her, and they became friends.
One day 10 suns arose in the sky instead of one, blazing the earth. Hou Yi, an expert archer, successfully shot down nine of the suns, becoming an instant hero. He eventually became king and married Chang E.
But over time Hou Yi became a tyrant. He ordered that a potion be made to make him immortal. The potion in the form of a single pill was almost ready when Chang E came upon it. She swallowed the pill. King Hou Yi was angry. Trying to get away, she jumped out of a window in the palace — and, instead of falling, she floated into the sky toward the moon where she lives to this day.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Today Tasmania's peak environmental group released a damning dossier on the shortcomings of regulation of Australia's largest fishery sector, the Tasmanian salmon industry.
Environment Tasmania's investigation into industry regulations, 'Cleaning up Tasmanian Salmon: How the Tasmanian Government can restore social licence and secure jobs in Tasmania's salmon industry' is being released following a Four Corners probe into the industry and yesterday's acknowledgment by Tasmania's Environmental Protection Authority that companies are breaching licence conditions in Macquarie Harbour, where oxygen levels in the water have reached zero in some areas and faeces and bacteria are accumulating on the floor of the harbour.
Showing 4 reactions
Steve ThePirate commented 2016-12-27 16:25:29 +1100Then finally your attempt to claim that salmon farming and tourism cannot co-exist, agin backed by sloppy research and referencing.
You outline a comparison between tourism and aquaculture in Greece, the most moribund of all the European economies citing an article by Staresinic and Popovi (sic) (2004) but referencing only "WTTC 2003" in the references. How a paper from 2003 can cite one from 2004 is beyond me. Again, I was unable to find the actual paper by Staresinic and Popovic but I was able to find the actual paper that ET quoted, http://www.aquaculture.stir.ac.uk/public/GISAP/pdfs/Dempster.pdf which is chapter 3 of the book Aquaculture In The Ecosystem. https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Aquaculture_in_the_Ecosystem.html?id=XxKmcQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
In this chapter Tim Dempster says, "Staresinic and Popovi (2004) compared the relative contributions of tourism and mariculture to the economy of Greece, which has the greatest production of maricultured fish of all Mediterranean countries and a substantial mussel industry." So ET should actually have quoted Dempster's paper but again maybe maybe wanted to hide the fact that he actually got it WRONG, because the paper cited in Dempster's references is Staresinic N, Popovic A (2004) "The links between tourism and mariculture: the case of Croatia." Proceedings of the IX World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway, July 2004. Yes, Croatia, not Greece.
Nevertheless, according to the FAO, aquaculture in Greece, not Croatia contributes to 19% of the country's exports. http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/naso_greece/en#tcN700C5
But if you wanted to get a true comparison between salmon farming and tourism, why pick a tourism dominated country like Greece? Why not compare apples with apples? Norway to Tasmania?
In 2014 tourism provided a direct contribution of 2.95% of the Norwegian GDP. https://www.wttc.org/-/media/files/reports/economic%20impact%20research/countries%202015/norway2015.pdf While Fishing and Aquaculture contributed 0.7% of GDP http://www.fao.org/fishery/facp/NOR/en. Compared to the oft quoted figures of the $1B tourism industry and the $600M salmon industry in Tasmania it seems that tourism and salmon farming can get on just fine.
Steve ThePirate commented 2016-12-27 16:22:10 +1100The next issue is the one where again you try to claim that Tasmanian salmon farming regulations are out of date compared to those of Norway and Scotland.
You claim that the Norwegian planning approach found that 19% of the coast was appropriate for salmon farming. Considering how much coastline Norway has, namely 83,281 km, then 19% is 15,823 km suitable for salmon farming, along which Norway grows 1.4 million tonnes of salmon. Norwegian regulation is around stocking limits (tonnage of fish) and not feed inputs or waste outputs. Tasmanian regulations are much more stringent, yet what is the point of this fact? That the most environmentally conscious country in the world doesn't have a major problem with that level of salmon farming?
ET next cites Scotland's aquaculture planning scheme, but doesn't quote this extract from it, "At present, each new aquaculture site is dealt with on its merits by Local Authorities through the terrestrial planning process … Decisions will also now have to give regard to this Plan and future regional marine plans." In contrast Tasmania has had a dedicated marine farming branch of state government and marine farming plans for 20 years, and Scotland is just now following our lead. While holding Scotland up as an example of best practice ET also fails to mention that the vast majority of Scottish salmon farms are in very sheltered inshore waters.
So again, your allusion to the fact that Tasmanian salmon farming regulation is not as up-to-date as that in Norway and Scotland is in fact an illusion.
Steve ThePirate commented 2016-12-27 16:20:05 +1100So now that I have a bit more time I thought I'd share a few more of the inaccuracies of the report.
The paper claims that, "Water temperature of 13 degrees Celsius produces the most efficient rate for salmon," citing Ernst M Hevroy et al., 2013 but not the name of the actual article. So where did this figure come from? Well, most likely from a "manuscript, pre-print version of the article," "The Importance of Temperature in Farmed Salmon Growth: Regional Growth Functions for Norwegian Farmed Salmon" where the author Sverre Braathen Thyholdt states, "the experiment showed that the most efficient growth was achieved at a water temperature of 13 degrees Celsius (Ernst M Hevrøy et al., 2013)." This is a shame because in this version the author made a mistake. Not only did he cite an incorrect date of the Hevroy paper published in 2012, not 2013, but he also misquoted the paper. Hevroy et al, 2012 actually say, "Accordingly, 13 C appears to be a more optimal temperature for the growth of adult Atlantic salmon at sea." There's a big difference between most efficient and more optimal, and there is a big difference between incorrectly citing a secondary source and correctly locating the primary source if Environment Tasmania wants to avoid its rapidly developing reputation of being misleading with its use of facts and opinion disguised as information.
Then there is the claim that, "water temperatures over 17 degrees Celsius results in sub-lethal stresses," citing Brett et al (1982), again omitting the title of the actual source. I too couldn't find the actual article, Brett, J. R., Clarke, W. C., and Shelbourn, J. E. (1982). "Experiments on thermal requirements for growth and food conversion efficiency of juvenile Chinook salmon," but there are plenty of references to it out there in Google land. But again ET is either just being lazy, or again misleading when it uses a paper on Chinook salmon to argue a case for Atlantic salmon when they are two different species native to two separate oceanic environments.
If you are trying to claim that Tasmanian water is currently too warm to farm salmon then I'm sorry, but you are wrong.
Steve ThePirate commented 2016-11-24 18:42:56 +1100"An unlimited amount of faeces." Really? Do you think people will buy that? Salmon farm zones have a nitrogen cap. Nitrogen output is directly related to the % of protein in the feed. So if you are only able to put a certain amount of nitrogen out, this means that you are only allowed to put in a certain amount of feed in. And, as the amount of faeces an animal produces is directly related to the amount of food it eats (for salmon this is approximately 0.2 tonnes of faeces for each 1 tonne of feed), then clearly there is a LIMITED amount of faeces.
And then this, "based on the industry's current production, the salmon farming industry is using 48,000,000 tonnes of feed and discharging at least 2,112,000 kg N/t into Tasmania's coastal waters each year." Hang on a minute, we are only growing 60 THOUSAND tonnes of salmon so how can we be using 48 MILLION tonnes of feed? That's 800 tonnes of feed to grow 1 tonne of salmon!! Where did you source this figure ET? Because Skretting says it takes 1.35 tonnes of feed to grow 1 tonne of salmon, or 81,000 tonnes of feed, or 0.17% of your figure!
And 2,112,000 kg N/t?? You do realise that you are saying 2,112,000 kg of Nitrogen per tonne of salmon produced don't you? So for the 60,000 tonnes of salmon we are producing 126,720,000 TONNES of Nitrogen??? Environment Tasmania, maths, fail. Sorry, it's actually about 2112 tonnes of nitrogen a year.
And a couple of hours of google searching found that at least three of your claims are incorrectly cited in your references, and by reading the actual primary source papers will show that what you have read has been incorrectly misquoted, in other words, wrong.
But Environment Tasmania will spread this paper far and wide, and soon the average punter who believes what they read in a "scientific" paper, will be quoting figures of 48 million tonnes of feed, unlimited amounts of faeces, and lethal water temperatures like it's the truth. And Environment Tasmania has continually claimed that it does not aim to be misleading. Please at least address these errors in your Cleaning Up Tasmanian Salmon paper. It does you a disservice.


text:
…that just kind of sent me down this rabbit hole… it's an addicitive practice. And like every other craft, and I've pursued a lot of different crafts in my life, it's a skill, and you have to learn the skill before you can become better, and before you can become creative… I love those challenges.
Rose Lawrence of Red Bread
Jim Challenger of Challenger Breadware
"If you think about it, without Instagram there would be no pan. I mean, even if I invented it, would would I have done with it? How would you reach bakers? Without the community that sustained me and that I'm giving back to, there really would be no pan. There would be no way. It's really unbelievable to me."
Bonnie Ohara of Alchemy Bread
"I wake up in the morning and wash my face with soap that my friend made, I pour myself a cup of coffee that's coffee roasted by somebody I know, every step of my day is built around the people that live here…. that's my heart and soul… they support my business, I support their ventures and it's like a huge collaborative effort … and feel like that's step one. It's laying the ground work within your community to create a web of support"
Emilie Raffa of The Clever Carrot
"Sourdough taught me….that it's OK to do things differently…it's OK to mess up, it's OK not to have the perfect score on my loaf, it's OK not to have oven spring somedays. All these things teach you valuable lessons and they take you to the next level. I really think it's a journey that is ongoing for everybody and it's so powerful to share with others because you end up learning so much from each other."


