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Dr. Hébert is a professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience and the department of genetics at Einstein. His interest in genetics and neurodevelopment began when he was a student at McGill University and eventually led him to receive a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, San Francisco. After graduation, Dr. Hébert worked as a postdoctoral assistant and research associate in the lab of Susan McConnell, Ph.D., at Stanford University before coming to Einstein in 2003 as an assistant professor.
In early September 2013, Dr. Hébert and Ph.D. student Michelle W. Antoine published results of a study in the journal Science: "A Causative Link between Inner Ear Defects and Long-Term Striatal Dysfunction." The article garnered significant attention in the popular media, suggesting that hyperactivity in some children could be caused by inner ear disorders that are producing abnormal functioning of the striatum, a central brain area that controls movement. This observation has opened up the possibility that hyperactivity caused by inner ear dysfunction might eventually be controlled with medications that either directly or indirectly inhibits the levels of two key proteins that are elevated in the striatum.
As Dr. Hébert has said, "Our study provides the first evidence that a sensory impairment, such as inner-ear dysfunction, can induce specific molecular changes in the brain that cause maladaptive behaviors traditionally considered to originate exclusively in the brain." Other contributors to this research are Christian A. Hübner at Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany, and another Einstein IDDRC investigator, Joseph C. Arezzo, Ph.D.
Dr. Judy Aschner
Dr. Aschner is the recently appointed physician-in-chief and chair of pediatrics at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), and professor and chair of pediatrics at Einstein. Dr. Aschner's previous appointments were director of neonatology and the Julia Carell Stadler professor of pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Aschner is an internationally recognized leader and physician-scientist in pediatrics, neonatology and perinatal biology. She has collaborated with institutions across the United States and around the world to improve perinatal care, to mentor the next generation of neonatologists and to ensure the health of infants and children.
Dr. Aschner's laboratory and translational research focus is on the regulation of the newborn pulmonary circulation. Her work has helped elucidate factors that contribute to altered lung development and pulmonary hypertension in infants with lung and heart disease. Her clinical interests include prevention of chronic lung disease (bronchopulmonary dysplasia), treatment of infants with pulmonary hypertension, optimizing nutritional management of premature infants and prevention of prematurity. She has translated her bench work to the clinical arena where she is currently a principal investigator on a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded multi-center study to identify novel biomarkers that predict which extremely preterm infants are at greatest risk for long-term respiratory morbidity. Moving forward, Dr. Aschner has expressed keen interest in fostering greater research at Einstein/CHAM in the area of premature births. Dr. Aschner has also already moved to further strengthen the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at Einstein and its close ties to the IDDRC program. Clearly, Dr. Aschner is yet another indication of the renaissance of IDD research at Einstein, and one in which our newly configured Rose F. Kennedy Center will prosper.(Posted June 2013)
Dr. Aleksandra Djukic: Neurophysiology of Receptive Speech in Rett Syndrome
Dr. Aleksandra (Sasha) Djukic is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and also Director of the Tri-State Rett Syndrome Center at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), one of the largest Rett Syndrome clinics in the U.S. Dr. Djukic is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and of Neurology and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with cognitive impairment disabilities with a special expertise in girls with Rett syndrome.
According to Dr. Djukic, the Tri-State Rett Syndrome Center at CHAM was born in part from a science breakthrough a number of years ago showing that even severe symptoms of Rett syndrome in mouse models of this disorder can be reversed. With the support from the Division Chair, Dr. Solomon Moshé, another IDDRC investigator, Dr. Djukic developed the clinical Rett center at CHAM, with the hope that effective treatments could be developed for these girls. With the center now established, research collaborations have begun to blossom, in parallel with the basic science studies led by Dr. Aristea Galanopoulou, another IDDRC investigator.
Through interacting with Rett patients in the clinic, Dr. Djukic observed that the cognitive abilities of these girls may be underestimated. Dr. Djukic says "I saw the ability of these girls with Rett syndrome to communicate in ways that were hidden before." As a case in point, through collaboration with Dr. John Foxe, Associate Director of the RFK IDDRC, a study was funded last year by NIDCD to study receptive language abilities in RETT syndrome girls using a new 'system identification' approach adapted from the control-engineering field, in conjunction with high-density electrophysiology. The results of such studies have highlighted the need for more customized testing for girls with Rett syndrome to more accurately assess their intellectual abilities and psychological states. It has been found that it is a medical necessity for these girls to have access to eye-gaze speech-generating computers in order for them to be able to demonstrate their mental ability and to communicate with their families. Through education and outreach the center hopes to end the perception that those with Rett Syndrome cannot learn. The center ensures that each patient have continuity of care from infancy through adolescence and adulthood.
Recently, a Rett syndrome interest group has formed which will build collaborations between neuroscientists, cell biologists, and geneticists at Einstein and clinicians at CHAM. Focus here is on both Rett patients and on animal models related to Rett syndrome. Through continued collaborative efforts, these experimental studies will hopefully translate into successful treatments.
Anyone interested in this area of research is welcome to contact Dr. Djukic for further discussion and possible collaboration.(Posted March 2013)
Dr. Francine Einstein: Genome-wide DNA Methylation Profiles Associated with Abnormal Intrauterine Growth
Dr. Francine Einstein, an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the RFK IDDRC. Dr. Einstein is also the head of the epigenetics and brain development research cluster of the RFK IDDRC. In this role, she fosters communication and collaboration between geneticists and neuroscientists to better understand the gene-environment interactions that affect neurodevelopment, cognitive functioning and plasticity of the brain. She organized the first of the RFK IDDRC's cluster workshop series, entitled The Exposome and the Developing Brain in 2011, in which IDDRC investigators and clinicians exchanged ideas, consolidated collaborations and learned of each other's work.
