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A hybrid rocker/camber flex pattern defined by more tip rocker then tail rocker and camber between the bindings. The rockered tip floats the board's nose and improves maneuverability while the camber underfoot provides edge hold and response. A slightly rockered tail maintains the power and stability of a traditional board but helps keep the tail catch-free initiating turns and landing switch.
My experience is that most falls in freeriding start from the nose of the board – you either go over the bars in powder, the nose gets caught under a weird crust and tosses you, or you hit a hard tranny at the contact point of the tip and get bucked. Directional Rocker eliminates most of these falls. — Jeremy Jones
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The Bolt-less Bridge eliminates split clip attachment hardware from the base of the board by re-profiling the wood core at the clips. The wood core under the clips is thicker providing better torsional stiffness and a more powerful connection at the split clips.
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text: Drones didn't do so well in the Pentagon's fiscal 2014 budget. But even though the budget operates under the cloud of congressionally-mandated spending restrictions, there are a number of weapons, planes and ships that have been spared the axe, or gotten their funding boosted. Whatever "fundamental change" Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has vowed to the way the Pentagon purchases stuff will have to wait. The $527 billion budget -- plus another anticipated $88 billion for the Afghanistan war -- shaves more weapons systems than it cuts outright. A $1.7 billion missile-defense sensor suite called the Precision Tracking Space System is the major hardware casualty of the new budget. Lots of other stuff -- the next-generation Aegis missile, the Army's Light Utility Helicopter, ammunition for the Marines -- gets trimmed or delayed, not axed. But then there are the winners. Several weapons systems that face much criticism avoided the axe. Other, often-overlooked hardware priorities got new infusions of cash. Still other programs received a high-profile show of support from the military services, underscoring how badly the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines want them. None of this is to say the Pentagon budget is realistic. Congress placed hard ceilings on defense spending, and the Obama administration's defense budget exceeds them by $52 billion, before anticipating four straight years of defense spending growth, albeit to keep pace with inflation. Team Obama wants to swap the $500 billion in defense "sequestration" cuts over the next decade with only $150 billion in cuts, most of which won't take place until the end of the decade. Even so, budgets -- even fantasy ones -- are statements about priorities. Here are several weapons systems that remain prioritized. Amphibious Combat Vehicle The Marines really, really, want a tank that swims -- something that can get them from an amphibious assault ship to a beach under fire. (When they don't want to go by jump jet, helicopter, or tilt-rotor, that is.) It hasn't had a new one since the 1970s (shown above), and cost overruns killed the next-generation Expeditionary Combat Vehicle in 2011. But almost immediately thereafter, the Marines planned on going back to the drawing board. The Pentagon's new budget amps up R&D money for the so-called Amphibious Combat Vehicle: it asks Congress for $137 million this year, up from $95 million last year and $37 million the year before. Photo: U.S. Marine CorpsThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter No big surprise here. The three versions of the stealth jet -- for the Air Force, Navy and Marines -- live to fly another day. Billed as the most advanced aircraft ever, it's also the most expensive weapons program in human history. 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The economy of the young nation in the years following the Revolution was in bad shape. The United States had accrued millions of dollars in war debt; competitive tariffs between states hampered economic growth while sowing political discord; American shipping struggled to recover from the war; and the Continental Congress was unable to impose taxes in order to drive the country forward out of its financial doldrums.
Against this background, the legislature of Virginia in 1786 called for a meeting of the states in Annapolis, Maryland, to deliberate adjustments to the nation's commercial regulations -- a relatively modest ambition. Hamilton, Receiver of Continental Revenue for New York, attended the September Convention as his state's representative, only to find that four states had not even bothered to send delegates. The only states represented were Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York, and it became apparent that any measures these five did adopt might not carry sufficient authority for implementation.
The whole project appeared headed for failure, and in fact, the only notable success to come out of the episode was Hamilton's call for a constitutional convention of all the states to meet in Philadelphia the next year. While phrased blandly -- delegates would have the power to make such changes as were "necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union" -- the resolution emphasized that everything relating to the government of the United States would be on the table. Advocates of strong central government, as they themselves perceived, would have the chance to overhaul the Articles of Confederation at one fell swoop, rather than tinkering at the edges.
It was at this point that the Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts lent a vital urgency to the call for a Constitutional Convention and strengthened the public belief that the country needed a much stronger federal government than the one it had. The rioting farmers and debtors, led by Daniel Shays, who closed courts of justice, demanded the nullification of the Massachussets Senate, and insisted violently on financial reform represented for many political leaders the dangers posed by unchecked public action, by "the mob." The framers of the Constitution agreed that a republican society depended on the democratic participation of the citizens, but they believed that such participation needed to occur within recognized lawful limits.
The rebellion also highlighted the impotence of the Continental Congress, which faced such a serious cash shortage that it couldn't raise the troops necessary to put down the rebellion (which was eventually suppressed by a contingent of 4,000 Massachusetts militiamen). Citing the weakness of the central government, Hamilton raised the familiar but compelling spectre of a disintegrating republic: "Who can determine what might have been the issue of [the] late convulsions, if the malcontents had been headed by a Caesar or a Cromwell? Who can predict what effect a despotism, established in Massachusetts would have upon the liberties of New Hampshire or Rhode Island, of Connecticut or New York?"
As a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Hamilton initially had to compete with Roberts Yates and John Lansing, Jr., two fellow representatives from his state who had been appointed by Governor George Clinton, a staunch opponent of centralized federal power, in order to outweigh Hamilton's vote.
Hamilton's role in the framing and ratification of the Constitution was a curious one. He did not prove to be a particularly distinguished or influential delegate at the Convention -- many members thought his proposals went too far in strengthening the central government. Indeed, the ideas Hamilton presented on June 18, 1787, after approximately a month of peripheral involvement, included some shockers: state governors would be appointed by the President; the President and Senators would hold office for life; and the Congress would retain exclusive authority to make all the laws of the country.
The five-hour speech had little effect. Many delegates were already nervous about a plan put forth by Virginia which, while less radical than Hamilton's vision, seemed to retain too little power for the states. Since convention proceedings were kept secret from the public, however, an atmosphere of free and open debate prevailed, and Hamilton felt obligated to at least raise his proposals in their undiluted form.
His philosophy rested, in true colonialist fashion, on the notion of "the public good" and the superiority of a government which derived its power from the consent of the governed: the essence of republicanism. Where Hamilton differed from his contemporaries was, first, in believing that only a "talented few" -- understood to mean men drawn from the wealthy and aristocratic strata of society -- had the wisdom and dispassionate foresight to implement the measures necessary for the public good. The great majority of people, in Hamilton's eyes, operated primarily out of self-interest and could not be trusted to think or act judiciously in matters of state power. Hence, a proposal such as seating the President for life, so that he would not be subject to the whims of a fickle electorate.