text:
Support & Facilities
The Support Services Department of New Hampshire Hospital (NHH) provides a wide range of services that help maintain a sanitary, healthy, and safe environment, as well as ancillary services to provide for patient care needs. The Support Services Department is made up of Environmental Services (housekeeping), Laundry Services, Food & Nutrition Services / Dietary, and Materiel's Management. All of these disciplines help provide necessary supports to patient care, staff, and visitors.
Environmental Services provides "housekeeping" service to all areas of the New Hampshire Hospital building. With close to 40 employees, Environmental Services staff work hard to ensure a clean and sanitary environment is maintained at all times. Anyone visiting NHH for the first time will quickly notice how clean and fresh the Hospital looks and feels.
Laundry Services at NHH employs nine staff who are responsible for processing 35,000 pounds of patient care linens every month. That's 420,000 pounds every year! Laundry staff uses state of the art equipment, including an ozone injector that helps brighten linen, while saving thousands of dollars a year on energy costs.
It takes a lot of supplies and materiel to operate a 158-bed hospital. The Materiel's Management (MM) department is tasked with this responsibility. Materiel's Management has a scant, four employees who order, receive, stock, inventory, and deliver all of the supplies and materiel for the Hospital. In addition to this huge amount of work, the MM department maintains and updates all Hospital inventories of supplies, materiel, furniture and equipment.
Everyone needs to eat! At NHH, the Food & Nutrition/Dietary Services department prepares three patient meals a day, 365 days a year. These nutritious meals, plus snacks, are carefully planned by our Registered Dieticians. With a patient population of 150+ every day, preparing this many meals is no easy feat.
In addition to providing patient meals and snacks, the Food & Nutrition/Dietary Services department runs two, full service cafeterias – one at the Hospital and the other at the Department of Health & Human Services Brown Building. Furthermore, this department provides catering services for the Hugh Gallen State Office Park. With just under 60 staff to plan, cook, serve, and deliver this many meals, the Food & Nutrition/Dietary Services staff are always on the go!
The Facilities department staffs just over 30 employees, with a wide variety of skills, licenses, certifications, and experience to keep a complex building operating at a high level of safety and compliance. With highly trained and experienced carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, mechanics, HVAC technician, and engineers, the building is a fine tuned machine. Recent and upcoming renovation projects to the Hospital have provided opportunities for our engineers and skilled craftsmen to create an updated environment in which patients can find well-being, staff can work comfortably, and visitors can enjoy.
Safety is very important to New Hampshire Hospital. The Healthcare Safety Officer provides a wide variety of services and oversight to ensure a safe and healthy environment is maintained for patients, staff and visitors. The components of the Safety Program at NHH include; Life Safety (fire safety), Environment of Care, Hazardous Materials & Waste Management, Emergency Management, Clinical Equipment Management, and Occupational Safety. All of these disciplines are necessary for compliance with the Hospital's Joint Commission accreditation status, as well as other regulatory compliance entities.


text:
What has really thrilled me over the passed couple years is the opportunity to judge cider in a competition setting. I get to judge along side some real industry heavy weights, and find I am always learning something new. I have already been to two awards this year, and will be judging up at the Sydney Beer and Cider Show in September. Judging cider is not an easy task when completely new to the concept. You're looking for subtle differences in a cider which is part of a huge class that sometimes almost look identical to each other. It's easy to just try and compare cider to wine. But with cider, you're analysing malic acid, not tartaric and playing with sometimes ghastly amounts of sugar, be it real or fake. It's closely analysing textures, acidity, balance, carbonation, fruit intensity and most importantly style. I am a qualified Winemaker and have had sensory classes rammed down my throat at University. Without sounding too bigheaded, I am indeed trained in sensory evaluation, fault detections etc. This is perhaps why my reviews go so 'in-depth' by the fact I am picking up such tiny subtleties in a cider, which most punters would oversee or not care about. I have really honed in my skill on judging cider and am confident in my ability. So why am I saying this? There is a point I assure you. Let me explain:
As a producer, I believe you have every right to get your cider judged along side industry peers. It's great for the industry, and keeps the competitive juices flowing. It can give you a clear indication of where you are at in terms of style and quality, and can be a bit of fun when you win a medal. It can also help you with feedback to maybe tweak or sharpen up that next batch you're about to begin. What gets scrupulously worked on in the background to these shows is the determination of clear, set boundaries and rules which outline a class. What is a class? For example:
Class 1: Contemporary Dry
Class 2: Contemporary Medium
Class 3: Contemporary Sweet
Class 4: Traditional Dry
Class 5: Traditional Medium
Class 6: Traditional Sweet
Within these classes, a sugar reading (gravity or residual sugar) is one of the determining factors to which category the cider goes into. This is the case for both apple and pear/perry cider. Pretty clear and concise if you think about it. Here's an example for cider used in shows across Australia:
Dry: SG up to 1005
Medium: SG between 1005 and 1012
Sweet: SG 1012 and above
Residual Sugar - g/L
Dry: less than 9 g/L
Medium: 9 g/L - 40g/L
Sweet: Above 40 g/L
So these parameters/methods do change between shows, but very minutely. It is up to the discretion of the producer to enter into the right class when there is a obvious overlap or closeness in sugar parameters for that show. One could argue there needs to be Australian standardised sugar levels and units to determine classes in shows. Yes perhaps, but there really is not a huge difference.
Along with sugar level, Australian cider also currently has two distinct and recognised styles which also determines class:
Contemporary and Traditional. Here are the guidelines taken from the Melbourne Fine Food Awards (composed by Max Allen).
Contemporary Cider or Perry: made in a style that is in line with the broad contemporary Australian market; more likely to be lighter, cleaner and crisper to taste, with primary fruit flavours; more likely to be made from dessert apple or pear varieties, but can be made from bittersweet/traditional varieties; can be either sparkling or still.
Traditional Cider or Perry: made in a style that is more in line with the cider and perry traditions of Europe; likely to be fuller, more chewy or tannic to taste, with secondary fruit flavours and ferment/maturation-derived characters (e.g. obvious influence of oak and/or oxidative handling); more likely to be made from bittersweet/traditional apple or pear varieties, but can also be made from dessert varieties; can be either sparkling or still
Bottle-fermented Cider or Perry: made in a style that is likely to show bottle-fermentation or bottle-condition derived characters such as yeastiness and persistent carbonation from methode champenoise production or natural residual sugar and soft, moderate carbonation from keeving.
Again, pretty clear and concise and bang on the money. It's fairly obvious where a producers cider would sit in terms of style. So what's my point? My point is the amount of ciders entered into wrong classes through means of being overly sweet in a dry class, or contemporary in a traditional class for example, is worrying. I am worried there are producers who don't know their product well enough. Could it be cider being entered in on behalf of a marketing sector - enter large corporate ciders here.....? Having a contemporary cider which is back sweetened with Chinese concentrate entered into a traditional class, shows a complete lack of maturity and understanding of cider. It's these clueless producers who are in it for the $$$$, not the so called passion. If you can't read a set of thorough guidelines, printed in black and white and devised by industry professionals, then don't enter. Plain and simple. A cider made with desserts can be both contemporary and traditional, yes. But it's your methods of production which ultimately determine style. Same goes with cider apples. You can have both contemporary and traditional. Just because your cider is jam packed full of cider apples, doesn't instantly make it traditional in an Australian sense. Also, do some producers seriously think a highly processed, conc sweetened and filtered dessert cider is traditional? ummmm........
We are lucky that a large per cent do get it right. Thank you to all those wonderful and coherent producers! But there's always some complete anomalies/aberrations which make you think where they drunk when they entered? Tasting sweet ciders in a dry class just mystifies me - it's like entering a moscato into a dry Riesling class in wine judging. The dry and sweet classes are the biggest culprits, with almost laughable outliers in some cases. We do judge them accordingly, but do they deserve a second chance? The contemporary medium apple cider class is by far the most populated class in every show. It usually accounts for over 60 per cent of the judging, and seems to be the most competitive and fairly accurate class. Perry is a different kettle of fish. I do hold some leniency with perry/pear cider due to the unfermentable sorbitol. This can show differences in perceived sweetness against analytical sweetness, potentially causing confusion. But it always helps to get a second opinion.
I know as a judge, show organisers are doing everything they can to make these shows worthy, meaningful and creditable. Guidelines are tight, and are in black and white. But it's up to the rogue producers to get their heads around what they are actually entering, and enter correctly. As mentioned above, it's not too hard to follow the rules. If that means testing your ciders sugar at a lab before entering or getting advice on your style, then I recommend you do. If you're ever in doubt, contact the show organisers and they can point you in the right direction. I thank each and every producer for entering into shows and for giving it a go - don't get me wrong! Without you, these shows wouldn't exist. I want these competitions to have credit and be worth something to a producer. Let's all get on the same page and do what's right. But from a judges point of view, I want to see these silly mistakes abolished and taken seriously.


text:
Kids go free
Ski & board
Ski & board
Your Account
The Hotel Lebzelter is a historic hotel that dates all the way back to the 15th Century - but don't worry, the amenities are fully modern due to a tasteful restoration. You can feel the history as you walk through the hotel past the wooden clad walls and ceilings - it's very calming.
It offers great value for money, a great location (right in the colourful pedestrianised centre of Zell and 200m from the City Express gondola) and it has a very popular après-ski bar (known as a Stüberl in Austria). It's the perfect place for a rejuvenating beer at the end of the day.
A relaxing session in the sauna and steam room may be just what you need after a full day on the mountain. You can also relax in the small lounge and watch a little TV, or use the free Wi-Fi to catch up on news from the outside world.
Nearest lift: 200m
Tuition meeting point: 200m
Resort centre: You're in the centre
Bus stop: 150m
With lively nightlife, picturesque scenery and great skiing for all levels, Zell am See is one of Austria's best loved lakeside resorts. On the mountain, it has a nice mix of runs that are perfect for complete beginners to the advanced. It's a fairly large ski area as well with 138km of runs with great snow conditions.
Head over to Kaprun (15 to 20mins away by bus) and you'll have guaranteed snow on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier. A trip there is covered on your Zell lift pass too.
When you're not exploring the area, head into the Old Town and you'll be absolutely charmed by its magical medieval setting. The town is awash with cafés, bars and restaurants suiting all different budgets and tastes. Après starts on the mountain at around 3pm, the Berghotel is a good place to kick off!
Area size: 138km
Linked resorts: Kaprun. Saalbach and Hinterglemm (on Salzburg superski lift pass)
Resort altitude: 755m
Skiing altitude: 755m to 3030m
Number of runs: 62
Range of runs: 40% blue, 44% red and 16% black
Lifts: 15 drags, 17 chairs and 15 cable cars
Night skiing: Yes
Cross country trails: 40km
Snowmaking: 100% of runs covered
Resort bus: Yes
The half board at Hotel Lebzelter gives you a buffet breakfast and a four-course evening meal which comes with a choice of main and a salad buffet to make sure you're not missing out on those all-important veggies. Your Christmas and New Year meals are included too.
The 50 rooms in this historic hotel have been tastefully refurbished but retain plenty of character with great details and loads of natural light. Some of the rooms can take an extra bed while some have a bath, but all of them come with cable TV, telephone, hairdryer and mini-safe. Simple and perfect.
Official rating: *** Superior
Free Wi-Fi
Sauna and steam room
Stüberl sports bar
À la carte Restaurant
Cosy lounge with TV
Departure airports: Birmingham, Manchester or Stansted
Departure day: Saturday
Arrival airport: Salzburg
Flight duration: 2 hours to 2 hours 15 minutes
Transfer time: approx. 1 hour 30 minutes