Dr. Einstein's background in maternal-fetal medicine and research on aging, particularly dysregulation of glucose metabolism related to aging, lead to her interest in the fetal origin of adult disease concept (i.e., things that happen in early life can have significant impact on health later in life). With support from NICHD, Dr. Einstein is currently investigating the relationship between abnormal fetal growth and epigenetic changes. This study, which involves infants born in the Bronx who have abnormally high and low birth weights, is aimed at discovering biomarkers that would someday be used to identify those infants at increased risk for age-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, later in life. In her study, Dr. Einstein utilizes the Neurogenomics core, one of the six RFK IDDRC Scientific cores, to explore genome-wide DNA methylation alterations associated with abnormal fetal growth, as well as bioinformatic and systems biology support for data analysis and interpretation. According to Dr. Einstein, conditions during fetal development that alter epigenetic patterns of DNA methylation in stem cells may be a marker for, or contribute to, susceptibility to age-related diseases. Her group is also interested in improving environmental exposure assessment and exploring how ubiquitous exposures may impact on normal brain development or inhibit the attainment of full cognitive potential.
Anyone interested in this area of research is welcome to contact Dr. Einstein for further discussion and possible collaboration.(Posted August 2012)
Dr. Pierfilippo De Sanctis: Predicting Speech-language Deficits in Pre-lingual Infants
Dr. Pierfilippo De Sanctis, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, aims to establish himself as an independent translational researcher in the study of developmental disabilities. His background is on studies probing the sensory-perceptual bases of intact sound and language processing in healthy adult populations, using cutting-edge neuroscience methodologies, including high-density electrophysiological recordings from the scalp and direct recordings from the cortical surface in epilepsy patients. His goal is to bring his expertise to bear on clinical pediatric and diagnostic issues, with an emphasis on the early detection of language impairment in children on the autism spectrum. Dr. De Sanctis is a current recipient of the pilot and feasibility award sponsored by the Rose F. Kennedy IDDRC. Through this project, Dr. De Sanctis is applying a very exciting new technology, the Auditory Evoked Spread Spectrum Analysis (AESPA), which tries to provide an objective brain response to measure the integrity of early receptive speech development in pre-lingual infants and toddlers. He proposes to adapt and optimize the AESPA technique, originally developed to extract the neural responses to uninterrupted speech in mature listeners (i.e., adults), for application in pre-lingual infants and toddlers. This is an important public heath issue as more than 7% of children fail to acquire normal speech-language skills by the age of four years.
Dr. De Sanctis firmly believes that with the new method, it might be possible to identify children at risk much earlier as currently possible. Early diagnosis of children with speech-language impairment is crucial for effective intervention, which is central for improving outcome. The aims of the project are twofold: (1) to map the developmental trajectory of the speech-induced AESPA in healthy typically developing infants and toddlers from the ages of 4 to 36 months, which will span the periods before and after speech has emerged and (2) to develop optimal stimulation parameters for evoking the AESPA response in a cohort of 12 and 24 month-old infants. The AESPA represents a low-cost EG-based method that is robust, non-invasive, and can be obtained very rapidly in the clinic. (Posted May 2012)
Visit Dr. De Sanctis' profile page
Dr. Vytautas Verselis: Exploring the hemichannel properties of Cx26 mutations: a cause of syndromic deafness
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, over 46 million people in the United States suffer from some form of communication impairment or disorder. For over 20 years, bio-physicist and channelologist, Vytas K. Verselis, Professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience has been studying structure/function relationships and gating mechanisms of a class of channels called connexins, Cxs, which form an essential communication pathway between cells. One Cx in which he has a particular interest is connexin 26 (Cx26), a protein which is encoded by the GJB2 gene. Mutations in this gene are a major cause of pre-lingual, congenital deafness.
In the last several years, Prof. Verselis has embarked upon a new direction in his research, where he is examining the mechanistic bases of hemichannel dysfunction in Cx26 that leads to severe disorders in humans such as Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness (KID) syndrome. The underlying basis of this and other related syndromes appears to be aberrantly behaving hemichannels, a relatively new mechanism of disease. The hemichannels do not participate in the formation of intercellular channels, but remain undocked and function as large, ion channels in the plasma membrane. Prof. Verselis has shown that mutant hemichannels exhibit altered gating, regulation and permeability properties, which can lead to compromised cell function and cell death.
Prof. Verselis firmly believes that intervention is a possibility if you know what is going on, "The ability to create treatments for these diseases in the future will in part come from understanding how this channel works, and what we need to do to manipulate or regulate it. By understanding the mechanistic bases of hemichannel dysfunction in Cx26, this should also give us an insight into a number of disorders in which hemichannel dysfunction may play a role such as stroke, neuropathy, atherosclerosis and congenital cataractogenesis." Prof. Verselis was recently awarded a 4-year grant by the NIH on 'Mechanisms of Gating and Permeation in Gap Junctions"', a continuation of his previous work on structure/function studies of connexins with a new focus on hemichannel dysfunction.