The second major distinguishing feature of Hamilton's political philosophy was its emphasis on energetic government. He believed that the government should be proactive in economic and military affairs, have the power the supersede lower governments (as at the state level), and be able to exercise authority directly on the people. Only an energetic government would be able to provide the stability and order necessary to secure the blessings of liberty for the people, especially over such a large geographical area as the United States.
The proposed Constitution that the convention produced in September -- and the one most Americans are familiar with -- did reflect much of the spirit of Hamilton's philosophy, particularly in clearly subordinating the states to the federal government. But it represented a much more moderate compromise of a number of competing interests. Still, Hamilton firmly supported the Constitution, even while admitting in his last speech to the convention that "no man's ideas were more remote from the plan than [mine] were known to be." He supported the plan because he believed it to be the country's last, best hope for an effective union. He was not alone in believing that the potential consequences of rejecting the Constitution entailed nothing less than civil war.
But ratification would prove to be an uphill battle. In particular, New York Governor Clinton and fellow opponents of the Constitution vowed to stymie passage in the state legislature. This opposition was especially dangerous because New York, as a major economic and political entity located in the heart of the country, would be an essential pivot in any union of states.
Against this background, Hamilton, in an attempt to win over New Yorkers to the convention's plan, launched a project of explaining and defending the Constitution which eventually produced one of the world's most enduring texts of political theory. In collaboration with James Madison and John Jay, Hamilton wrote a series of newspaper pieces, under the pseudonym "Publius," which he called The Federalist. Comprised of 85 articles appearing between October, 1787, and August, 1788, two-thirds of which were written by Hamilton, The Federalist combined bombastic attacks on the Articles of Confederation, sage insights into human nature, deft evasions of significant criticisms of the Constitution, and clear-headed explanations of the ways in which the proposed new government would operate.
At the time, the primary importance of The Federalist was to provide supporters of the Constitution with a kind of handbook of argumentation they could use in debate. It probably had little impact on the actual course of ratification, and, since the authors remained anonymous, had no impact on Hamilton's career other than helping him to refine his political philosophy. Over time, The Federalist has become a staple of political science courses, but unlike Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, it has not inspired much personal affection for the man behind it.
Finally, The Federalist is important for what it reveals of Hamilton's views regarding human nature. The usual verion, and the one routinely employed by his critics, holds that Hamilton saw humankind as inevitably selfish, untrustworthy and prone to corruption and "licentiousness." The characterization has some merit, but Hamilton actually held a more complex set of beliefs.
In Federalist no. 76, while discussing the role of the President in appointing federal officers, Hamilton asserts that any group of people will contain measures of both vice and virtue. "The supposition of universal venality in human nature is little less an error in political reasoning than the supposition of universal rectitude. The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind, which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence. And experience justifies the theory. It has been found to exist in the most corrupt periods of the most corrupt governments." In addition to "virtue and honor," Hamilton also exalted the human capacity for reason, although he admitted that reason too often furthers the pursuit of immoral aims.
Such complexities of view, however, tend to become flattened out and forgotten in the centrifuge of public memory. The Jeffersonian Republians assailed Hamilton as an arrogant aristocrat and enemy of the people, and the charges, however warranted they may have been, indelibly stained Hamilton's reputation and helped to determine future generations' impressions of him. Many Americans genuinely feared a return to an aristocratic, British style of rule, even monarchy, and Hamilton's controversial career as Secretary of the Treasury allowed the Republicans to play on those fears and storm the breach.
Hamilton is best known for his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury, for it is in that role that he made his most important and lasting contributions to the governance of the nation. His vision of a centralized economy provided the basic model for a system that has survived to the present day -- yet in the implementation of his ideas, Hamilton encountered ferocious attacks against his character and beliefs.
Following the Revolutionary War and the depression of the 1780s, the most critical problems confronting the young nation were financial, and of the four federal departments -- State, War, Attorney General, and Treasury -- the Treasury was considered the most important. The government's war debt totalled approximately $50 million, the nervousness of foreign investors in the United States was palpable, and with the severance of ties with England, American manufacturing lagged far behind Europe.
Hamilton's plan for centralizing and reinvigorating the national economy was integrally related to his political philosophy. He believed that an energetic American government should, in the interest of promoting the public good, actively encourage manufacturing, assume responsibility for the country's debts, standardize and control the currency system through a national bank, link the interests of wealthy citizens with the government's success, and, finally, maintain friendly ties with Britain in order not to provoke a disastrous trade or shooting war.
The components of the "Hamiltonian system" that he presented to Congress during 1790 and 1791 were not isolated responses to individual financial problems, but an interlocking set of solutions designed to put the nation on a firm economic footing. Hamilton and the Federalists had the votes and energy to carry the plan through, but not without being bloodied in the process by the fierce opposition of the Republicans, the nascent political party led by Jefferson and James Madison.
The complexity of the Hamiltonian system is demonstrated by the first two major victories of his career at the Treasury Department: the financing of the public credit and the federal assumption of the states' war debts.
During the war, the government had raised money by issuing public bonds, promising to repay them with interest later. Yet at the war's end, the government owed approximately $50 million, and could not repay the bonds. Hamilton's solution was to raise more cash by issuing a new series of 30-year bonds at six-percent interest, which would presumably sell (and in fact did sell) because of a high level of public confidence in the United States. The proposal, however, encountered the reasonable objection (raised by Madison) that since speculators were buying up Confederation bonds, the federal government would not end up repaying the original bond-holders who had patriotically risked their savings in the country's time of need.
The congressional bill of discrimination (discriminating between different bond-holders) sought to remedy the conflict by paying present holders of the bonds the current market value and reserving the difference for the original holders. Hamilton countered, first, that the logistics of tracking down and sorting out competing claims were prohibitively difficult and would discourage nervous foreign investors, and, second, that the bonds needed to be readily transferrable in order to compensate for the lack of hard cash. In the end, the bill for discrimation was defeated by a vote of 36 to 13.
Hamilton's second major success stemmed from his proposal that the national government assume responsibility for the debts that states had incurred during the war. He argued that since the war was fought for the union, the union should pick up the tab, and that "A national debt attaches many citizens to the government who, by their numbers, wealth, and influence, contribute more perhaps to its preservation than a body of soldiers." Assumption would strengthen the federal government by giving creditors -- who tended to be citizens of relative power and wealth -- an interest in preserving the entity that owed them money.
As with discrimination, the proposal for assumption raised the hackles of many critics. States like Virginia which had paid off much of their debt already saw it as unfair that they would be paid less by the federal government than states which had not canceled much of their debt, like Massachusetts. Also, opponents of assumption contended that it overly restricted the power of the states, and that the internal taxation required by assumption would place an undue burden on the citizenry.
The opposition at first remained adamant, and the threatened defeat of assumption gave rise to serious talk of the failure of the whole financial system and even of the disintegration of the union. Many historians agree that at this point Hamilton and Madison, at an informal dinner arranged by Jefferson, struck a deal: in exchange for passing assumption, the Federalists would agree to locate the national capitol on the Potomac. Whether or not the story is a canard, the bill of assumption passed and Congress adjourned having implemented the central elements of Hamiton's plan.