text:
My dream porch reflects a lot on my personal style in the sense that I like to use a lot of muted tones and colors paired with big and loud pops of color. I love the weather-wood Sunrise Adirondack chair because unlike most Adirondack chairs, it is very comfortable. The slats on the back are tall so it creates a very cozy sitting experience. I chose weather-wood because you can coordinate it with most colors. I like to change things around a lot and I feel like a nice neutral color like this can be accessorized easily, no matter what mood you are in.
I chose the bright Sunflower Yellow pillow paired with the Prism Citrus pillow because they complement each other very well. It brings a loud burst of color to the space without getting too crazy. Pillows are my favorite accessory for any space in the home because they are so easy to switch out and are able to give your space a completely different look in a very inexpensive way. The Brent Outdoor table lamp is also one of my favorites because it has a very unique look to it, and it is also very easily matched with most outdoor accessories.
More from this Look
Page 1 of 1
Deluxe DuraCord Rope Hammock - Oatmeal by Hatteras Hammocks
Cabana Black Outdoor Pillow (18" x 18") by Essentials by DFO
Presidential Original DuraCord Rope Hammock - Meadow by Pawleys Island Hammocks
White Catalina Outdoor Table Lamp with Sunbrella Shade by Patio Living Concepts
Sunrise Adirondack Chair by Pawleys Island Furniture
Tuscan Tile Square Fire Pit by Fire Sense
Sunflower Yellow Sunbrella Outdoor Throw Pillow by Essentials by DFOSale: $16.99
Prism Citrus Outdoor Throw Pillow by Essentials by DFOSale: $16.99 - $22.99
Hammock Coast Terra Cotta Porch Rug by Pawleys Island Porch RugsSale: $64.99 - $169.99
Caribbean Swing with Stand by Tropic Island
Soft Spun Polyester Caribbean Swing by Tropic Island
Page 1 of 1


text:
We have been potty training for a week now, like full blown. The only time that she has worn diapers this week has been during nap time and at night to sleep. The first day with underwear she peed herself 4x but at the same time we had people over and she didn't want to stop playing to go to the potty.
This past week, the first two days she didn't poop. Finally she held it in and she told me she needed to go. After that , she was fine with the potty.
At daycare, first they told me she needed to be dry in diapers for a week before she could be in underwear there. That is the worst plan I've ever heard. I would be potty training for 3 months. They finally agreed to train her in underwear and not pull ups so she's been doing well.
I noticed that we have to be consistent. If we put her in diapers in one day, and then not the next, it throws her off.
We chose to skip over pull ups because it's almost more confusing for her because it's like a diaper. We are using the padded underwear and then regular underwear as well.
It's so crazy. I thought she wouldn't be able to do it but in reality it was more me who was going to have a hard time doing it! She's done just fine !


text:
I love the Oriental poppies in my June garden. I never planted them, they must have seeded themselves in from somewhere. I sometimes pull them up if they germinate somewhere inconvenient – but usually I don't have the heart.
I love the way the seed heads can be seen growing inside the flower.
The choice between the two methods below depends on how tidy you like your garden!
As far as I'm concerned, these are free dried flowers! I pick the seed heads and hang them up to dry in my kitchen. I have tied the stems with an elastic band so that as they shrink they won't fall out. They should be dry in about two weeks.
The flowers in the image below were left to dry naturally, and they seem so much more robust than the ones dried inside.
So I would recommend leaving your seed heads to dry outside if you can, but if you like a tidy garden or can't wait until the end of summer, bring them in.
Growing flowers to dry from seed


text:
(Repeats story first published May 13, text unchanged)
* Mladic to appear in court on genocide charges
* Last major case stemming from Yugoslav wars
* Prosecution to give opening statements on May 16-17
By Thomas Escritt
THE HAGUE, May 13 (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb army chief
Ratko Mladic goes on trial this week in a case that will
establish if he was responsible for some of the worst atrocities
in Europe since World War Two.
Mladic, 70, was in charge of the Bosnian Serb army when,
over two nights in July 1995, its fighters shot 8,000 Muslim men
and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia,
burying most in mass graves.
It was Europe's worst mass killing since the Holocaust.
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accuse Mladic of genocide, murder, acts
of terror and other crimes against humanity during the 1992-95
Bosnian war.
Mladic, one of the first big names from the wars that
followed the break-up of Yugoslavia to be indicted by the court,
is the last of them to go on trial.
He was indicted in 1995 along with Radovan Karadzic, the
Bosnian Serbs' political leader, although both remained free in
former Yugoslavia for more than a decade before being arrested
and passed to The Hague. Karadzic's trial is already under way.
Former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was indicted in
1999 and went on trial in The Hague in 2001, but died in 2006
before a verdict was reached.
Prosecutors say Mladic was part of a "joint criminal
enterprise to eliminate the Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica by
killing the men and boys ... and forcibly removing the women,
young children and some elderly men".
They say Bosnian Serb forces (BSF) attempted to hide the
slaughter by dumping victims in remote unmarked graves.
"When it became apparent that despite these efforts the
world had learned of the mass murder of Srebrenica's Muslim men,
BSF implemented (an) ... operation designed to further conceal
the bodies and the crimes," said a pre-trial brief.
"Thousands of corpses were dug up with excavators, moved in
trucks and dumped in even more remote locations."
Bodies were later found strewn across 17 primary and 37
secondary mass graves.
Mladic is also held responsible for the siege and
bombardment of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, which killed 10,000
civilians. The prosecution described it as a plan to "spread
terror among the civilian population".
The horrors of the siege, together with the Srebrenica
massacre, eventually galvanised world opinion in support of the
campaign of Western air strikes on Bosnian Serb targets that
brought the conflict to an end shortly after.
Mladic lived openly in Belgrade in the early years after his
indictment, going into hiding after Milosevic's fall in 2000.
Growing pressure for his capture from the European Union
left him ever more isolated over the following decade, as Serbia
moved towards EU membership.
In May 2011 he was arrested in a farmhouse in northern
Serbia, penniless and in poor health.
He recently had an operation for what is believed to have
been a hernia, and during pre-trial hearings his attention
appeared to wander.
"I am pushing 70, I'm very old. Every day I'm more infirm
and weaker. I'm speaking now about my health and ability to
concentrate," he said last month.
"You must appreciate that, as an old man, I cannot follow
this for 90 minutes during the day, five days a week."
Serge Brammertz, the ICTY's chief prosecutor, has dismissed
concerns that Mladic will find it difficult to sit through a
200-hour prosecution case involving testimony from 411
"He seems to feel better than he did when he arrived at the
tribunal," Brammertz told reporters recently.
Mladic has benefited from medical attention since being
brought to The Hague. At his first court appearance last year,
he was unable even to lift a glass with his right arm and needed
help to put on his interpretation headphones. In recent
hearings, he appeared to have regained the use of his right arm.
The prosecution has simplified its case at the request of
judges in order to speed the trial, halving the number of
individual crimes mentioned in the 11 counts against him.
Even if he is physically weaker, Mladic still has the
bullish defiance of the Bosnian warlord of the 1990s.
"You are a NATO court," he said at a pre-trial hearing.
"You shouldn't try me or my people. NATO bombed my people
the same way it is now bombing people in Africa and Asia. You
are biased."
The ICTY was established in 1993 in response to the failure
of diplomatic pressure to end the Yugoslav wars, during which
Mladic's ethnic Serb army seized 70 percent of Bosnian
territory, brutally cleansing it of Muslims and ethnic Croats.
It was the first international war crimes court to be set up
since the Nuremberg military tribunals at the end of World War
Two, and has paved the way for others.
They include the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which last
month convicted former Liberian leader Charles Taylor of aiding
and abetting crimes against humanity.
A U.N. tribunal based in Arusha, Tanzania, has convicted
dozens for crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
A tribunal in Phnom Penh has put several leaders of the Khmer
Rouge on trial for its mass killings in Cambodia in the late
The world's first permanent war crimes court, the
International Criminal Court, has just celebrated its 10th
anniversary with the war crimes conviction of Congolese warlord
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
Over the past 19 years, the ICTY has managed to arrest all
its 161 indictees, defying sceptics who doubted whether its
biggest targets would ever be brought to face justice.
"When I started here in 2008, few thought Mladic and
Karadzic would be arrested. But they were," said Brammertz.
(Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Sara Webb and Andrew