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Dr. Roy V. Sillitoe: Decoding the Cerebellar Circuit in Health and Disease
The RFK IDDRC's roving reporter, Edel Flynn, recently sat down with Dr. Roy Sillitoe, an assistant professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience recruited to Einstein in 2009. Having studied cerebellar cytoarchitecture in more than 25 different species, Dr. Sillitoe's research is now focused on determining the embryonic origins of intellectual and developmental neurological diseases. "Our current efforts focus on establishing a 'wiring diagram' that illustrates brain circuit map alterations in mouse models of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and inherited ataxia." Two genes of current interest are Engrailed2 (En2), which has been linked to ASD, and SLC9A6, which recently was shown to be responsible for an X-linked form of Angelman syndrome. "We know that the cerebellum is involved in motor coordination, motor learning and balance, but in more recent years, substantial evidence has emerged showing that the cerebellum also might be involved in higher brain functions including cognition and emotion." Dr. Sillitoe believes that despite progress in identifying genes that are linked to neurological diseases, "we still have a very incomplete picture of which brain regions and which neural circuits are affected in these disorders." To further investigate the developmental origins of disorders that affect the formation of brain network connections, he is using a combination of molecular genetics, neuroanatomical tract tracing, biochemistry and brain imaging.


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|Ouro Fino, Brazil
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|Universiade Catolica Campinas
2010 Stats | 2011 Stats | 2012 Stats | 2013 Stats
2013: Played in 13 games, making 12 starts … Scored the game-winning goal in the Pioneers' 1-0 win over LIU Brooklyn on Nov. 3 in the 60th minute … Also had the game-winning tally in Sacred Heart's 2-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 10.
2012: Played in 12 games, starting four of them … Recorded a shot on goal at Yale on Sept. 16 and against Stony Brook on Sept. 19 … Also had a shot against Robert Morris (Sept. 28), at Quinnipiac (Oct. 5), and at Monmouth (Nov. 4).
2011: Started all 19 games, scoring two goals...Scored first career goal in 1-0 win at Robert Morris on 9/30...Scored in 3-0 win vs. Quinnipiac on 11/4...Attempted 16 shots, with 10 registering on goal.
2010: Appeared in 18 games as a rookie, while making 11 starts in the midfield.
Personal: Marcelo Lopes Franco Simoes. Born: 6/2/89. Parents: Marcelo and Marisa. Siblings: Marina. Major: Business Administration. Hobbies: Video Games, Swimming. Favorite Team: Palmeiras. Favorite Athletes: Ronaldo, Messi. Favorite Food: Brazilian.

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Liberty News
Liberty sweeps Big South indoor track crowns
For the third straight year, both the Liberty men's and women's teams were victorious at the 2012 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships. The meet wrapped up Saturday at Virginia Tech's Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Va.
On the men's side, Liberty scored 168 points to finish 70 tallies ahead of both Charleston Southern and Radford, which shared runner-up honors. The Flames have now won the conference title all 15 times this meet has been contested, marking the longest streak of consecutive championships in Big South Conference history, regardless of sport.
The Lady Flames withstood a strong second-day charge by Coastal Carolina to pull out a 187 to 174.5 victory over the Chanticleers. Liberty has now won 10 women's titles in meet history, and this is the Lady Flames' longest streak of championships since winning six in a row between 1998 and 2003.
Liberty also claimed quite a bit of individual hardware at the meet's conclusion, including Jennifer Klugh's second straight Women's Outstanding Track Performer award. Flames teammates Leonard Robbins and Kyle Wheeler shared the Men's Freshman of the Year honor.
Liberty head coach Brant Tolsma captured both the Men's and Women's Coach of the Year awards, sharing the men's distinction with Tim Langford of Charleston Southern. Tolsma has now collected 49 Big South Coach of the Year awards during his 26 years at the helm of the Flames.
The Flames' Big South All-Academic Team honorees included Rachel Houseknecht and Caleb Edmonds. It was Edmonds' second career appearance on the squad, while Houseknecht was honored for the first time.
- To read meet recaps and standings, go to www.libertyflames.com.


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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Pane di Genzano
I'm a sucker for anything Italian because it always sounds so wonderful. Doesn't pane di Genzano sound better than bread from Genzano? And much better than "bread from a small town about 20 miles from Rome"? Although I believe that part of my soul may be Italian, that doesn't extend to my ability (none) to speak Italian. So I just have to satisfy myself with the occasional loaf of bread from Carol Field's The Italian Baker. My mother always told me that when I was a toddler, I charmed the Italian ladies in our Chicago neighborhood by eating the butter off the bread they gave me, and handing the de-buttered bread back, saying, "More." Today I eat both the butter and the bread before I say, "More," and I'm pretty sure it was cuter when I was two than it is now.
As I'm pretty sure I've mentioned, we were disappointed in the bread in Italy when we travelled there, every bread I've made from Carol Field's book has been better than good. When Jim tasted the pane di Genzano, he said, "Why is this bread so good?" It was almost like he wanted to know, "Why don't you always make this bread and quit messing around with lesser loaves?"
I think there are a couple of reasons this bread is extraordinary. First, it's a wet dough.
As Carol Field says, "The wetter the dough, the better the bread." This may or may not be an old Italian saying. Second, the bread has a long, slow rise. Its first rise is three to five hours in a 70-degree kitchen; fortunately, this is the first day in a long time where the outside temperature was below 70 when I started my bread-baking, so the kitchen was the perfect temperature. Third, Genzano bakers are known to use an especially soft flour.
Now, I really should just stop after this sentence because it sounds like I know what I'm talking about. "Ah, yes, the soft flour effect," you might be saying to yourself. If you are, I wish you'd explain it to me because I don't understand why bread flour is hard, but in this case, bread is better because of soft flour. I used, as the recipe specifies, three cups of all-purpose flour and one cup of pastry (soft) flour. If I were a food scientist, I'd explain it, but it would probably be a boring explanation anyway, so it's just as well.