At the time, the Hamiltonian system carried great emotional significance and immediate political importance to all lawmakers and to much of the public. Moreover, the proposals determined critical aspects of American government that undoubtedly aided the country in weathering the turbulence and insecurity of the late 18th century. However, the Hamilton plan's daunting complexity and specificity to a unique era suggest its perishability as an achievement capturing the public's imagination. It lacks the accessibility and evanescent, timeless appeal of a work like the Declaration of Independence. His accomplishment speaks to the mind, but not to the heart.
At the same time, Hamilton's restructuring of the American economy exposed him to attacks from various quarters, attacks ranging from sober critiques of the merits of his policies to hyperbolic and personal assaults on his character.
The Hamiltonian economic plan represented the worst fears of many Jeffersonian Republicans. It seemed to favor the interests of wealthy patricians over the great number of agrarian laborers, to encourage a servile dependence on the will of Britain, and to set the stage for a return to monarchy. Outwardly, it did resemble in certain respects (most notably the Bank of the United States) the British economic system of the 17th and 18th centuries which the colonists resented so deeply. Such a resemblance, combined with Hamilton's imperious personality, gave the Republicans ample opportunity (and perhaps just cause) to launch a campaign designed to bring down the Secretary.
Hamilton himself did little to calm the opposition. With supreme confidence, he expanded his post into a pulpit from which he directed the operations of over 1,000 Treasury employees, issued intimidating and bewildering financial reports to the Congress, involved himself in virtually all major political issues, and generally acted as a kind of philosopher of economics for the country. He also, on several occasions, played fast and loose with the rules of the Treasury, although there is no evidence that he deliberately sought to enrich himself or to undermine the system.
Republicans were particularly concerned over his involvement with Congress, which harkened back to the dreaded days of "ministerial influence" in the British Parliament. They fundamentally believed that a republic depended on an independent legislature, and Hamilton's uncanny ability to push complex programs through Congress seemed to threaten the institution's integrity. The programs themselves, moreover, by focusing on�northern, urban manufacturing and aligning the interests of wealthy men with the government, appeared to form a cabal of power hostile to the virtuous agrarianism lauded by Jefferson and his allies.
After the passage of the core of the Hamiltonian program in 1791, Jefferson and Madison wanted to counteract the views of the pro-administration Gazette of the United States, which had wholeheartedly endorsed Hamilton's system. They convinced New York newspaper editor Philip Freneau to relocate to New Jersey and launch the National Gazette. The battle of words that ensued drew in other newspapers and quickly turned vitriolic; Republican attacks began to extend beyond critiques of administration economic policy to include direct charges of conspiracy and corruption against Hamilton and others.
One anonymous writer for the National Gazette, "Caius," claimed that the Hamiltonian system would "overwhelm and destroy ... every free and valuable principle of our government." Another, "Brutus," played on fears of a return to British-style monarchy, writing that "These are not visionary fears but apprehensions, justified by other countries, particularly England, from whence all these schemes are imported." Jefferson himself, while not admitting involvement in the newspaper war, in a 1792 letter, charged that Hamilton's economic plan "flowed from principles adverse to liberty and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic by creating an influence of his department over the members of the legislature ... to have that corps under the command of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of subverting step by step the principles of the Constitution...."
The Republicans also sought on occasion to prove that Hamilton and his friends had used the Treasury and the Bank of the United States for personal gain, and would demanded detailed financial records, which Hamilton always provided. But although they could show certain sketchy dealings, there was never any proof of downright fraud, and Hamilton weathered the storm.
Or did he? Many of the accusations against him, by virtue of being widely distributed and reported, sank into the consciousness of the public. Enough mud had been thrown at the Treasury Secretary that some of it was bound to stick. The complexities of his economic policies were much more difficult to understand than the charge that he sought to establish an American monarchy and profit in the process. Indeed, the complexities allowed the charge because Hamilton was uninterested in explaining financial intricacies for the common people, and because the Republicans therefore seized the opportunity to define their opponent.
The ultimate political and personal confrontation in Hamilton's life stemmed from the mutual enmity between himself and Aaron Burr, who had been elected Vice-President in 1800.
After the election that brought Jefferson to the White House, the political fortunes of the Federalists entered a tailspin (see the next section, The Jefferson and Jackson Years, for more). The Federalists, bitter in defeat, saw or imagined the dread encroachments of unrestrained democracy and demagoguery in the person of Jefferson. The party gradually developed two major factions: a moderate wing including Hamilton and a more radical group led by ex-Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
Much of the driving force of the split was the Louisiana Purchase, which simultaneously boosted Jefferson and dashed the Federalists' hope for war against France. It also raised serious concern about the ability of the federal government to maintain liberty and property rights over so large an area as the country had just become. Most importantly, the purchase seemed to seal the doom of New England power by expanding the geography and resources of Southerners and Westerners. As the Republicans had done when they were out of power, the Federalists sought to shore up their base in state governments, but saw state by state slip away to the Republicans.
In a perverse, reverse foreshadowing of a much more well-known episode in American history, the radical Federalists conceived the notion of forming a "Northern Confederation" of New England states and New York, with Pennsylvania and even Nova Scotia free to join. Pickering envisioned Hamilton at the head of the confederate military, but Hamilton believed that the current union, however flawed, was still desirable, and that splintering it would only concentrate the evils of unchecked democracy in one section.
Dismissing Hamilton's recommendation of resistance within the system -- the essence of loyal opposition -- Pickering convened a meeting of Federalist leaders in 1804. Here, it was suggested they approach Aaron Burr, whom the Republicans had effectively sidelined, and attempt to persuade him to become a turncoat and join the Federalists' scheme. They would support him in his campaign for governor of New York (which he lost) if he would in return bring the state into ther confederacy.
Hamilton, who had attended the 1804 meeting, regarded Burr as a kind of Trojan Horse who seemed appealing but would bring disgrace and ruin upon the Federalists. He let it be known publicly that he held the Vice-President in low regard and that the Federalists should not consort with such a character. One New York newspaper reported that Hamilton said he "looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." The article also referred to occasions when Hamilton had expressed an even "more despicable opinion of Burr."
Burr soon sent Hamilton a letter demanding an unconditional apology and retraction of any aspersions he may have cast against Burr. In the angry correspondence that ensued, Hamilton refused to issue a sweeping apology, and Burr consequently insisted upon a duel. Although Hamilton had come to loathe the practice of dueling, he evidently felt compelled by his sense of honor to meet the challenge. In an 1804 letter explaining his reasons for dueling Burr, he wrote that "it would ever give me pain to be obliged to shed the blood of a fellow creature," but acknowledged that "what men of the world denominate honor, imposed on me (as I thought) a peculiar necessity not to decline the call."