text:
There are obscure wines, old-school wines and acquired-taste wines. And then there's white Rioja, a style seemingly destined to never to be mentioned in sentences that contain the word "trendy" (this one excluded). Perhaps you were unaware that Rioja came in a shade other than red. That would be understandable.
Spain's most famous grape region is a sea of crimson, which accounts for about 90 per cent of the output, the reds based mainly on the tempranillo grape. The rest is rosé and white.
Not for the faint-hearted, white Rioja has two strikes against it where the modern market is concerned. It's made mainly from the crisp viura grape, not exactly a threat to, say, chardonnay or sauvignon blanc in the popularity sweepstakes. It's also generally crafted to exhibit oxidative flavours – that nutty tang and caramel quality typical of sherry, another tough-love wine that's anything but in vogue.
The nuttiness derives in part from time spent in old barrels, which courts a communion with oxygen, hence the oxidation. It can amplify with time in bottle and – with the exception of newer, fresher-styled offerings – much white Rioja is in fact designed for the cellar (and for people like me with a taste for roasted-nut and mushroom nuances in their wine). To be fair, some of it, I must say, goes too far and simply tastes tired and wonky. Too much time in barrel, especially poorly cleaned wood, results in juice that's more worthy of a museum than a dining table.
I think the first wine I cite strikes a fine balance. It's a moderately traditional offering from a producer founded in 1992 – a "new-old" wine.
It's got that woody, slightly oxidized character, but it's fruity and fresh enough to be considered a friendly introduction to the style.
Curiously, Rioja producers recently voted to permit the inclusion of chardonnay and sauvignon blanc in the blend with viura. The hope is to win new consumers with more familiar flavours and entice estates to produce more white for the domestic market.
Spaniards have been turning to lighter wines of late thanks to the delicate flavours of its world-conquering modernist cuisine. But so far few producers have uprooted viura (or tempranillo) to make room for the international grapes.
Tradition is alive and well in the region. How do you say "untrendy" in Spanish? How about "white Rioja"?
Senorio de P. Pecina Chobeo de Pacina 2009 (Spain)
Made from 100-per-cent viura, this displays woody character (as opposed to the vanilla of many other whites aged in oak), with a creamy texture, nutty tang, candied fruit and flowers. Age it for five more years for a nuttier, earthy surprise or pair it now with grilled seafood. Available in Ontario.
Painted Rock Red Icon 2009 (British Columbia)
The flagship Bordeaux-style blend from a top Okanagan estate is big and succulent, with a cartload of plum and currant, rich chocolate and chalky, cellar-worthy tannins sculpted for the long haul. The big surprise is its mineral character: Think cult Napa cab crossed with fine Bordeaux. Available direct from the winery through .
Baron de Ley Gran Reserva 2001 (Spain)
This red Rioja displays the same aged style that characterizes most white Rioja. It spent 24 months in oak and has now evolved more than nine years in bottle. Expect some funky barnyard, crushed cherry and floral notes along with juicy acidity. Rack of lamb would be nice. ($28.55 in Que.)
Pascual Toso Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 (Argentina)
Velvety and super-ripe, with plum giving way to prune. Tobacco and earth get in on the act, then bracing spice and fine, dry tannins add support. Great for juicy steak. $19.99 in B.C.
Monneret Père et Fils Mercurey 2009 (France)
Here's a remarkable red Burgundy for the money, showing medium-body, with a concentrated cranberry-cherry core, spice and charred wood. The structure is solid and tight, with astringent tannins that beg for four to six years in the cellar. For current enjoyment, it would be best decanted and served with something like roast duck or grilled salmon on a bed of bacon-infused lentils. Available by the case only in Ontario from Le Caviste (e-mail or call 647- 344-4326).
Aces Okanagan Seven Deuce Red 2009 (B.C.)
Professional poker player Holger Clausen has lived a double life, grape grower by day and card shark by night. The branding reflects his passion for Texas Hold 'em and – judging by his website – poker puns. I imagine the wines, with screened-glass images of playing cards, would do solid business in Vegas. This one, a blend of merlot, shiraz and cabernet, is ripe and luscious, with plum and chocolate up front, a velvety texture and slightly sticky tannins. Serve it (no pun intended) with steak. $19 in B.C. through .
Vega Murillo Verdejo 2010 (Spain)
The crisp whites of the Rueda region are enjoying new popularity in Spain thanks in part to the country's new, lighter cuisine. The verdejo grape in this example yields light-to-medium weight, silky poached-pear fruit and an invigorating bitter note on the dry finish. Try it with light seafood dishes. Available in Ontario.
Ravine Sand & Gravel Redcoat 2010 (Ontario)
The brilliant consultant Peter Gamble crafts the wines here with Shauna White on property in the village of St. Davids that features a restored early-19th-century farmhouse. This entry-level blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon is the estate's first red from the great 2010 vintage. It's medium-bodied, polished in texture and well-balanced, with cherry, licorice and a spicy-earthy essence. The oak is just a whisper. Versatile at the table, fit for roast chicken, vegetarian lasagna, sausages, burgers or pizza. Available at the Ontario winery through www.ravinevineyard.com.
Les Jamelles Merlot 2009 (France)
A red from southern France's Languedoc region, it's medium-full-bodied and smooth, with good concentration for the money, delivering plum jam, earth and zippy acidity. Nice on its own or with stewed beef or pork chops. Available in Ontario.


text:
> > On Monday 04 March 2002 09:45, Jeremy Carroll wrote: > > Under exclusive C14N the literal value is: > > "\n <foo xmlns="" > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xsi:type="xsd:decimal">10.09</foo>\n " > > > > because only the xsi and default namespaces are visibly used. > > > > I note that in some sense the exclusive C14N has got this example wrong, > > since we need to preserve the binding of the xsd prefix to preserve the > > semantics of this example. Joseph Reagle: > Hrmm... this is interesting. This is the second of two issues (potential > bugs) that have been raised this week that we need to give > serious thought > to. > 1. In your email: should we emit a namespace for prefixes found in an > attribute value (or even element content?!). > I note that I was silent through last call on XC14N, so I don't much want to call it an issue. What I find counter-intuitive is that foobar is invisible in xmlns:foobar="http://example.org/foo/bar/" I understand this. The namespace decl is not in the XPath nodeset, and not accessible from XSLT. It does not appear to be a requirement of XML namespaces. From the document writers point of view, IMO, the obvious response to being told that xsd is invisible is to reiterate such a namespace decl in my example: <eg:bar rdf:parseType="Literal"> <foo xsi:type="xsd:decimal">10.09</foo> </eg:bar> map it to <eg:bar rdf:parseType="Literal"> <foo xsi:type="xsd:decimal" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">10.09</foo> </eg:bar> and this doesn't work. Of course, the RDF group could say that namespace declarations on the propertyElt (the one with rdf:parseType="Literal") are put on the InclusiveNamespace PrefixList. That would then be a bit more natural and less of a change than modifying the "Literal" word as I suggested in: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Mar/0041.html This example would then become: <eg:bar rdf:parseType="Literal" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <foo xsi:type="xsd:decimal">10.09</foo> </eg:bar> where the RDF parser treats the namespace decl as asserting that InclusiveNamespace PrefixList = { xsd } and then canonicalizes the xml literal on that basis. Doesn't work well with putting the C14N into xml literal equality though. JeremyReceived on Tuesday, 5 March 2002 04:50:06 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:21:37 UTC


text:
The Think Local development programme focuses on developing collaboration in short supply chain, by bringing together existing initiatives on farmers' markets, farm retail, food tourism, regional food and drink networks and in developing added value for rural producers.
Projects & Practice
RDP support enabled a home-based business that sells quality vegetarian food products to increase its production capacity and reach out to an international market.
A company producing rye gin and whiskey used RDP support to increase its production capacity to meet the demand of national and international markets.
Using RDP support to turn a farm into a nature reserve; contributing to tackling biodiversity loss.
A pilot project to demonstrate the environmental and economic benefits of using solar energy.
Switching from manual labour to mechanised work in order to make the business much more cost effective.
A young female farmer used RDP support to develop a farm business that would provide her with sufficient income in order to become a full time farmer.
An integrated municipal strategy to build a sustainable development model for the local economy based on the agri-food identity of the territory.
A micro distillery was established with the aim of producing unique, high-quality vodka and brandy from potatoes that are not of marketable quality.
On-farm processing can add value to the product and can also make farming a more attractive choice for young farmers - as demonstrated by a berry farm in Finland.


text:
Our email tune is the fastest, cheapest way to get tuned in a few easy steps:
Fill out our handy online form during checkout
Email your tuning file to email@example.com
We'll email your tuned file back to you ASAP, usually within 1-3 business days
Note: you must have your own tuner such as an MPVI2 to install your new tuning file.
- 2 Credits Included
Want an email tune but need a tuner? Check out our handy bundles to get an MPVI2 with two tuning licenses along with your tuning file at a $50 discount! Select overnight shipping for the fastest possible tune apart from a pure e-tune.
Mail Order Tune
Just fill out your handy online intake form and mail us your computer.
There is complete 3 page form to list your modifications. (For example, Camshafts, Tire size and DOD Deletes.)
We strive for 1 day turn around! This includes engine and transmission controllers!
MailOrderTuner.com Email Tune
Email your tuning file to firstname.lastname@example.com
MailOrderTuner.com Email Tune HPTuners Bundle
MailOrderTuner.com 07-13 Truck/SUV Mail Order Tune
MailOrderTuner.com 99-06 Truck/SUV Mail Order Tune
MailOrderTuner.com 98-02 F Body Mail Order Tune
Custom cars need custom tuning... get $20 off a custom tune upon purchasing any Cam Package!
Use discount code "summer20" at checkout for $25 off our premium MPVI2 + Email Tune Bundle


text:
No area of taxes faced more "Fiscal Cliff" uncertainty than the future of the estate and gift tax law. Unlike the center-stage income tax, where the political volleying over bracket thresholds dominated the news, reporting on potential changes in the estate law, while impacting significantly fewer taxpayers, took a much welcomed back seat. For wealthy individuals, the potential financial damage that could have been caused by enactment of the most onerous of the proposed income tax provisions pale when compared to the financial carnage that would have resulted from the sunset of the Bush-era estate and gift tax laws. I'm not talking about the addition of 3.6% to the highest bracket -- even if you include the impact of the reduction of itemized deductions, the personal exemptions phase out and the Obamacare surtax on net investment income. I'm referring to the specter of the top Federal estate tax bracket jumping from 35% to 55%; the estate and lifetime gift exemption dropping from $5.12 million to $1 million (doubled for married couples), and the possibility of eliminating or curtailing many popular wealth transfer techniques. If anyone doubts how seriously those potentially impacted viewed the possibility of these very costly changes, just speak with any estate planner (me included) who feverishly worked on client gifting and transfers until the ball dropped over Times Square!
So the big question is: What actually happened to the estate and gifting tax rules as a result of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012? The answer is, to the relief of many: Not much at all. For those with significant net-worth, here's how this act impacts you.
While some would argue that these so-called "permanent" tax laws still are just stop-gap measures and that real tax reform is necessary, I believe that at least for now the estate laws survived relatively unscathed. By most accounts, ATRA is welcome good news when measured against our worst fears over the fate of the estate tax.
For more information, visit www.clarfeld.com, or contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Our volunteers are a fantastic bunch of people who come from all walks of life and share one thing in common – they're passionate about what we do, love new experiences and the arts!
Our volunteers help us with our variety of events and activities, and make a vital contribution to the work that we do. In return, we offer lots of great opportunities – to see theatre performances and film screenings, to receive training and most importantly of all, to become part of the community.
We are always looking for volunteers, so if you think you might like to volunteer here at St Donats please email email@example.com for further info.