The other thing that makes this bread unique is that it's covered in wheat bran. After the first rise, you shape the bread into a boule, and put it in a pie pan in which you've spread about a quarter cup of wheat bran. Then you gently dab another quarter-cup of wheat bran onto the top and sides. Besides adding taste, the idea is that the bran makes an especially golden, even mahogany, crust.
I baked this loaf in La Cloche, and when I took the top off, it wasn't mahogany, or even golden. It was barely beige. Even after another 20 minutes of baking, it still wasn't magnificently dark, but it was done.
Aside from its habit of shedding wheat bran whenever it's touched, it's at its best when it's sliced and eaten.
We had some for a mid-afternoon snack, and we had more with dinner. It's supposed to have other virtues, such as keeping well and making good toast. I'll test both of those hypotheses tomorrow morning.
Pane di Genzano
--adapted from The Italian Baker by Carol Field
1 t. instant yeast
1 2/3 cups minus 1 T water
3 cups (400 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (100 grams) pastry flour
2 t. (10 grams) salt
1/2 cup bran
Mix yeast, water, flours and salt and mix in stand mixture with paddle attachment for 2 to 3 minutes. Change to dough hook and knead for 3 minutes at low speed and another three minutes at medium speed. Pour the dough into an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a cool room for 3 to 5 hours.
Oil pie pan and coat the bottom with 1/4 cup of bran.
On a floured surface, pour dough and shape into a round loaf. Place the dough in the pie plate and pat on the remaining bran so that the dough is covered. Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled, 1 to 2 hours.
If you have a Sassafras LaCloche, preheat that in the oven at 425 degrees F. Otherwise place pie pan on pre-heated baking stone. Bake for about 1/2 hour and remove top of LaCloche, if using. Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes (about 45 minutes all told). Turn loaf out of the pie pan onto a rack to cool.
8 comments:
- Melinda said...
Oh, isn't it a handsome boule of bread! It does look like it tastes good too.
I've heard other people say they didn't have good bread when they were in Italy. But I have to say, I have had wonderful bread when I have been there. Some breads are made without salt which really does affect the flavour. My sister said this was due to a tax put on salt in the olden days. So, the baker's stop using salt in bread. I guess the Italians got use to the taste and just carried on. I got totally suckered by that story and haven't questioned it so it may be false. I am not 100% sure!
My little sister lived for a long time in Italy and Sicily. All the bread I have had with her was excellent! I suppose knowing where to get it is everything!
I am not sure why this bread uses soft wheat. I would make a guess it is because the gluten needs to be slow for the long rise... yes? We should ask Queen Rose. She knows everything.
As usual, I enjoyed the write up and the thought of you as a grown up or a child, licking the bread and handing it back really tickles me!
Your bread looks great as usual! And I just love to read your blog, so entertaining! Jeannette
- Doughadear said...
This bread looks wonderful and I can only imagine how good it is. When I see bread like this I'm thinking of a large platter of antipasto and nibbling for hours. I think there may be some truth about the salt story Melinda mentioned. I remember back in the 60's visiting my grandmother in Italy my father mentioning that the bread wasn't very good because it was missing salt. I couldn't imagine Italians not making tasty bread so it probably was because of a salt tax.
Marie I honestly thought you had some Italian in you with all the Italian dishes and breads you have prepared that I am kind of surprised that you don't. I have no doubt that it is in your soul and you would make any Italian proud
- breadbasketcase said...
I'm sure you're right about the salt tax. Or at least I'm sure that I've read that too. For some reason, it's mostly in Tuscany where the salt-free tradition lives on. Carol Field has some recipes for salt-free bread too, but I'm not biting on that. Are you making that up about the gluten being slow for the long rise? Because it sounds very knowledgeable.
Yes, the bread was very delicious. And I hate to break this to you, but you may be too easily entertained.
As far as I know, there is not a single bit of Italian in me, but I certainly do like the idea of having an Italian soul. I'm actually almost entirely German, but I'd much rather make (and eat) Italian food and bread.
- evil cake lady said...
BBC, this bread looks soo good, and it looks like it would be even better with a nice layer of butter on top. I could really go for a snack like that right now.
I think this post is one of your more entertaining in the recent months! Maybe this means I'm just as easily entertained as Jeanette.
- breadbasketcase said...
I'm afraid that anyone who reads my blog and finds it entertaining may be easily entertained, but I don't really object. When I talk to my friends (?) about my blog, they generally just roll their eyes.
- Jude said...
That looks so nice... Charming story about the debuttered bread :)
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks Jude,
That story really used to embarrass me when my mother told it, but now that I'm so many years away from that little girl, I think it's a cute story.


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PLANO – The would-be, game-winning, half-court shot of Monday's Plano Christmas Classic 13th-place game looked good to Genoa-Kingston point guard Tommy Lucca as it left his hands, arcing toward the center of the backboard as the clock expired.
But the shot hit the front of the rim and bounced out, and the Cogs lost to Plano, 54-53, continuing a shooting slump that lasted all week for G-K, which went 1-3 at the 24-team invite.
"The last shot that we got, that's a perfect example of how the week has gone for us," G-K coach Corey Jenkins said. "We just weren't making shots."
A few weeks ago, Lucca took a last-ditch, game-winning shot and sank it to beat Burlington Central, a significant program win over a conference rival they hadn't beaten in years, putting G-K's record at 8-1 entering the holiday tournament. But the Cogs' momentum stalled in Plano, where they lost to Aurora Christian and Kaneland before narrowly beating Forreston.
"We felt good coming into it," Lucca said. "We were 8-1, now we're 9-4, so it's a bit of a slump, but one win can change that. … Decision-making definitely has to be better on my part. We haven't been real solid with our turnover count."