He resolved to meet Burr in battle but to withhold his fire, "thus giving a double opportunity to Col. Burr to pause and reflect." Two principal considerations probably converged to guide this decision. Hamilton had recently experienced a religious flowering that brought him away from his youthful beliefs in a vengeful God and toward a faith in the preciousness of life. In one of two letters to his wife penned before the duel, he wrote, "the scruples of a Christian have determined me to expose my own life to any extent rather than subject myself to the guilt of taking the life of another."
Also high in Hamilton's thinking was the death of his oldest son, Philip, in a duel three years earlier. Philip, who was likely to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, apparently had also made the decision not to fire on his adversary, out of regret for his responsibility for the conflict.
Yet when Hamilton and Burr, along with their seconds, met at a remote spot in Weehawken, New Jersey (dueling was illegal in New York), Burr had no compunctions about firing. His bullet hit Hamilton in the abdomen and lodged in his spine. He was rushed to a friend's house on Manhattan Island, where he died after thirty-one hours of excruciating pain. He was buried on July 12, 1804, in Trinity Churchyard in Manhattan.


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Hello, all!
I have been trying to follow a strict vegan diet for over ten years now, and it seems that I always get into a rut and fail miserably. I know that this is the best diet for me physically and spiritually, and I was wondering if I could get any pointers from anyone as to how not to cave in to cravings. I realize that it's easier to follow a diet when you have food prepared, but I still have times when I can justify fast food to myself. I realize it's my struggle, but I would love to hear your thoughts!
Hi Sarah.
I had trouble with my vegan diet for a little while. I think that it's best just to work at it, and through that practice, you can build discipline. It is imperative that you know that it depends on your willpower. Each time you feel like you are going to cave, tell yourself that you can continue. As I mentioned before, it takes practice, but I have faith in you. I hope this helps at least a little bit.
Your Valentine.
It is very good to be vagetarian.It is very good take balance diet but our diet must be rich in viatins specilly with viatmin-c and vitamin-e and we find these vuital vitmins form the fresh vagetables and fruits only.Vagetables improve our immunity system whcih as we all know that this system prevent us from geetting dieses and to spent a helathy and charming life.
If you have been on it 12 years then forgive yourself your cravings and even your lapses. One can't help but want to sample new things. Just go back to your discipline as soon as you satisfy the urge to cheat. It is only food, tons of it go through our body, you are not committing adultry or stealing. A time will come when the food temptation and all temptations lose their apeal.


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If you are like us summer time means lots of barbeque! We grill as often as we can. It is great for celebrations bu also for family dinners. Oh my mouth waters at the thought!
The fourth of July was no different. I had a special request this year for RIBS! I had been reading all the excitment about the Dibs on my Ribs contest and it had me drooling over the pictures and recipes of ribs. My husband was awesome and agreed. It was a pretty easy sell since he loves ribs. We gathered all of our grilling supplies and goodies and worked up a new recipe.
We started with yummy Tyson pork spare ribs and several McCormick spices/seasonings and Kraft BBQ sauce. This time we did something a little different. We used our BBQ Bucket and mixed the rub with the bbq sauce. Normally we do one or the other but not both! Here is what we used: Grill Mates® Sweet & Smoky Rub and Kraft Mesquite Smoke Barbecue Sauce.
Mixed till combined and then grab the brush and brush that baby! I mean cover it! The ribs should be dripping with the sauce and rub mix. We let it sit for about 5 minutes while the grill continued to warm up.
Once the fire was good and ready we used our rib rack and placed that baby on the grill. We watched as the sauce dripped and the smoke came out. It wasn't long before the air was filled with the amazing smoky ribs smell.
We let that sit while I made macaroni and cheese and some sweet squash to go with our ribs. After about 40 minutes we were all drooling at the smell and were ready to dig into those ribs. The kids, who are very picky, were amazed. We had created something that had a beautiful combination of sweet, spicy and smoky flavors. It was perfect. That combined with the sides made for an amazing 4th of July Celebration meal.
It was a no-brainer that i was going to submit this recipe to the Dibs on my Ribs pork recipe cookoff. If anyone tries this they will agree it is perfect. It satisfies all the taste buds by combining the sweet, spicy and smoky flavors into the pork ribs.
Now that you have seen my recipe you can enter too! The prize is amazing!
- The contest runs until August 12, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
- The contest is co-sponsored by Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., McCormick & Company, Inc., Kraft Foods, Inc., and the National Pork Board.
- Two Grand Prize winners (one in each recipe category) will receive a one year supply of groceries awarded as twelve $500 Wal-Mart gift cards. Grand Prize Winners will also have the opportunity to attend the Memphis in May BBQ Event in Memphis, TN in May 2012. (See contest site for full prize details.)
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HOW TO ENTER: Visit the National Pork Board website (the "Website") during the Contest Period to access the Contest Entry Form. Complete the Contest Entry Form, including your original pork ribs "recipe" using pork spareribs ("Recipe"). All recipes must incorporate a minimum of three (3) ingredients, including pork spareribs, at least one (1) McCormick® spice or seasoning product and at least one (1) Kraft Foods BBQ Sauce (unless you are submitting a rub BBQ, in which case you are not required to use a BBQ sauce). You must indicate the appropriate recipe category: Indoor Cooking Division or Outdoor Cooking Division ("Recipe Category"). A Recipe can be entered in only one Recipe Category. The Recipe must meet the Entry Requirements listed below. You must also include a name for your Recipe. You may also include a photo of your Recipe (optional). Photos must be submitted in .jpg, .gif, or .png format (5MB maximum). Photos will not be judged, but will be posted as part of the Consumers' Choice Contest, if submitted. Collectively, the Recipe, name of your Recipe and Photo (if included) are referred to as the "Entry". To submit your Entry, you must agree to these Official Rules (check the box) and then click "Submit Entry." Limit one entry per person/e-mail address, per Recipe Category. Submission of multiple entries in one Recipe Category will invalidate all entries from the entrant. All materials submitted become the property of National Pork Board, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and McCormick & Company, Inc. ("Co-sponsors"), and none will be returned. Submission of an Entry grants Co-sponsors and their agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Entry and all components thereof in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant.
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SubdivisionLion Square Lodge Condo
Listing Date01/03/20
Year Built1971
Lot Size0.03 Acres (1,307 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Assigned
Property Description
Don't miss out on your chance to own in the Lion Square Lodge. This mountain modern condo is an end unit with 2 bedrooms + den and 3 baths. Located only steps from the Eagle Bahn Gonodola the building is a true ski in / ski out location. After a day enjoying the mountain you can relax in front of the fireplace in the open living-dining-kitchen space. Or head over to slope-side pool and hotubs. Dogs are allowed in the complex! This condo is perfect for your family or for use as a rental property.
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Adjacent to Vail Village alongside Gore Creek, Lionshead - named after a rock formation atop the mountain - also offers tremendous dining and shopping in addition to convenient proximity to the Eagle Bahn Gondola. Lionshead Village has undergone major improvements over the past decade including the development of the Arrabelle - housing a luxury hotel and condominiums as well as shops and restaurants. Lionshead, with its Alpine architecture and cobblestone streets is equally as convenient to winter and summer events and activities as well as being a charming pedestrian village.