text: > > You need to replace the thermal grease on your processor? It goes hard and > loses effectiveness. I recommend Arctic Silver 5. It even comes in this little push-tube applicator with a plunger ... but it works great! Arctic Silver is probably the best their is, highly recommended.


text:
The lower court ruling threatens online speech says journalist, professor and media critic Jeff Jarvis
On the surface, this is a story about a legal battle between a former cheerleader and high school English teacher who had sex with an underage student, and the crude proprietor of a gossip-mongering Web site. But looking past those salacious details reveals the courthouse kerfuffle could be the most important free speech case of the internet-age.
Years before it became famous as the web site that exposed the sexting adventures of Carlos Danger and Sydney Leathers, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based gossip site, The Dirty was publishing rumors about an NFL cheerleader and high school teacher Sarah Jones.
At the time, Jones was a cheerleader for the Cincinnati Ben-gals and an English teacher at Dixie Heights High School in Crestview Hills, Ky.
Her entanglement with the gossip site began with an anonymous post in 2009 that suggested Jones had sex with the entire Cincinnati Bengals roster. A second post, also anonymous, said Jones had sex with her husband in her classroom and that she had sexually transmitted diseases. Both posts came from unnamed sources and included photographs of Jones. But on the second post, The Dirty's owner, Nik Richie added a comment: "Why are all high school teachers freaks in the sack? – nik"
That comment led Jones to file a libel suit in December 2009. She was awarded a $338,000 judgement by a federal judge in July 2013.
Richie filed an appeal this month, and last week social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, and civil liberties advocates including the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed Amicus curiae briefs in support. At the core of the appeal is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The Dirty's lawyers and their supporters argue that Richie should have been protected against Jones' lawsuit, because Section 230 says users are responsible for the content they generate on social media sites.
In the rest of this post the reader will find:
- The complete legal brief filed by the ACLU, the Electronic Freedom Foundation, the Digital Media Law project and other free speech advocates in support of Nik Richie, The Dirty and its appeal of the libel judgement.
- The complete legal brief filed by Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media companies in support of Richie's appeal.
- Selected quotes from both briefs.
- Jeff Jarvis warning against the "danger" of stripping bloggers — yes, even gossip bloggers — of the protections of the Communications Decency Act
- A video report from local NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati on the far-reaching impact of the judge's ruling in the suit — including interviews with University of Cincinnati Journalism Professor Jeff Blevins and First Amendment Lawyer Jack Greiner.
- A live courthouse interview segment aired by WLWT after the verdict including interviews with Jones and Richie's attorney.
- Details of Jones' rise to infamy after filing the lawsuit, in which she admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student, lying to police to cover up the illicit affair, and then going on the Today Show on NBC with her teenage lover Cody York to proclaim their love for one another.
- Also, this steamy photo:
While some of the material hosted on its [The Dirty's] site may be offensive, and while some of the appellants' actions (such as subsequently commenting about offensive content) may be unseemly, they are neither independently unlawful nor sufficient to trigger the loss of Section 230 immunity."
— A "friend-of-the-court" brief filed by the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others in support of The Dirty's appeal
The District Court's opinion, if upheld, would undermine intermediary immunity for other sites, threatening the existence of platforms that welcome undeniably legal though critical speech."
— A "friend-of-the-court" brief filed by the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Digital Media Law Project, and others in support of The Dirty's appeal
The following document is the Amicus brief filed by free speech and civil liberties advocates on November 19 in support of The Dirty's appeal:
It is crucial for this Court to distinguish between the explicit solicitation of actionable information from users, and the general solicitation of information that might turn out to be actionable, or simply damaging to particular individuals or businesses,"
— A "friend-of-the-court" brief filed by the Public Participation Project, the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, and others in support of The Dirty's appeal
The following document is the Amicus brief filed by social media companies including Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter in favor on The Dirty's appeal:
Revoking a website's protection under Section 230 because the site solicits 'negative' content in the abstract would threaten a wide variety of specific sites and projects that serve undeniably important public purposes by leaving them vulnerable to precisely the kind of expensive legal challenge that followed here."
— A "friend-of-the-court" brief filed by the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others in support of The Dirty's appeal of a libel judgement
Related articles
- Free Speech Advocates File Brief Supporting 'The Dirty' Defamation Appeal (eff.org)
- Silicon Alley Insider: Why The ACLU Is Defending The Gossip Site Made Famous By Anthony Weiner's Sexting (businessinsider.com)
- ACLU.Org | The $338,000 Internet Comment (tallahasseeo.com)
- Sixth Circuit Needs to Reverse Ben-Gal Ruling that Contradicts Section 230 (cdt.org)


text:
Choosing a Food Dehydrator
There are several high quality food dehydrators available that will perform a variety of dehydrating techniques. However, before you select a dehydrator for your home use do some research to determine what the features of a particular brand are and what you will mostly be using your dehydrator for so you can find the best dehydrator for your needs. Excalibur, Nesco and L'Equip manufacture great food dehydrators but each has its own unique features that will determine whether or not it is right for you. Keep several factors in mind when choosing a food dehydrator including the timer, temperature controls, the drying time and how easy it is to clean.
When shopping for a food dehydrator for the home, remember to look at the non-commercial units. Some dehydrators are manufactured for commercial use and these are way too big for what you will be preparing for your family. Next, look for food dehydrators that have a timer. Surprisingly not all food dehydrators come with a timer and this can cause problems when you are drying food for 20+ hours at a time. With a timer on the food dehydrator you won't have to worry about getting up at 3am to turn off a dehydrator when drying fruits and vegetables.
Another important factor in choosing a food dehydrator is temperature control. In time you will become more familiar with your dehydrator, like any cooking tool, and will be able to determine times and temperature for specific foods and recipes. Buying a dehydrator without temperature controls can mean a loss of vitamins and enzymes in fruits and vegetables that are left in the dehydrator for too long at too high a temperature. Look for a food dehydrator that has easy to use temperature controls so you can start off at the proper settings.
Depending on how often you use your dehydrator know which units are easier to clean and those that run at quieter volumes. Excalibur dehydrators are known for how easy the trays can be removed to check on dried foods and for cleaning while some Nesco dehydrators need to be taken apart since the trays are stacked on top of each other. Also, some dehydrators can make quite a bit of noise when in operation and if it is going to be in your kitchen while you are sleeping you may want to consider finding a dehydrator that is quiet or put in a basement so it doesn't keep you up at night.
Benefits of Food Dehydrators
Benefits of Nesco Food Dehydrators
Choosing a Food Dehydrator
Comparing Food Dehydrators
Healthy Raw Food Diets
How Do Food Dehydrators Work?
How Else Can Dehydrators Be Used?
Popular Food Dehydrator Recipes
Raw Food Dehydrator Recipes
Using Excalibur Food Dehydrators
Back to Main


text:
A Message from our President
Dear ISCHR Member:
Welcome. Illinois Society for Cardiopulmonary Health and Rehabilitation is celebrating its Thirty-Eighth Anniversary. Our mission statement serves as a constant reminder to improve clinical practices, promote scientific inquiry, engage in dialogue between professionals, and advance education. We appreciate your dedication and commitment. The ISCHR Executive Committee and its members continue to seek out opportunities for continuous learning and feedback, adapting to new information and circumstances that challenge reimbursement, outcomes, and benchmarking our programs.
ISCHR is always looking for dedicated members who are willing to volunteer their time to support our mission. Through committees, our organization identifies opportunities to seek and act on multiple perspectives. Download and review the ISCHR Committee Description's documents on our website. Please consider filling out a field of interest.
It is important to note that the ISCHR operates as an independent organization and entity. We remain dedicated to programs within the state of Illinois. Being a Joint Affiliate Member in AACVPR, our members of ISCHR are also members of the national AACVPR organization. This means that for one membership fee, you have access to all of the benefits of both organizations.
I would like to thank our membership for supporting and promoting our mission all these years. I would like to thank the Board of Directors and committee members for their tireless hours of volunteering their time and expertise to help others succeed.
I hope to see many familiar faces from Illinois in Louisville later this year at the national conference.
Respectfully yours,
Mary Kay Pittman
ISCHR President


text:
It's not often that I'm surprised by the news of a celebrity pregnancy, but this completely caught me off guard. My jaw is still on the floor.
It has been confirmed that Rod Stewart's daughter, 31-year-old Kimberly Stewart, is having a baby with 44-year-old actor Benicio del Toro.
"Kimberly is pregnant," del Toro's rep, Robin Baum, told Life & Style. "Although they are not a couple, they are looking forward to the arrival of the baby."
There's no word on when the duo's relationship ended (or started, for that...


text: In Chapter 8 of 18 in her 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, entrepreneur Audrey Parker French answers "How Have You Learned to Give Better Advice When People Ask You For Help?" Reflecting back to when she was running a fast-growing business, French notes how she was constantly getting advice on how to solve her life problems, namely relationships. She realizes that there is a time and place for this and that it is okay to give yourself space to not ask for or take advice and instead to address these challenges in due course. Audrey Parker French is an entrepreneur who co-founded CLEAResult, an energy management consulting firm she helped grow to #144 on the 2010 Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies and then sell to General Catalyst Partners. She currently volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and teaches children's choir. She graduated from Wake Forest University and lives with her husband in Austin, Texas.