G-K struggled from the field early, succumbing to a 13-2 run midway through the first half, and the Reapers (7-6) led, 26-11.
"We didn't play very good defense," senior Eli Thurlby said. "Talking on defense, definitely [was an issue early]."
But the Cogs battled back, like they did against Forreston.
G-K (9-4) closed out the first half on an 8-0 run behind four points from Griffin McNeal and two assists from Lucca to bring the Cogs within striking distance at, 28-21, and Lucca and Colin Broderick each hit two 3s in the third quarter to cut the Plano lead to 40-38 heading into the fourth.
Behind six fourth-quarter points from Lucca, who finished with a game-high 21, the Cogs tied the game at 46, but they never led.
The Cogs had the ball with less than 10 seconds left and a chance to take the lead, but Lucca was called for a charge.
The Cogs are suddenly in a slump, but with three sophomores – Lucca, Tommy Hansen, and Ian Fell – in the starting lineup, Jenkins knows that his team has plenty of room to grow. After an unsuccessful winter break, the Cogs, who are 3-0 in Big Northern Conference East play, hope to regain the momentum as they head into the conference stretch run.
"We're relatively young and we've got to grow up fast." Jenkins said. "We talked about this week being a life lesson. Nothing in life is going to come easy. We're going to have to work for what we want to accomplish this year. Hopefully, we know that now. … We came in 8-1, coming off of an emotional Burlington win, we need to find that fire again."


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Nine local servicemen and women got a welcome home Saturday morning that none of them is ever likely to forget.
Nine local servicemen and women got a welcome home Saturday morning that none of them is ever likely to forget.
Flanked by their families and friends, town and state officials, local veterans and the Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle group, Connecticut Army National Guard members gathered at Colchester's veterans green to mark their return home.
And in Colchester, coming home means removing a yellow ribbon with your name on it from a large oak tree on the green, in the center of town.
The practice started last year, when several local National Guard members were deployed overseas. A ribbon was put on the tree for each guard member who was leaving.
Nine ribbons came down Saturday, but eight remain on the tree.
"It definitely feels good to be back," Spc. Brandon Howes, of the 143rd Military Police Unit, said. Howes was in Afghanistan for eight months, returning several weeks ago. He's a full-time student at Southern Connecticut State University. He's also been in the guard for four years.
"It helped pay for school, and I also wanted to serve my country and do my part," he said.
The young man's presence at Saturday's ceremony was a surprise to his aunt, Holly Hartley. The Colchester woman was all smiles as she gave her nephew a big hug before the ceremony started.
This isn't the first time Hartley has seen a family member serve overseas.
"My son, Jason, was one of the first from Colchester to go to Iraq in 2003," she said.
Sgt. Andrew Duhamel, 24, just recently met his 13-week-old son, Landon. Duhamel attended with Landon and with his wife, Brittany.
"It was hard to be away," he said. "Now I'm happy I can be here with them."
Each service member also received a welcome home gift package, as well as a proclamation from the Connecticut General Assembly, given out by state Reps. Linda Orange, D-Colchester, and Melissa Ziobron, R-East Haddam, and State Sen. Art Linares, R-Westbrook, whose districts include Colchester.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., presented each with a letter from the Senate.
Sean O'Leary was there to officially welcome back his son, Matt, from his deployment to Afghanistan.
"I'm really impressed by the Patriot Riders," O'Leary said, referring to the group that came Saturday morning to bear flags for the ceremony. "They told me they're honored to be a part of this."
Daniel Henderson, a Colchester veteran who recently returned from Afghanistan, was proud of how the community rallies around its servicemen and women.
"As veterans, we're very lucky to have the support of a grateful community," Henderson, commander of the local American Legion, said. He also urged the new veterans to become involved in service at the local level.
"You need to stand up and be a role model for the next generation of soldiers and sailors and airmen," he said.


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Google's Ad Success Has Lessons For Television
from the ads-are-content dept
Nowhere is that conventional view of advertising more entrenched than in the television industry, which is constantly wringing its hands (and filing lawsuits) over the detrimental impact of devices like the TiVo and Replay TV that include ad-skipping technology. I think the Google example demonstrates how short-sighted that attitude is. With a little ingenuity, TV networks could be using devices like TiVo the same way Google uses click-through statistics: as a way to gather data on user attitudes toward different ads. If networks priced ad inventory the same way Google does, giving a discount to advertisers whose ads had lower skip rates, advertisers would respond by trying to make more entertaining and relevant ads. And as ads became more entertaining and useful, viewers would be less likely to pick up the remote and push the "30-second skip" button.
Even more radical, the networks could be using TiVo-like devices to distribute shows and ads directly over the Internet. In that case, the device could display a different set of ads to each viewer, with the ads chosen based on the individual viewer's show-watching and ad-skipping history as well as some basic demographic characteristics. For example, users who frequently skip car ads would be shown fewer car ads. Viewers under 40 would never be shown ads for adult diapers, and all-male households would never be shown ads for feminine hygiene products. Such a system would be a win-win for both advertisers and viewers: viewers would find ads more useful and less irritating, while advertisers would be willing to pay higher rates for ads that were precisely targeted at relevant subgroups. And that would solve the "TiVo problem" once and for all: not by forcing users to watch ads they'd rather avoid, but by finding ways to show users ads they actually find entertaining and useful.