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Lindenwood University President James D. Evans, PhD received notification today from the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) that the University has been granted provisional membership by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee. Lindenwood remains on track to become a full NCAA member for the 2013-14 school year.
In its provisional year, Lindenwood will continue to follow all NCAA Division II regulation and rules. Lindenwood can begin using the NCAA brand for promotional and recruiting purposes, including the NCAA logo, but it is ineligible for postseason competition for the year.
Lindenwood is a new member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) and will begin conference play this fall. The MIAA sponsors championships in 19 sports and is currently a 15-member conference with schools in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The Lions have their first NCAA/MIAA home football game on September 8 against Southwest Baptist.
Lindenwood will sponsor 27 NCAA sports. On the men's side, the Lions will compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, lacrosse, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. The women's sports teams are basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball.
The University is completing several renovations to its athletics facilities this summer that will make its facilities some of the top venues at the NCAA Division II level. The jewel is the 43,000-square-foot Student-Athlete Center nearing completion outside of Hunter Stadium. Lindenwood also recently completed a new tennis facility, and will be adding a new video board and scoreboard to Hyland Arena.
"We have come a long way in a short amount of time," said Athletics Director John Creer. "I am proud of our administrators and coaches, and faculty and staff, all of whom have adjusted and adapted and have continued to amaze me with their creativity."


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Lawson Ice Arena is home to Western Michigan University's NCHC Bronco Hockey team. In addition to hosting the WMU Broncos, the arena is used by the University for physical education classes, club sports, and open skate and within the community for tournaments, intramural hockey, and KOHA youth hockey programs. Each year Lawson Ice Arena is host to approximately 193,550 visitors, seating up to 4,000 spectators per event.
Gabel Natatorium is used for Western Wellness, community swimming classes (for infants to adults) and open swim. The natatorium is also home to Hackett Catholic Central High School Swim Team and Mattawan High School.


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Brilliant colors of autumn.
Standing still across the valley of gorgeous fall color.
Another fall day, surrounded by red maple leaves.
End of a day in Big Cottonwood Canyon, with the snow topped trees on the peak, and the fall colors still on the leaves below.
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Looking up into the clouds, a gorgeous view of the mountains from the bottom of the canyon.
Fall time in the Wasatch Mountains, Northern Utah.
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Looking back west in this canyon, the towering sides just hang over you, scattered with trees and little waterfalls.
The colors have been really intersting this fall season. There are a number of areas that changed quickly over a matter of days to these vibrant colors. Then there are patches (not in this photo) that haven't changed just yet. With every trip up these canyons, the colors change each time. Upper Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountain Range, Utah.
When out for a fall adventure, don't forget to look up. If you don't, you might just miss this view. Taken on the back (east side) of Guardsman Pass over into Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon, Utah, late afternoon.
Every which way you turn or look, there's a gorgeous view up Provo Canyon, Utah. The steep granite cliffs tower over you as the river flows below. Nature at it's best right here in Utah.
Fall in Utah is an incredibly beautiful time. Although the colors have only started to change when this was taken, it still shows the brilliance of the colors in the Utah Mountains. Taken September 16, 2018 on the Alpine Loop.
You know autumn is on its way in when the sunflowers are out for the last bit of summer.
Lost in a mossy forest. I could walk through this forest and never want to leave. Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest.
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Standing upstream from the flow of the Ogden River on a crisp fall day.
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Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj didn't shy away from speaking on her lyrical side during an exclusive interview with "MTV First" and even referred to herself as being "better than most of the male rappers out there."
The Queens emcee, who also moonlights as a judge on American Idol, blamed the lack of credit she receives as a rapper on Hip Hop being an industry that's heavily dominated and run by men.
"This time I care less about the acceptance and more about me being the lyrical, ill bitch that I am. Knowing that I am lyrically better than most of the male rappers out there," Minaj explained in a video posted on AllHipHop.com. "Yes, I'm gonna say it. I don't get the credit that I deserve. Like 'Up In Flames' on The Re-Up. If a dude was on that song with me everyone would have talked about it and they would say 'Oh, who had the best verse?' or 'Blah Blah blah.' But when I put a song out by myself…Men run the Hip Hop game, let's be honest…They not gonna recite a female. They just feel funny and it is what it is."
Minaj's comments on her lyrical skills stemmed from a question regarding the pressure she feels as an artist who rose to icon-status in such a short period of time.
"I think I had more pressure during my second album. Because I had just sold 2.5 million records worldwide after eight years of [being] a female rapper. Even having a number one on Billboard," said the rapper prior to her comment about today's male rappers. "So I had all these things in my head like, 'Can I live up to this?' It's just I felt so bombarded with everything people were expecting."
Nicki Minaj is currently at work prepping for her third studio album.
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Disney and Lucasfilm have just confirmed reports that screenwriter Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) will write the screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII. We previously reported that Arndt was said to have already prepared a 40-50 page draft of at least the first new Star Wars installment and perhaps the entire sequel trilogy. This was well in advance of the announcement of Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm and the rights to Star Wars for more than $4 billion. To see what Disney/Lucasfilm had to say, hit the jump.
Here's the confirmation from the official Star Wars news blog (via Variety's Jeff Sneider):
November 09, 2012
As pre-production of Star Wars: Episode VII begins, Lucasfilm has confirmed that award-winning writer Michael Arndt will write the screenplay for the new Star Wars film. As revealed in the ongoing video series posted here on StarWars.com, Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas have begun story conferences with Arndt. Arndt won an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay for writing Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing Toy Story 3 (2010).
For more news about Star Wars: Episode VII — slated for a 2015 release — keep checking StarWars.com.
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Restrained by a harness, Anders Behring Breivik reconstructed his actions for police in a secret daylong trip back to the crime scene where he killed 69 people at Utoya island near Oslo.
The 32-year-old Breivik described the shootings in close detail during an eight-hour tour on the island with up to a dozen police, prosecutor Paal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby told a news conference in Oslo.
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Under heavily armored police guard, Anders Behring Breivik (left, in red T-shirt) returns to Utoya island on August 13 to reconstruct his actions during a shooting spree on the island.
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Breivik travels on the ferry under police guard.
The reconstruction took place amid a massive security operation that aimed to avoid escape attempts by Breivik and protect him against potential avengers. Breivik walked roughly the same route as the one he took during the shooting spree and explained what happened with as little interference as possible from police, Hjort Kraby said.
The entire hearing was filmed by police and may later be used in court, he added.
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Breivik (top left, in red) leads police around the island.
Video images of the reconstruction published by Norwegian daily VG show Breivik arriving at Utoya with the same ferry he used to get to the island last month. Breivik wore a bulletproof vest and a harness connected to a leash over a red T-shirt and jeans as he casually led police around the island.
Breivik is seen pointing out locations along the way and simulating shots into the water, where panicked teenagers dove in to try to escape from him.