text:
Amplitude 33m² : Modern Home With a Touch of Ancient Charm
Modern minimalist homes and contemporary structures look awesome at times, but the design is being so overdone that the singular shades of white and grey are starting to look rather pale at times. That is exactly where this modern home – dubbed Amplitude 33m²? – improvises and adds some eye-catching designs that offer a wonderful yet contrasting feel to the space. By using a more Nordic looking center table along with plenty of print all around on fabric, the home exudes a certain buoyant charm and beauty. The intense blues, brilliant oranges and lovely yellow along with the intricate design make it a minimalist home that is bright and bubbly. Just shows that you can go way beyond the dull grey if you are imaginative enough. – via


text:
My Travelogue…so far/
My first cancer diagnosis came by "accident" (if you believe in such things) in late 1999, when everyone thought Y2K was biggest problem to worry about. I went to the doctor for a stomach bug, but while I was in the office, he ordered a series of blood tests, and gave me some antibiotics. The infection went away, as well as the symptoms. Chalk one up for modern medicine. But the doctor noted that my PSA level was a bit high, which he felt was probably due to the infection and recommended we "watch" the numbers. We set an appointment for me to come back in six months.
Clarification: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by the prostate gland. The PSA test measures the level of PSA in the blood via a blood sample. The higher the PSA, the more likely there's the presence of cancer.
Source: National Cancer Institute
For more than a year the numbers barely moved; still higher than considered "normal" (As much as that word ever applied to me!)…but not high enough to be overly concerning. Ironically, it was during this time that I met my wonderful partner. (If he'd known what was ahead, I wonder if he'd have run like hell?) We dated for several months and eventually moved in together. In August on 1999, we purchased our first house, and began remodeling. Then in September, my numbers doubled. The doctor did a "digital exam," (which does NOT involve a DVR!) and was still convinced it wasn't cancer…but he ordered a biopsy. "It's a one-in-a-million chance," he told us. I was a bit young, and Prostate Cancer is typically found in older men. Plus, I had no other symptoms. He
A few days after the biopsy, at nearly ten o'clock in the evening, my doctor called with the news. I had cancer. (I told the doctor later: as much as I like being "one-in-a-million," this time I would have settled for Miss Congeniality!)
My partner and I cried, then prayed. I assured him that God was big enough for this. The next day, we went to the doctor for a consultation. Because of my age, he recommended the most aggressive protocol: removal of the prostate, a radical prostatectomy. (It has nothing to do with my politics.)
Surgery, Treatments…and more Surgery
We scheduled surgery for October. A few days after I got home, the doctor called to inform us that we didn't get all the cancer, and I would need to have radiation treatments. After many more tests, it was decided that I would do seven weeks (five days a week) of radiation. According to my research (I always do my own research!) some people have little or no reactions to this treatment, but I was very sick. I lost almost 30 pounds during the process, along with other physical issues and "delightful" challenges that aren't considered polite conversation in respectable company. (That's what my momma always taught me.) I required a couple of corrective surgeries within the next year.
Cancer – The Sequel
Annually for more than twelve years, I did a PSA blood test, which showed zero.
Cancer free!
But then, the results came back with a slightly elevated reading; not much (.03)…but just enough to send me back to my specialist. We did another test and the number increased again. There was no doubt in my mind what it meant, (Remember, I do my research) but my partner was not convinced so we consulted another specialist who confirmed it: the cancer was back.
Again there were tears, and prayers.
Once more I affirmed to my partner: God is big enough for this..again.
This time, we found out just before my birthday. It was definitely NOT the present I wanted! (I'd asked for a gift card; I would have settled for socks and underwear.)
We discussed treatment options with the doctor, and decided on Hormone Suppression Therapy. It's been shown that testosterone "feeds" prostate cancer, so the goal of these injections is to reduce the body's production of this hormone to nearly zero. Technically, it's chemical castration. (TMI?) The doctor warned that it would like going through menopause, times ten!
As I look back, I think he underestimated!
It's not a cure, but it does appear to be working for me. My testosterone is barely registering and more importantly, my PSA levels remain negligible. We knew going in that the side effects of this procedures were not pleasant, both from the treatment medication and my body's lack of hormones. But we didn't anticipate that I would have such several and debilitating difficulties. Because of my difficulties with the side effects, my doctor put me on disability in the fall of 2013. It's still strange not going to work every day; I miss being around people.
And now…
Obviously, I'm angry that I have cancer…again. (It wasn't that much fun the first time, so it's not like I wanted a repeat performance!) According to my Oncologist, we are "managing" the cancer. I tire out easily, which I find so annoying. Weakness in my legs sometimes makes it difficult to walk, so I'm not using a cane. I have good days and not-so-good days…which can even be the same day. But I'm mostly able to go about my daily life in a somewhat "normal" fashion. (Who, me?)
There you have it—my journey to this point. Hope you weren't too bored.
(Could be worse. I could have shown vacation slides!)


text:
Discount Pet Supply Specialists
View Cart | Your shopping cart is empty.
9am-5pm AEST (Brisbane) | Mon-Friday
Shop with confidence
Learn the difference between popular products
Displaying item 1 of 1
Capstar Flea Control is an oral tablet for the control of fleas on dogs and cats. It is very fast acting and kills fleas for 24 hours. It will not wash off with swimming or bathing.
A rapid acting flea control tablet given by mouth which starts working in 30 minutes. Up to Ninety percent of fleas will be wiped out in 6 hours on your cats. One dose will continue to kill fleas for twenty four hours. Suitable for dogs and cats up to 11 kg. Can be given once daily if required though usually administered once weekly or used with other flea control products such as Program. Unaffected by wash off factor. Each pack contains 6 doses or tablets.
Connect with us and you'll get the tastiest treats and tips for your fur-friends.
9am-5pm AEST | Mon-Friday
Need a prescription product for your pet? Then head over to PetScripts for a range of discount pet prescriptions.
© All rights reserved. VetShopAustalia.com.au


text: Michael Rose has been on a multi faceted journey through the visual disciplines. Starting out as an artist's rep he soon developed a portfolio of his own work and embarked upon an illustration career which led to Germany and commissions from top magazine and book publishers. In England he worked as a conceptual designer and background painter for animation projects. Later, in the United States, he supervised the visual development team on an MTV animation feature in both New York and Seoul, Korea. At present he is based in Los Angeles and does art direction and visual development for some of the leading studios. He travels frequently for business and pleasure. Along with projects in The United States, he has worked on animation films in Germany, England, Philippines, Canada, India, Israel, Taipei, Korea, and Singapore.


text:
The work of Dr. Keshe in "secure" research bases in Iran is causing the Rothschild Cabal sleepless nights.
Imagine a world where 1. Energy is FREE 2. Food is readily available 3. Money is obsolete.
This was the situation in Libya, that is, until NATO bombs began falling and the GREEN PARTY was deposed.
Here, in a nutshell, is what the Keshe scientists are working on in Iran:


text:
Follow Us
Age Filter: Click to Set
Some content viewed on WatchKnowLearn is hosted by other websites.
Remember to Rate
5,904 views
payup022 on 08/10/2012 09:17 AM wrote:
Awesome music i like this music......
Watch movies online
Aaliyah on 07/05/2012 02:39 AM wrote:
I like to Listen Music,, I am a Big fan of listen Music , when i get free ya bored..
Download Movies Free
jassmine12 on 05/14/2011 03:29 AM wrote:
Music is in my heart and soul. i used to listen music to get rid of my boredom.
Watch Movies
© 2019 St. Charles Place Education Foundation / Privacy Policy


text:
Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman; February 12, 1938) is an American writer known for children's and young adult (YA) fiction. Some of her best known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), Deenie (1973), and Blubber (1974). The New Yorker has called her books "talismans that, for a significant segment of the American female population, marked the passage from childhood to adolescence."
Publishing her first novel in 1969, Blume is credited as one of the first authors to write YA novels about topics that some still consider to be taboo. According to Blume, "I wanted to be honest. And I felt that no adult had been honest with me. We didn't have the information we should have had." Blume has received praise for addressing the common, but often unspoken worries of her fans from masturbation and menstruation to teen sex, birth control, and death. This has also led to criticism from individuals and groups that would like to see her books banned. The American Library Association (ALA) has named Blume as one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century.
Despite her critics, Blume's books have sold over 82 million copies and they've been translated into 32 languages. She has won a number of awards for her writing, including ALA's Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She was recognized as a Library of Congress Living Legend and she was awarded the 2004 National Book Foundation medal for distinguished contribution to American letters.
Blume was born on February 12, 1938, and born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of homemaker Esther (née Rosenfeld) and dentist Rudolph Sussman. She has a brother, David, who is five years older. Her family was Jewish. Blume has recalled, "I spent most of my childhood making up stories inside of my head." She graduated from Battin High School in 1956, then enrolled in Boston University. In the first semester, she was diagnosed with mononucleosis and took a brief leave from school before graduating from New York University in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in Education. In 1951 and 1952, there were three airplane crashes in her hometown of Elizabeth. 118 people died in the crashes, and Blume's father, who was a dentist, helped to identify the unrecognizable remains. Blume says she "buried" these memories until she began writing her 2015 novel In The Unlikely Event, the plot of which revolves around the crashes.
A lifelong avid reader, Blume first began writing when her children were attending preschool, and she was living in the New Jersey communities of Plainfield and Scotch Plains. She published her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, in 1969. The decade that followed proved to be her most prolific, with 13 more books being published, including many of her most well-known titles, such as Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (1972), and Blubber (1974).
Praised by her fans for her frankness and for the uncondescending way she addressed their fears and anxieties from masturbation and menstruation to teen sex, birth control, and death, she also has many detractors who would like to see her books banned. The American Library Association (ALA) has named Blume as one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century.
After publishing novels for young children and teens, Blume tackled another genre—adult reality and death. Her novels Wifey (1978) and Smart Women (1983) shot to the top of The New York Times best-seller list. Wifey has become a bestseller, with over 4 million copies sold to date. Her third adult novel, Summer Sisters (1998), was widely praised and has sold more than 3 million copies. It spent 5 months on The New York Times Bestseller list, with the hardcover reaching #3 and the paperback spent several weeks at #1. Several of Blume's books appear on the list of top all-time bestselling children's books.
Blume's books have sold over 82 million copies and they've been translated into 32 languages. Judy Blume has won more than 90 literary awards, including three lifetime achievement awards in the US. The ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". Blume won the annual award in 1996 citing the single book Forever, published in 1975. According to the citation, "She broke new ground in her frank portrayal of Michael and Katherine, high school seniors who are in love for the first time. Their love and sexuality are described in an open, realistic manner and with great compassion." In April 2000 the Library of Congress named her to its Living Legends in the Writers and Artists category for her significant contributions to America's cultural heritage. In 2004 she received the annual Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Medal of the National Book Foundation as someone who "has enriched [American] literary heritage over a life of service, or a corpus of work."
The film version of Blume's 1981 novel Tiger Eyes was directed by the author's son, Lawrence Blume. Released in 2012, it stars Willa Holland as Davey and Amy Jo Johnson as Gwen Wexler.
Throughout Blume's career, she has also made efforts to advocate for organizations that support intellectual freedom. "Finding herself at the center of an organized book banning campaign in the 1980's she began to reach out to other writers, as well as teachers and librarians, who were under fire." This led to Blume joining the National Coalition Against Censorship. All of her efforts go into helping protect the freedom to read. She is also the founder and trustee of a charitable and education foundation, called "The Kids Fund." Blume serves on the board for other organizations such as, "the Author's Guild; the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators; the Key West Literary Seminar; and the National Coalition Against Censorship."
On August 15, 1959, in the summer of her freshman year of college, she married John M. Blume, who she had met while a student at New York University. He became a lawyer, while she was a homemaker before supporting her family by teaching and writing. They had two children: Randy, a therapist (born 1961); and Lawrence Andrew, a filmmaker (born 1963). The couple separated in 1975 and were divorced by 1976. Blume later described the marriage as "suffocating", although she maintained her first husband's surname. Blume has stated that Lawrence was the inspiration for the character of "Fudge." Blume has one grandchild from her daughter, Randy - a grandson named Elliot Blume-Pickle. Elliot is credited with encouraging his grandmother to write the most recent "Fudge" books.
Shortly after her separation, she met Thomas A. Kitchens, a physicist. The couple married in 1976, and they moved to New Mexico for Kitchens' work. They divorced in 1978. She later spoke about their split: "It was a disaster, a total disaster. After a couple years, I got out. I cried every day. Anyone who thinks my life is cupcakes is all wrong."
A mutual friend introduced her to George Cooper, a former law professor turned non-fiction writer. Blume and Cooper were married in 1987. Cooper has one daughter, Amanda, from a previous marriage. They reside in Key West.
Blume announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2012 after undergoing a routine ultrasound as she was preparing to leave for a five-week trip to Italy. She stated that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer 17 years earlier, and had a subsequent hysterectomy.
Blume's novels for teenagers tackled racism (Iggie's House), menstruation (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.), divorce (It's Not the End of the World, Just As Long As We're Together), bullying (Blubber), masturbation (Deenie, Then Again, Maybe I Won't) sexuality (Forever), and family issues (Here's to You, Rachel Robinson). Blume has used these subjects to generate discussion, but they have also been the source of controversy regarding age-appropriate reading.