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Of course, we all know that Santa loves cookies - and milk too. But, that doesn't mean he wouldn't appreciate finding a real meal waiting for him on Christmas eve - maybe even one made with lots and lots cherries. He might like to start with a cocktail - perhaps The Aviation, a drink created by Hugo Ensslin, head bartender at the Hotel Wallick in New York in the early part of the twentieth century, consisting of gin, maraschino liqueur and fresh lemon juice. After that, Santa may well enjoy steak, particularly one that's been bathed in the flavors of red wine, dried cherries and brewed coffee. Adept at saving room for dessert, I bet Santa could manage something sweet, as well, especially when he learns dessert is Cherry-Coconut Balls Dipped in White Chocolate, made from a recipe coming from Bluffton's own cook and baker extraordinaire, Caroline Kennedy. With their bright red color and cute round shape (like Santa's cherry nose), it's somewhat easy for cherries to come to mind for Santa's Christmas meal - from beverage, to meal, to dessert. By the virtue of their color, shape and texture, cherries can be worked into any number of holiday dishes, with cherries adapting well whether they are prepared in tart and piquant dishes, or in sweet ones, such as cakes, pies and cookies. Yes, Santa surely does love Christmas cookies - but something tells me, he might just revel in The Aviation, more.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 683-0375.
From "The Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect Drink," by Eben Klemm/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, www.andrewsmcmeel.com
>>> "Every year, it seems as if a long-forgotten complex sour is "rediscovered" by a studious bartender who has been poring over out-of-print cocktail books. Once it shows up on a menu, it spreads like wildfire throughout the professional community as the next "big thing." The Aviation was the first of these to illustrate the depth of this family of cocktails, and in some ways it demonstrates how just three or four ingredients can produce a libation of surprising complexity in a world where cosmopolitans once ruled. If you like this cocktail, seek out others, such as Twentieth Century or The Last Word, two cocktails from the same era."
2 ounces gin
½ ounce maraschino liqueur
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
Crème de violette (optional)
Cocktail Cherry, for garnish (recipe follows)
Pour the gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, and a splash of crème de violette into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice. Cover and shake vigorously 20 times. Strain the cocktail into a martini glass and serve, garnished with the cherry. Makes 1 serving.
From "The Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect Drink," by Eben Klemm/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, www.andrewsmcmeel.com
2 quarts sour red cherries, stemmed and pitted
1 cup grenadine
8 ounces (1 cup) vodka
8 ounces (1 cup) golden rum, brandy, or American whiskey, such as bourbon or rye
2 ounces (¼ cup) maraschino liqueur
Divide the cherries between two 1-quart jars with tight-fitting lids. In a large glass measuring cup or similar container, stir together the grenadine, vodka, rum, and maraschino liqueur. Pour the mixture evenly over the cherries in both jars. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 1 week. Makes about 2 quarts.
Recipe source: "25th Anniversary The Fresh Market & Friends Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes from the Friends and Family of the Fresh Market," www.TheFreshMarket.com
1½ cups red wine
1 shallot, minced
3 fresh thyme sprigs, chopped
½ cup dried cherries*
2 tablespoons beef bouillon, dissolved in 1½ cups water
1 cup brewed coffee
½ cup Demerara sugar
1 tablespoon cumin
1 dried ancho chili, chopped
1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 teaspoon water*
2 tablespoons butter
4 (6 to 7-ounc) filet mignon steaks, about 1-inch thick
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon fresh rosemary, minced
In a saucepan over medium heat, reduce red wine, shallot and thyme for 35 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine dried cherries and dissolved beef bouillon. Bring to a boil; remove from heat and steep for 10 minutes. To red wine reduction, add coffee, sugar, cumin, ancho chili and cherries in beef broth. Bring to a boil, then add cornstarch slurry. Reduce heat to low to keep sauce warm as you prepare steaks. Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Sprinkle steaks with salt, pepper and rosemary and add to pan; cook to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side. Place one steak on each plate and top each with ¼ cup sauce. Makes 4 servings.
*Kitchen Ade note: If you like a thicker sauce, increase cornstarch/water mix. Also, the Santa in my house enjoyed this dish garnished with a few brandied fresh cherries. Recipe on page 1.
Eat the cherries, sip the brandy
1 cup sugar
2 cups cherry-flavored brandy
1 tablespoon red food coloring (½ of a 1-ounce bottle)
1 pound fresh sweet cherries, washed, dried, stemmed and pitted
In a large, sterilized glass jar, fitted with a tight-fitting lid, dissolve sugar in brandy and coloring. Add cherries to jar, making sure the liquid completely covers the cherries. (If the cherries are not completely submerged, add some more brandy to the jar. ) Making sure the lid is screwed on tightly, gently turn the jar upside down several times to mix. Store in refrigerator for at least one week before serving, turning the jar several more times to mix. As long as the cherries are completely submerged in the brandy syrup, they will keep, refrigerated, for up to one year.
You don't have to bake these.
4 cups finely chopped dried cherries or cranberries (chop in food processor)
4 cups shredded coconut
2 cups chopped toasted pecans
1 (14-ounce) can fat free sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
White Dipped Balls
1 (12-ounce) package Hershey's Premier White Baking Chips
2 teaspoons canola oil
Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper; reserve.
Chop cherries or cranberries by pulsing in food processor until finely chopped. In a large bowl, combine cherries, coconut, pecans and condensed milk; mix well. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls; reserve on baking sheet while preparing white baking chips. Put baking chips in a microwave-safe bowl with canola oil. Microwave on HIGH power checking at 20 second intervals, stirring each time. Stop heating when most, but not all of the chips are melted - there should be a few chunks left. Stir until it is smooth and chips are completely melted. (Approximately 60 seconds total.) Be careful not to overcook! Working quickly, dip balls in melted mixture with a fork to coat, allowing excess coating to drip off before placing on prepared sheet. Let stand until coating is set. Store in refrigerator. Yield: 8 to 10 dozen balls.