"The suspect showed he wasn't emotionally unaffected by being back at Utoya ... but didn't show any remorse," Hjort Kraby told reporters. Read the full story.
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Confessed killer Anders Breivik returned to the Norwegian youth camp where he killed 69 people to reenact his bloodbath for police. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
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This chapter provides general guidelines on auditing your Oracle Service Bus environment.
In addition to monitoring the services in your Oracle Service Bus system, you can audit your system to determine the history of configuration changes to the system, log the status of messages as they flow through the Oracle Service Bus pipeline at run time, and log any security violations for messages in the pipeline.
When you perform configurational changes in the Oracle Service Bus Administration Console, a track record of the changes is generated and a record of all the configurational changes is maintained. Only the previous image of the object is maintained. You can view or access the history of configurational changes and the list of resources that have been changed during the session only through the Administration Console. However, to access all the information on configuration you have to activate the session.
Auditing the entire message flow pipeline during is time consuming. However, you can use the reporting action to perform selective auditing of the message flow pipeline during run time. You insert the reporting action at required points in the message flow pipeline and extract the required information. The extracted information may be then stored in a database or sent to the reporting stream to write the auditing report.
When a message is sent to the proxy service and there is a breach in the transport level authentication or the security of the Web Services, Oracle WebLogic Server generates an audit trail. You must configure the Oracle WebLogic Server to generate this audit trail. Using this you can audit all security violations that occur in the message flow pipeline. It also generates an audit trail whenever it authenticates a user. For more information about security auditing, see "Configuring the Oracle WebLogic Security Framework–Main Steps" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Service Bus.


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Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 8:30 AM (PST)
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The Juana Run is a fun family event with a competitive 8K race on a certified course for both serious and fun runners, kids races for elementary school participants and a 1 mile race for the whole family.
Free post-8K race pancake breakfast for the runners. Lunch for purchase after the kids races and 1 mile. Free reusable shopping bag to registered runners while supplies last. Entry includes a race t-shirt.
Course: relatively flat, fast, accurate USATF certified course.
8K 8:30 am
kids races: 10 am starting with 5th grade down to Pre-K
1-mile: 11:10 am
Awards available for pick-up shortly after completion of each event.
When & Where
Juana Briones Elementary School
Parking at Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd
Palo Alto,
Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 8:30 AM (PST)
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By Owen Keehnen
Dick Sargent is known to most people as "The Second Darrin Stephens." The truth of the matter is he was actually cast before Dick York (along with Tammy Grimes as Samantha) but had to turn down the role due to a commitment to another series. Regardless, Dick Sargent's career was much more expansive than Bewitched. He appeared on dozens of TV shows (Charlie's Angels, L.A. Law, Murder She Wrote, Different Strokes), a series of his own (Broadside), TV Movies and mini-series (Rich Man, Poor Man, The Power Within), as well as theatrical films (Operation Petticoat, Hardcore, Live a Little Love a Little). But on National Coming Out Day in 1991, Dick Sargent gave up the role of "straight man" and became known for an entirely different reason. On that day, Dick Sargent took that big freeing step out of the closet. In 1991 so few actors were openly out as gay men that it made quite a significant impact. Overnight he went from playing roles to being a role model. Sargent himself admitted that he initially came out mostly to clarify the derogatory details of the gay life he supposedly led when he was outed by The Star. However, once out he became a leader to many through his visibility as well as his activism. In the months to come Mr. Sargent dedicated a great deal of energy to aiding gay and lesbian causes (in addition to his ongoing commitment to The Special Olympics). He even was Grand Marshall, along with Elizabeth Montgomery, of the Orange County Pride Parade of 1992. Unknown to all but those closest to him, Dick Sargent had also been battling prostate cancer since being diagnosed in 1989. Despite radiation as well as a myriad of other treatments, Dick Sargent died on July 9, 1994.
When I talked with Dick it was in early 1992, only a few weeks after he had come out. It was apparent by his enthusiasm and demeanor that a burden had been lifted from him. Chatting with him it was interesting to see how his "fear of coming out" was so much greater than the actual repercussions of doing so. He was elated and a man on a mission. Looking back I can't help but see it as somewhat sad that this brave and giving man seems to have no greater epitaph than "The Second Darrin Stephens." Maybe seeing him in this light presented in the following interview will correct some of that?
O: Congratulations.
DS: Thank you.
O: How are you doing?
DS: Great. The reaction has been incredible, really marvelous.
O: What were the events leading up to your decision to come-out on National Coming Out Day?
DS: Probably just living 61 years. It was a question of the right time and the right place. I was partially outed by 'The Star' in April, but I'd been thinking about it for almost two years.
O: What was your reaction to being outed?
DS: I'm suing them.
O: That good huh?
DS: (Laughing) No, I'm not suing for the original story but for the follow-up article that was totally untrue. The original story was that I was involved with a gay for 6 months and that I was gay. I can't deny those facts. The rest was all just bullshit that I bought him a car and we watch porn movies all the time. But you can't sue for bullshit, so I'm suing for the follow-up squib that said the police had to be called to evict my ex and myself from our West Hollywood bungalow for trashing the place. It makes me out to be a criminal. We never shared the bungalow and the police were never called.
O: What a vicious tabloid lie. What has the public response been to your coming out?
DS: 100% positive. I've had a couple of people not know what to say, but they weren't friends. None of my friends were shocked or upset or anything. I've had total strangers come up to me and thank me for what I'm doing. I get notes in the mail thanking me. A friend of mine said the entire thing was like a big personals ad. Recently I did a Geraldo and when he introduced me there was tremendous applause that went on and on and when he asked if anyone in the audience thought less of Dick Sargent because he was gay, not one hand went up. The press has been great. I've done a Sally Jessy Raphael, Larry King, and One on One. People magazine did a piece last week which was nice.
O: Speaking of People magazine you were featured in The Lesbian and Gay Public Awareness Project's full-page advertisement that is scheduled to appear in the December 23rd issue. Tell me a little bit about that project?
DS: Well, when I was growing up there were no role models. We had nobody. I represent that square comedy image which I don't think anyone associates with gay. The ad is to let people know that we're not all drag queens or motorcyclists, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's to show people that we're just people and that we're everywhere in their lives whether they know it or not, so learn to accept us. I'll be curious to see what the reaction will be. The ad is definitely groundbreaking. But on a level that's acceptable too. People can look at that ad and think, "My God, they look like my mother, or my father, or my son, or whatever."
O: What have been the professional repercussions of your coming out?
DS: I can't tell. I did a job on P.S. I Love You a couple weeks ago but that was through a friend whose son is a producer. I can't really tell yet, long dry spells are par for the course.
O: How do you respond to critics who claim your coming-out was a publicity stunt to revive your career?
DS: I'll never understand how anyone can think that. Geraldo asked, "Do you think this will be a shot in the arm?" and I said, "Yes, a shot of cyanide." I expect to continue doing voice-overs because that's anonymous and I might do some guests spots, but I don't think they'll ever hire me as the father of a family again. A lot of producers and directors wouldn't give a shit, but I don't think on a sponsor level they'll hire me as a regular.