text:
Women's Basketball: Pac-10 Tournament Notes
March 4, 2003
Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
WHAT'S HAPPENING: The 22nd-ranked University of Arizona women's basketball team (20-7 overall; 13-5 Pac-10) will have a chance to avenge an earlier loss to Oregon State when the Wildcats take on the Beavers in the first round of the 2003 State Farm Pac-10 Women's Basketball Tournament this weekend. The third-seeded Cats will face No. 6 seed Oregon State on Saturday, Mar. 8, at 1:15 p.m. PST.
The tournament will run from Mar. 7-10 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The bottom four seeds will have 'play-in' games on Mar. 7, then first-round play begins at 11 a.m. PST on Mar. 8, with the No. 2 seed Washington taking on the winner of the game between No. 7 USC and No. 10 Washington State.
Ninth-ranked Stanford enters as the No. 1 seed for the second straight year. The Cardinal will play the winner of the No. 8 Arizona State-No. 9 California game in the first round at 5 p.m. PST on Mar. 8.
Arizona finished the season in a tie with Washington for second place in the Pac-10 standings, but the Wildcats were given the No. 3 seed through the tie-breaker procedure. Arizona's game against the Beavers in the first round of the tournament can be heard live in Tucson on KJLL 1330 AM and over the internet at www.arizonaathletics.com beginning at 1:45 p.m. Tucson time.
#35 - Krista Warren (F/G, 6-2, Sr., Cloverdale, Calif.)
#00 - Shawntinice Polk (C, 6-5, Fr., Hanford, Calif.)
#11 - Dee-Dee Wheeler (G, 5-6, So., Chicago, Ill.)
#13 - Aimee Grzyb (G, 5-7, Jr., San Jose, Calif.)
#20 - Julie Brase (G, 5-10, Sr., Tucson, Ariz.)
OFF THE BENCH: (in numerical order)
#5 - CoCoa Sanford (F, 6-0, Fr., Inglewood, Calif.)
#15 - Anna Chappell (F, 6-1, Fr., Qualicum Beach, B.C.)
#23 - Natalie Jones (G, 5-10, Fr., Anchorage, Alaska)
#30 - Jessica Duger (G/F, 5-10, Jr., Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)
#31 - Robin Roberson (F/G, 6-0, So., Berkeley, Calif.)
#33 - Phakisha Peterson (G/F, 5-11, Fr., El Paso, Texas)
#44 - Danielle Adefeso (C, 6-2, So., Los Angeles, Calif.)
SCOUTING ARIZONA: Standing at 20-7 overall and 13-5 in Pac-10 play, Arizona rides a four-game win streak into the conference tournament this weekend. The Cats' 13 conference wins this year is their highest Pac-10 victory total since the 1999-2000 team got 13 league wins. The four-game win streak, which includes last weekend's home victories over No. 9 Stanford (79-64) and California (68-51), equals the Wildcats' longest win streak of the season.
The Cats finished regular-season Pac-10 action in a tie for second place with Washington, matching their best league finish ever. The Cats previously tied for second in both the 1997-98 and 1999-2000 seasons. Arizona also finished the year with a perfect 9-0 mark in conference play at home for the first time in school history.
The Wildcats have logged their first 20-win season since 2000-01, and this is the first time they've reached 20 wins in regular-season play since the 1999-2000 season.
With averages of 17.7 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, freshman center Shawntinice Polk continues to lead Arizona in both categories. With a school-record 19 double-doubles on the season, Polk has set new school records for single-season rebounding (291), single-season blocked shots (73) and freshman scoring (482 pts).
Sophomore guard Dee-Dee Wheeler is second in scoring, with 16.7 ppg, and is third in rebounding, with 4.7 rpg. Senior forward Krista Warren is second in rebounding, averaging 7.2 boards per game, and is third in scoring (11.4 ppg). Junior guard Aimee Grzyb is fourth on the scoring chart, at 11.1 ppg.
POLKEY IS PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK ONCE AGAIN (Mar. 3): Shawntinice Polk has been named the Pac-10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 24-Mar. 2. She is the first freshman in the history of the conference to be named Player of the Week four times in the same season.
Polk averaged 22.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.0 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game while leading Arizona to its first home sweep of the Bay Area schools in four years. She shot 69.2 percent (18-of-26) from the floor for the weekend and averaged just 27.0 minutes per game. She scored more than 20 points in back-to-back games for the first time this season.
The Player of the Week honor is the fourth for Polk and the 29th all-time selection for Arizona. This is the first time ever that Arizona has had five Pac-10 Players of the Week in the same season. The previous high was four during the 1999-2000 season.
CATS IN THE RANKINGS: Arizona moved up two spots to No. 22 in this week's Associated Press Top 25. That's the highest the Wildcats have been in that poll since coming in at No. 19 in the Jan. 20 rankings. Arizona is still No. 24 in the WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll for the third straight week.
CATS IN THE PAC-10 STATS: As a team, Arizona leads the Pac-10 in field goal percentage (.481), field goal percentage defense (.380), rebounding (39.9 rpg) and blocked shots (4.04 bpg).
Individually, Shawntinice Polk leads the league in rebounding (10.8 rpg), field goal percentage (.625) and blocked shots (2.70 bpg) and is second in scoring (17.9 ppg). Julie Brase is the conference leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.00) and is third in assists (4.15 apg). Krista Warren is second in field goal percentage (.574), and Dee-Dee Wheeler is fourth in scoring (16.7 ppg).
CATS IN THE NATIONAL STATS: In this week's NCAA statistics, through games of Mar. 3, Shawntinice Polk is sixth in the nation in field goal percentage (.625), 10th in blocked shots (2.7 bpg) and 12th in rebounding (10.8 rpg). Polkey is the only freshman among the top 25 rebounders in the nation, and she is the only freshman in the top 10 in blocked shots. Polk's school-record nine blocked shots against Cal on Mar. 1 ties as the second-best single-game performance in the nation this year.
In the NCAA team stats, Arizona is seventh in the nation in field goal percentage (.481), 19th in assists per game (17.4 apg) and 25th in scoring (74.6 ppg).
SCOUTING OREGON STATE: With five losses in its last seven games, Oregon State is 14-13 overall and 8-10 in conference action after being swept at UCLA (82-71) and at USC (87-44) last week to wrap up regular-season play. The Beavers have been an extreme example of the 'Pac-10 teams can only win at home' phenomenon this year. OSU registered an outstanding 12-2 record in home games this season but had a paltry 2-11 mark on the road.
Averaging 12.2 points per game, junior forward Hollye Chapman leads the Beavers in scoring and is second in rebounding, with 6.0 rpg. Junior guard Leilani Estavan is second in scoring, at 11.7 ppg, followed by junior center Brina Chaney's 8.6 points per game. Chaney is the team's top rebounder, averaging 6.3 per contest.
In her eighth season with the Beavers, head coach Judy Spoelstra (Oregon State, 1983) has a 109-118 record at her alma mater. She has a career mark of 207-186 in 14 years as a head coach.
THE SERIES vs. OREGON STATE: The Beavers have a narrow 19-17 lead in the series with Arizona. Oregon State has won four of the last five meetings with the Wildcats, including a 71-65 overtime victory over the Cats in Corvallis on Jan. 30. Arizona's only win in that stretch was a 72-44 blowout of the Beavers in Tucson on Jan. 4. The series between the two teams has a recent history of close games, with exception of the Cats' home win earlier this season. Oregon State's last four victories have been by an average of just six points per game, and the last two times the Beavers beat the Cats, they needed overtime to do it.
LAST MEETING WITH OREGON STATE: The Wildcats lost their second overtime game of the season on Jan. 30 with a 71-65 defeat at Oregon State, their third loss in a row in Corvallis.
The first half was a close one, featuring five ties and four lead changes. Neither team could gain more than a four-point advantage until the Cats ended the half on an 8-2 spurt that gave them a six-point (29-23) lead at the break.
Oregon State opened the second stanza by scoring seven unanswered points and went up by one (30-29) less than two minutes into the period. The second half was just as close as the first, with 11 ties and seven lead changes in that period alone.
The Wildcats held a narrow three-point (61-58) advantage with 2:19 remaining but missed four shots and had one turnover to remain scoreless down the stretch. OSU scored a bucket with 1:32 left to get to within one, then a foul committed by Arizona's Shawntinice Polk sent Beaver guard Leilani Estavan to the line. She hit just one of her two attempts to tie the game with 24 seconds left, sending the contest into overtime.
Arizona scored right away in the overtime period then had another bucket with 3:02 left, but the Cats were done offensively, as they missed six shots in the extra time. OSU also hit just two field goals in the overtime but shot 6-for-8 from the free throw line to seal the win.
Polk led the Cats with 18 points and 11 rebounds for her 14th double-double of the season. Aimee Grzyb came off the bench for 15 points, including three 3-pointers in the first half alone, while Krista Warren and Dee-Dee Wheeler contributed 12 points each.
RECAPPING LAST WEEK'S ACTION: With an upset win over No. 9 Stanford (79-64) and a solid 68-51 victory over California last weekend, the Wildcats earned their first home sweep of the Bay Area schools in four years.
Shooting 15-for-16 from the line in the final two minutes of the game, Arizona pulled off a 79-64 upset of ninth-ranked Stanford at home on Feb. 27. A 22-5 run midway through the first half and a 9-0 spurt late in the second gave the Wildcats the momentum they needed to roll to their largest margin of victory over Stanford in 17 years.
Dee-Dee Wheeler finished with a game-high 26 points on 8-for-16 shooting from the floor, including 4-for-7 from beyond the arc. Shawntinice Polk hit 9-of-13 from the floor on her way to 23 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks, marking her 19th double-double of the season.