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Yes, We Can Write Our Opinions Without Contacting The Company We're Writing About First
from the stop-telling-us-otherwise dept
It seems that Michael Arrington, over at TechCrunch, has run into something similar (and I'm sure it happens to him all the time as well). After briefly (really, in passing) mentioning the infamous Video Professor in his post on marketing scams, the company first tried to get him to post their response, and when he told them no (in less friendly words), the company instead complained to the Washington Post, who syndicated the same TechCrunch post (as it has done for a while with TechCrunch posts). The real issue, of course, is that The Video Professor didn't like getting called out on its marketing practices. The company is notoriously sensitive over its reputation and has gone legal on people multiple times in the past. At issue is the fact that people are told they're getting a "free" product, but don't realize they're really signing up to pay a lot of money if they don't follow the fine print carefully. Arrington called this a "scam" and plenty of folks agree. The Video Professor did not agree, but if that's the case, it has every right to clarify its own marketing material, rather than going after those who call them out on their less-than-clear practices.
But the bigger issue with these types of situations is that companies need to realize that just because someone doesn't like the way you're acting and states an opinion, on that subject, it doesn't mean that they first need to contact you or get a meaningless PR quote from you. You have a right to respond, but on your own website -- or within open comments if they're available (as they are on this site). For too long, companies have hid behind bland PR statements and the willingness of the press to "balance" stories with an accusation and a denial, but no real effort to get to the bottom of things. That's changing, and it's time that companies and their PR reps caught up to what's happening.


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|2004-06-15, 02:02
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Instead there are various references in Old Testament to Satan/Adversary who sounded more like a proxy of God.
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|2004-06-15, 03:42
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I think that there will not be a sequel of Chrno Crusade. I remember that some months ago someone speaks about 26 episodes and also 6 OAVs. But the only sequel that can be made is an OAV about Azmaria. Nothing else can have sense.
|2004-06-15, 09:35
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Or a sequel about Azmaria, like you said.
OR it could be a story about Remington and the descendants of the previous gang. Like Azmaria's daughter and Joshua's son (if he would have one). And maybe another Mary Magdalene-girl would be introduced, who would fall in love with Joshua's son. The possibilites are endless!
|2004-06-15, 10:07
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Another Chrno Crusade it can be an OAV with some small adventure of Azmaria and a lot of memories about Chrno and Rosette troughtout the story.
You have remembered me that...
|2004-06-15, 13:39
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Having read your last posts for some of you, I don't think there could be a sequel using previous characters.
It's also understanding that if plans for a sequel have to be conceived, you must be aware of how successful the show was.
Producers and executives won't risk investment for a sequel, if the original production resulted disastrous, did not achieve a massive fan support from the audience, and didn't made at all acceptable income profit either TV ratings or TV sales.
At all Rosette's and Chrno's story was self-concluding. Both, achieved their fates and left with no pending bussinesses. The same can be said about Azmaria and the Magdalena Convent which, according to the events foretold in the final episode of the anime, had to endure the pre-apocalyptic decade of the 30's (The Great Depression) that advented the fullfillment of the second Fatima Prophecy: The outbreak of World War II.
IMO, if there's to be a sequel then the plot and theme most move toward one direction.
In CC, we thought that Rosette's quest dealt about looking for Joshua. Then, the writers threw in Aion's plan to initiate the Apocalypse by awakening the bearer of the 7th stigmata (Rosette), however, unexpectedly what Aion wanted all along was to fullfill the Fatima Prophecy, well that's what I think.
IMO, the sequel has to move both the setting and scenarios toward the advent of the Third Fatima Prophecy without coming up with futile sub plots or uneccesary twist to its story.
I can only come with two likely time settings for the sequel IMHO:
United States during the early 50's (1953-1954).
The irreverent 50's as they were called, think so.
I don't know you, but I have some respected fascination for the 50's. This is the time period when the entire world decided to deviate from past tradition and move toward the technological progress.
Even though, the grand transformation that America suffered took place during the 60's regarding cultural, political, and economic affairs, it was the 50's were the first steps of rule breaking and cultural liberation began to take place in USA.
That is the decade when Americans christened and introduced the famous quote,
"one nation, under God, indivisible."
The other time setting would be our present era.
It's fascinating to watch in an Anime how the Japanese toy with the concept of transformation.
How clearly do they contrast the differences from morale to environmental in one era opposing the previous one.
I'm eager for a sequel to take place in the present-day. A period of uncertainty and in which human technology continues to dig deep toward new discoveries. An age where humans regard technology as their everyday standard of living, and many do not care much about faith.
People even more unconcerned about other's issues. Public crime and vandalism running amok and rampage throughout the cities.
Those previous symptoms might be used for the advent of the third Fatima Prophecy.
|2004-06-17, 04:27
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Maybe Aion just like mocking god? How he wanted to be like him? Also in eps 23 before he died I think he said something like "Eloi, eloi lema saba blabla (I forgot)" which was like "god o god why did you abandoned me" in the bible? Wtf thats supposed to mean? he's angry because he failed on becoming god? so he decided to mocked god?
also I'm wondering what're the reactions of the people in japan regarding this eps, mainly christian ones. Rofl that'll be hilarious.