O: Has your coming out been accepted on a personal level within the industry?
DS: I went to see Chita Rivera yesterday and we were in the front row and she kept looking at me and at the end of the show blew me a kiss so we went backstage. I was with Betty Garrett and some other people and Chita said, "I saw you on Sally Jessy and you were wonderful. Thank you so much for what you're doing." It's been like that. I don't even know her. People in the profession have come up to me and thanked me. It's really lovely. I had dinner with Elizabeth Montgomery a few nights ago.
O: What has her reaction been?
DS: Well, she knew because my lover was alive when we did Bewitched. We would go to parties with her and her husband and at each other's houses and we played tennis together. That sort of thing. She really loved my lover very much. He was a dear man who dropped dead of a cerebral hemorrhage 12 years ago. But Liz respects the hell out of me for doing this. She thinks it's marvelous and has nothing but encouraging words to say. In April, when The Star article came out they quoted everyone like they talked to them. So I called Liz and read her quote that was, "Well, if that's his lifestyle I just hope it makes him happy." Anyway, I told her this and Liz said, "Oh shit, oh shit they gave me the only cliché in the article." I love her. She's a very bright and caring lady.
O: I'm curious. What exactly is the closet like in Hollywood? I mean is it more 'No one must know' or is it more of a secret society or what?
DS: A combination. I hadn't been going to gay bars since my lover died, but recently I started going back again. I've never hidden that. There are a few others who would never do that. However, they will appear with gay people in an entourage. I'm not going to mention names, but there are many who everybody knows is gay, but who haven't come out. Therefore they're still working. It's very unfortunate that it has to be that way?
O: What do you think has to occur if homophobia is ever going to be conquered in Hollywood?
DS: I think people will always want something to hate. I think that might be around until we're an evolved rare, which will be several thousand years. But I think because of AIDS and the publicity about gays in general, that people are more understanding and accepting than they've ever been. I'm not patting myself on the back, but if more people did what I did it's a matter of "Yes, I'm gay...now let's get on with our lives." That's not what I'm alive for, that's not what any of us are alive for. For chrissakes, no one is alive to be heterosexuals and have babies or anything else that's taught us all our lives. We're all just people who deserve the respect that everyone else gets.
O: Are you planning on continuing your newly adopted activist role?
DS: I'm booked to speak at a few places. All I get is expenses, airfare, and hotel. In other words, I don't make any money on them. That's my contribution.
O: Time and energy are probably the best contributions anyone can make.
DS: In my wildest dreams I never thought I'd become a role model for anything. I never thought this kind of thing would happen then all of a sudden it fell together. I'm so happy I did it. It takes such a burden off you in a million ways you never think about. It has a very calming feeling.
O: Is there a tell-all bio in your future?
DS: No. I've had an offer, but I don't think my life has been that interesting. That's awful to say. I've known and worked with some famous people and I have some funny family stories, but that's all talk.
O: How did you get cast on Bewitched?
DS: I was set to do it originally. I had the interview and by the time they got back to me I had already signed on a series called Broadside, so Dick York got it, but I was their original choice.
O: I have to ask you this. What was Agnes Moorehead really like?
DS: I can always tell someone is gay when they ask that question.
O: I confess, I'm gay.
DS: She was very set in her ways and I had to really make her my friend. About the third or fourth show I was in she said to people in front of me, "They should never meddle with success." Meaning Dick York should never have been replaced which I thought was a very cruel and unthinking thing to say in front of me. But that was her. She came to rehearsals with a Bible in one hand and her script in the other. She was certainly the most professional woman in the world and she was so good. Thank God we became friends eventually.
O: I read in The Advocate that you are also active with The Special Olympics.
DS: I've done work for The Special Olympics for about 20 years. I was on The Board of Directors in California for a while. Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the whole family are all friends of mine because they started the whole thing. I was a little afraid of what their reaction might be. But I saw Eunice at another benefit a couple weeks ago and she said, "Dick, I've been reading about you, keep up the good work." I replied that it gave me a whole new mission in life. And she said, "Well, you still have The Special Olympics." That eased my mind.
O: So much of your time seems donated. That's truly admirable.
DS: That's the only joy in being recognized really. Most of it is a pain in the ass. It can get you a theater ticket or a better seat in a restaurant, but a lot of times it's having your dinner interrupted or being asked for an autograph at the urinal. The real joy in it is using it like I'm using it now.
Owen Keehnen's article originally appeared in Chicago Outlines. It will also be featured in Keehnen's upcoming book of interviews called Blatant Regard.


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Whether served cold as a summer side salad or hot as a main course, this rice salad is sure to delight!
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 1 hr
Extra Time: 2 hrs
(for refrigeration, if serving cold)
Yield: 18 x 3/4 cup servings
In a pan combine 3 cups chicken broth with wild rice, cook as directed. In a separate pan, combine 1 cup chicken broth with brown rice, cook as directed. All broth should be soaked up by the rice, if not, drain rice.
In a bowl, combine cubed chicken, water chestnuts, cherries, black pepper, and parsley; stir.
If desired, add lemon zest to sweeten or the extra 1/4 cup chicken broth to salt it (note: with wild rice the flavor is always a little different).
If serving cold - refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
To further lower the sodium content of this recipe, water can be substituted for the broth, if desired.
As a tasty stuffing recipe, omit the chicken and use as a stuffing for pork chops, pheasant or turkey.
Serving suggestions are not included in the nutritional analysis.
* If serving hot, for best results, use regular cherries instead of dried cherries.
This recipe makes a large quantity; if desired, freeze the remaining, since it freezes well.


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Yesterday Forbes published the first of a proposed two-part examination of the Big-6 book publisher/library contretemps around digital book files as collection offerings. You can (and definitely should) read Part I, which Infopeople tweeted much earlier today and which is also available on our Facebook page (gentle reminders that if you aren't subscribed to @infotweets on Twitter and haven't "friended" us on Facebook, you may be missing a lot of other valuable library information too--easily corrected by, well, subscribing to both).
The examination of arguments coming from the publishing and library sides is reasonably balanced and welcome as a summation from someone who sits directly in neither camp. As always, the accruing comments are also important, especially Jamie LaRue's attempt to help the author understand that public libraries are not about brick and mortar repositories but about information evaluation and provision.
It wasn't so long ago that libraries and librarians swallowed the popular assumption that "books are our brands," but it is definitely past time to reconsider echoing that paradigm.
A library director with whom I frequently discuss and debate library paradigm shifts required to align library services with community needs, ran one up the flag pole several weeks ago that can be given due and thoughtful mulling by us all: the public library's provision of collections is an indirect service.