On Mar. 1, Shawntinice Polk ripped off a game-high 22 points and blocked a school-record nine shots to lead Arizona to a 68-51 win over California at home. After a brutally tight first half, Arizona exploded for a 21-3 run midway through the second half that put the game away for good.
In addition to Polk's 22 points, Krista Warren registered 16 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Dee-Dee Wheeler had 11 points and four rebounds, and Danielle Adefeso added seven points and four boards off the bench.
DENISE DOVE IANELLO TO DEPART PROGRAM: After 11 seasons as a member of the Arizona women's basketball staff, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Denise Dove Ianello will be leaving the program at the end of the season. Her husband, Rob Ianello, has taken a position with the football staff at Wisconsin, and the couple will be moving with their 11-month-old son Zachary to Madison in a few weeks. Rob Ianello leaves after nine years with the Arizona football coaching staff.
LOOKING AHEAD: Hoping for a return to the 'Big Dance' for the first time since the 1999-2000 season, the team will gather on Sunday, Mar. 16, to watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on ESPN at 3 p.m. The Cats last saw postseason action in the WNIT at the end of the 2000-01 season.
RECORD-SETTING ROOKIE: Freshman phenom Shawntinice Polk has already set eight school records this season and could set at least three more before the season is over. If she keeps up her current stat averages through season's end, she could also set new UA single-season records for rebounding average, field goal percentage and freshman scoring average.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PAC-10 STATS: In conference action only, Arizona is the top team in the league in scoring defense (61.7 ppg), scoring margin (+11.9 ppg), field goal percentage (.481), field goal percentage defense (.373) and blocked shots (4.17 bpg). Arizona is the only team in the Pac-10 that is holding conference opponents under 40 percent shooting in league play.
In Pac-10 games, Shawntinice Polk is the conference leader in rebounding (9.8 rpg), field goal percentage (.639) and blocked shots (2.78 bpg).
CATS BREAK SCHOOL BLOCKS RECORD: As a team, the Wildcats have set a new school record for single-season blocked shots, with 109. The old record was 102 set by the 2000-01 squad.
HOME WIN STREAK STANDS AT THIRTEEN: The Cats have won 13 games in a row at home, tying the second-longest home win streak in the program's history. The last time the Wildcats won that many consecutive home games was when they logged 13 straight home victories from Nov. 18, 2000, to Feb. 18, 2001. The school record for longest home win streak is 15 games from Jan. 4, 1999, to Jan. 6, 2000.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Wildcats have won 42 of their last 52 home games and are 84-15 on their home court over the last five seasons combined. During Joan Bonvicini's 12 seasons at Arizona, the Wildcats have posted a 129-50 mark in McKale Center. Arizona has an all-time record of 195-158 on its home court since the 1976-77 season.
THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Arizona's numbers at home were simply outstanding this season. Not only were the Cats 13-1 in home contests this season, they out-scored opponents by an average of 16.5 points per game and out-rebounded opponents by an average of 5.9 boards per game. Arizona hit 48.9 percent (431-882) of its shots from the field in home games, including a solid 34.2 percent (75-219) from three-point range. The Cats averaged 77.6 points, 41.2 rebounds and 18.2 assists per game in McKale this season.
AS DEE-DEE GOES...: So goes her team, and that's definitely the way it's been for the last several weeks. Over the Cats' last 11 wins, Dee-Dee Wheeler averaged 19.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and shot 50.3 percent (83-165) from the field, including 42.2 percent (19-45) from three-point range. On the season, Arizona is 9-0 when Dee-Dee Wheeler reaches the 20-point mark.
In the Wildcats' last four losses, Wheeler averaged only 13.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg. She shot just 36.6 percent (23-63) from the field and a mere 19.2 percent (5-26) from beyond the arc.
CATS REGISTER BEST HOME ATTENDANCE EVER: With an average of 2,867 fans per game for home contests this year, the Wildcats saw the best home attendance average in the program's history. That average was up by more than 700 fans per game over the 2001-02 average, and it eclipsed the previous best average of 2,556 set during the 1999-2000 season.
TAKING DOWN THE RANKED TEAMS: The Wildcats have beaten three ranked teams this season, the most wins over Top 25 teams since beating four ranked squads in 1997-98.
LOVE THOSE TV GAMES: Dating back to last season, Arizona has won 11 of its last 15 televised contests. The Wildcats were 6-0 in televised games last season but are just 5-4 on TV this year.
LOOKING AT THE TRENDS: The Wildcats are 14-2 this season when out-rebounding their opponents... They are 5-5 when being out-rebounded... The Cats are 19-4 when holding their opponents to 73 points or less... They gave up 78 points or more in three of their seven losses... Arizona is 13-0 when scoring 75 or more points... The Cats are 20-3 when shooting better than their opponent from the floor but are 0-4 when shooting worse... Arizona is 14-2 when four or more players reach double digits in scoring but is only 6-5 when three or fewer players get to double figures... The Wildcats are 10-2 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
DON'T LIKE LIVING OUT OF A SUITCASE: The Wildcats have had a rough time in road games this season, especially since the start of Pac-10 play. Arizona went just 4-5 in Pac-10 road games and lost four of its last six road contests in conference action.
Struggling on the road has become a disturbing trend for Arizona over the last few seasons. Since the 2000-01 season, the Wildcats are just 16-22 when playing on the road, including a paltry 10-17 mark in Pac-10 road games. The last time the Cats had a decent road record was in 1999-2000, when they were 9-4 overall and 7-2 in Pac-10 away games.
80 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: It seems that the 80-point mark almost always means adding another to the 'win' column for the Wildcats. In the 31-year history of UA women's basketball, the Cats have posted a 148-21 record when scoring 80 points or more in a game. Under Bonvicini, the Wildcats have gone 108-14 when topping that 80-point plateau.
FREE THROW WOES: The Wildcats have really struggled from the free throw line this season. They are shooting a paltry 62.6 percent (284-454) from the stripe and have shot better than 60 percent in only 13 games.
This is unusual for a Bonvicini-coached team at Arizona. No UA team has ever shot below 65 percent since Bonvicini's arrival in 1991-92, and the Cats hit 70 percent or better from the line in three of the last four seasons. Last year's team drained a sizzling 74.0 percent of its charity shots.
BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER...: The positive is that, after shooting just 57.3 percent (130-227) from the line over the first 15 games of the season, the Wildcats have hit 67.5 percent (143-212) of their free throws over the last 11 contests. The Cats shot a season-high 85.0 percent (17-20) from the line when they played at USC on Feb. 16.
DOUBLING UP: As a team, the Cats have tallied 23 double-doubles this season, setting a new school record for most double-doubles in a season. The old mark was 22 double-doubles, set by the 1981-82 squad.
CHECKING THE RPIs: In the Mar. 2 WBCA/Summerville RPI listings, Arizona's RPI rank was No. 30, and its strength of schedule rank is No. 78. Eight of the Cats' opponents this season are currently in the top 50 in the RPI rankings -- LSU (No. 4), Stanford (No. 15), Georgia (No. 19), Ohio State (No. 24), Illinois (No. 28), New Mexico (No. 39), Washington (No. 41) and Pepperdine (No. 45).
GOING POLLING: Eight of the 18 opponents on the Cats' 2002-03 schedule were either ranked or received votes for ranking in this week's polls.
In this week's Associated Press Top 25, LSU is ranked No. 6, Stanford is No. 9, Georgia is No. 17 and Washington is No. 25. Ohio State was among teams that received votes for ranking.
In the WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, LSU is No. 5, Stanford is No. 8 and Georgia is No. 19. Washington, Ohio State, Pepperdine, New Mexico and UCLA all received votes for ranking.
CAT SCRATCHES: In Pac-10 play, Arizona gave up an average of 8.3 more points per game in the second half than in the first... The Wildcats have out-rebounded their opponents by 20 boards or more in three games this season... The Arizona women's basketball program has a 372-426 (.466) all-time record, however it is 176-90 (.662) from 1994 to present... Joan Bonvicini has a 206-111 career record against Pac-10 teams.
ON LOCATION: The Wildcats are 13-1 in home games, 7-6 on the road and 0-0 in neutral contests this season. Last year, Arizona was 9-6 at home, 5-7 on the road and 0-1 in neutral games.
Women's Basketball: Pac-10 PreviewJan 1 '10
Pac-10 Women's Basketball: Column 2Dec 13 '06
Airing on:
- Pac-12 Network
Thu 9/19 | 3:00pm PTLive
Thu 9/19 | 5:00pm PTLive
Thu 9/19 | 7:00pm PTLive
Airing on:
- Pac-12 Washington


text:
Bass Lessons .com - the bass resource.
Posted by Dan the Man on May 09, 2001 at 19:52:44:
In Reply to: Guitarists playing bass. Not good, not good. posted by Dave Wood on March 16, 2001 at 03:06:36:
Well almost all of the Bass players suck rear end i'll have to say. Uless it is like Flea or something where thay almost create their own music you suck my rear end. I'm a guitarist and I picked up a Bass and played the bass to almost every song i can play on guitar with no help at all. Hey all bass players EAT MY REAR HOLE!!!
Follow Ups:
Post a Followup