That's right: if we consider what we provide, can provide, should provide, and then divide all these possibilities and realities into direct and indirect methods for serving our communities, she's proposing that merely having and lending collections, while certainly important, isn't a direct way of evaluating and serving wanted and needed information. Instead, her paradigm would have it, our direct services include our active engagements:
- evaluating what we select for those collections
- reference and readers' advisory assistance (whether or not collection dependent)
- reading aloud and other programming we provide based on those collections
- supporting adult and family literacy activities through library site use, tutor training, and taking parts of the collection to communities such as preschools, job fairs and farmers markets
- teaching community members how to use technology to conduct the business they need to improve or maintain their daily lives, including completing online forms, homework assignments and health concerns
Among our indirect services, we provide machinery (lots!) and hopefully adequate maintenance of same, shelter from actual storms (if we happen to be open) and a string of accommodations such as bathrooms and change for parking meters. None of these indirect services is unimportant, "extra," or, for that matter, glamorous.
Is the collection really any different--when viewed by itself--except that we can glamorize it? It's available for use and its continued use is possible because we maintain it. Are our circulation rules--which should focus on keeping the collection flowing among potential users--and our weeding and balancing of views the direct services because these are where our "library-ness," our special and different identity that separates us from bookstores and friends' shelves when it comes to matters of collection, lies?
Read the Forbes piece. Read the comments. Question your paradigms.
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Chili on my Mind.
It's Fall/Autumn again and the first think that comes to my mind (besides all the leaves that will soon await me) is Chili. S&B Seasonings has come up withone of the best recipes I've ever run accross. I should know, I wrote it. With time and patience and a few quirks we came up with a recipe that can utilize any type of meat and still hold it's body and flavor.
How do you eat your chili??? Chef's are kinda different when it comes to eating their food, every time i tell ppl how i eat my chili, I hear the deafening silence of WTH***!!! I eat mine with a little rice on the bottom, chili over the top and a 3 cheese blend. Now it's not chili unless you have some type of cornbread with it. Meaning a wedge, cornbread sticks, or cornbread croutons if you eat it soup style.
Where's this recipe, you may be wondering??? All right, all right, I'll give it to you.
6 oz Medium Chopped Yellow Onion
2 lbs. ground beef
8 oz Tomato Juice
4 oz Tomato Paste
12 oz Diced Tomatos
1 Qt. Beef or Chicken Stock
1/2 C. S&B Seasonings Chili Gold Seasoning
16 oz Seasoned Chili Beans
* use 3/4 C. of Seasoning if you want bolder flavor
1 Bay Leaf
Sauté the onions with garlic over a medium heat in a little oil until transparent. Add ground Beef and sauté until cooked. Drain ½ of the fat, and add seasoning. Sauté until well blended.
Add tomato paste, juice and tomatoes, beef stock and bay leaf. And bring to a simmer. Let simmer for 30-45 minutes, checking it occasionally so that it won't scorch.
Thicken with roux* or mesa flour* to your desired consistency. Let simmer for 5 minutes more to cook out starchiness from thickener. Lastly add the beans and bring back to heat. Adjust seasonings and serve hot.
Serves approx. 10 ppl.I actually won a competition at Mrs. Rude Boii Chef's JOB and the ppl loved it. I have a gift certificate to a restaurant for the wifie and myself. Whoo-hoo… Date-night!!!
You can use ground turkey in this recipe as well.
You can garnish the Chili with fried Tortilla strips or Frito Lay Tortilla Chips; if you cut the Tortilla strips you can sprinkle a little Chili Gold or S&B Southwestern Seasoning for some added punch.
Cheeses I reccomend are Sharp Cheddar, Pepperjack, Provalone, or Smoked Cheddar.
Garnish with one or more of the following… cheese, crackers, chopped scallions, sour cream, cornbread, cornbread croutons, or rice.
Bon Appetit! (or Dine Well in laymans terms)


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I was totally impressed by these two Secondary 4 students.
Fabian and Anton might look just like any other typical Singaporean students on the streets, but their curiousity and aspirations have brought them beyond academic pursuits, to explore how to improve things. I think they have set exemplary examples to their peers that if you set your mind to do something, nothing will be too difficult!
Check out this video which they had taken to document the process of their project, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them.
Their project
So, as you could see from the video, Fabian and Anton will be showcasing a modified AR.Drone, a remote-controlled quadcopter made by Parrot. They felt that the AR.Drone is a fascinating product and an engineering achievement, though limited by some issues such as its battery life and weight. Fabian and Anton aimed to solve these problems to open the platform up to many more uses.
They will also showcase a device called the Makey-Makey, originally showcased at the Maker Faire in the United States. This device can turn literally anything into a functioning keyboard.
If you have seen any video on how the Makey-Makey works, you will probably be as excited as me right now. Google Makey-Makey online and you will have a better idea what it is, or if not, just come for the Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012. Fabian informed us through our email interview that this is believed to be the only set in Singapore as of now! Their mentor from Intel Mobile Communications, Mr Kwok Lih, was the one who got it for them.
About Fabian and Anton
They are Secondary 4 students from Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) and according to them, they specialise in mobile microarchitecture design and modification (e.g. desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones). I am not sure how you feel right now, but when I first read those words from our email interview, I felt a sense of admiration. I suspect it is uncommon for students of this age to confidently use the words "specialise", not to mention to use them on complicated subjects. I sincerely admire them for their confidence and am looking forward to meet them!
The two of them have recently started to explore the field of (reverse) engineering, starting with the Arduino and Parrot AR.Drone.
Maker Faire
When asked if they have heard of the Maker Faire before this, Fabian and Anton shared that they have heard of it from their Intel mentor, Mr Kwok who took part in the San Francisco Maker Faire this June and felt that the projects are eye-opening. Hence, they are excited that it is coming to Singapore!
Challenges they faced
As mentioned earlier, things will never be too difficult when you set your mind to do it. I suppose the driving force behind Fabian and Anton was their passion. Their teacher, Mrs Eileen Tan-Tay, testified to this statement. She shared that Anton and Fabian are a source of inspiration for both teachers and students, and that it is difficult nowadays to come across students who are intrinsically motivated so it has been her great pleasure to be given the opportunity to work with them.
From their video above, as well as another video here, we learnt that they faced various challenges along the way but they have faced them undeterred. Of course, they are also blessed with the support from school with funding, the availability of facilities and supportive teachers, whom according to Fabian and Anton had persevered with them through their "numerous jokes, pranks, our general uncooperativeness". I guess joy and sweat almost always come together in a package.
Fabian and Anton also humbly acknowledged the support from various sponsors and institutes, which they felt made their project possible, and the support from another group of students who worked on the Ardrone using the Labview software by National Instruments.
Their words of advice
Fabian and Anton are of view that making should be expanded and seen as a hobby that is as useful as a formal education. They feel that making is highly underrated as an experience or hobby here -many people have not discovered the benefits and intellectual stimulation from inventing. They advocate less studying and more making. They believe that if the rigid education mindset of Singaporeans could be changed, the Maker scene here could truly flourish.
One final word from the two inspiring boys – Never give up on what you truly like to do.