I bet they're squeezing their heads thinking wtf is this ending.
|2004-06-17, 07:05
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a sequel could be possible. atho it would be hard considering they merde the anime with real events. and the 3d of fatima hasnt happend yet. but it would just be all out war. with Azmaria and sister kate and her order on one side (as leaders) Vs Aion on the other side. btw i read that Aion was dead but i saw him in the last eps or did my eyes desive me?
and a side story of reminton to regain his faith. and ending in the 100- years of clam.
but persoonly i rather have they didnt i love it they way it ended.
|2004-06-17, 11:24
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Here's a link that will explain some more:
It says that Jesus was the one who said that, so does that mean that Aion is Jesus? That would make sense, since he can't be God.
And I know VERY little of the Fatima Prophecy, but Googled it and found some interesting points.
Were the creators trying to imply that Chrno and Rosette were Francisco and Jacinta? And that Lucia (the sole survivor) is Azmaria (who also became a nun).
I think there is a connection there.
I think the flying disc-thing (the reported Aurora Borealis) was the Astral Line... Masa ka?
Let's investigate this! Although I can't know... I'm at work.
Also, am I the only one who is beginning to think that this show is just Christian propaganda?
|2004-06-17, 11:52
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Christian propaganda? depends on how you look at it I guess. I guess some Christian zealots (who also happens to be Chrno Crusade fan) will always be able to twist it and "research into it" and come out with some "interpretations" that suits their needs to "market Christianity". But from what I look at it, it's more like anti-Christian propaganda... admittedly I'm sorta anti-Christian (partly because of the numerous "Christian advertisers" around here, again kinda ironic)
|2004-06-18, 08:07
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Well, I think the creators WANTED people like us wonder what the ending meant and then start researching the Christian religion and so on. And maybe we all turned Christian after that? :P
Also, Jesus is NOT God, he is the son of God (according to Christianity, right?). I'm not Christian either, but I think that's right.
By the way, Aion mentioned The One. Was Rosette The One? Or was it someone else... I didn't really get that. :\
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well, as I said, Jesus is God, God is the Trinity, which is the Son, the Father and the Spirit.
But then I guess Chrno Crusade is more Catholic than Christian, with all those emphasis on Mary...
Well, reseraching a lot into Christianity can turn you into a Christian or an anti-Christian, both equally likely
|2004-06-18, 19:59
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I might be wrong but I believe catholics are christians. Christians is a term used to classify all that has been saved.
|2004-06-19, 08:34
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its could still be Christian if you think up a theory like rosetto and chrno raised the little orphan amzaria who is going to save the world isnt adoption kinde like a brith with out having to have intercorse first :P
dont minde me i;m bored :P
|2004-06-20, 05:47
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I still believe that Jesus is not supposed to be God. He is God's son. And that is according to Christian religion. One of the biggest differences between Islam and Christianity is the fact that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, while muslims believe that God never had a son, but Jesus still exists in Islam. Although not in the same way. He is more of a prophet than a deity. So he is the son of God in Christianity. And we could assume that Aion is the same.
He does say "God, god, why have you forsaken me?" right before his "death". You know when Chrno "kills" him.
Further proof of Aion being Jesus.
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|2004-06-20, 11:24
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and if he where jezus why would he refer to Rossette in his words to the man upstairs "so you have send down the mother". (my japanische is a bit rusty so i may have heard it wrong).
and he aint dead :P
|2004-06-20, 14:40
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I never claimed he was dead. I meant during the fight scene between Aion and Chrno, Chrno sliced him and that's when he uttered the words Eloi, Eloi, lama Sabachtani (which I have memorized now ), meaning that God had forsaken him.
I actually think he died, but resurrected himself. Just like Jesus did, he reappeared and lives with us today, still.
Furthermore, I think the message Aion was trying to give us was that, no matter how much we try, no matter the effort and thought we put into it, we cannot be saved; we are doomed anyway. And that the darkness shall enshroud us all.
*turns into Aion*
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USA Track & Field has certified the recently rerouted Run for the Red Marathon as an official qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
USA Track & Field has certified the recently rerouted Run for the Red Marathon as an official qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
It's a huge hurdle for Run for the Red organizers to clear and will help it attract strong runners from across the country.
Meanwhile, in light of the Boston bombing, the race organizers have beefed up security, which will include bomb-sniffing dogs from the Pocono Mountain Regional Police and Pennsylvania State Police at Stroudsburg High School's Ross-Stulgaitis Stadium, where the race finishes.
Race Director Bob Werts asked spectators to avoid bringing bags to the stadium if possible.
"Don't bring a bag if you don't really need one. It makes it easier," he said.
Run for the Red's Bill Carlton and a certifier from USATF completed the certification process Tuesday, according to Werts. The certification process includes measuring the course.
The marathon course had to be changed in April after the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it would close part of the course because of bridge work.
Race organizers scrambled to find a new course, but that had to be certified before attaining the Boston qualifier status.
The Run for the Red's old course was fast, with an elevation drop of 1,400 feet, which made it popular with runners trying to qualify for Boston. That race requires participants to have completed a marathon under certain age-specific times.
The elevation drop of the alternate Run for the Red race course is only five feet less than the original, although it's a hillier route with a steep drop in elevation during the first half of the race.
"The only thing left is a couple of permits from a couple of townships and PennDOT," Werts said.
The race, along with a marathon relay and 5K, will take place on May 19.
Marathon registrations are about where they were last year, when more than 1,000 competitors signed up. The 5K race, which attracted over 600 participants in 2012, is on course to exceed that number this year.


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MIDDLEBURY — Police in Middlebury are warning area residents to be wary of scammers calling this week.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 11, the Middlebury Police Department received numerous reports of Addison County residents receiving automated phone calls that said their debit cards were "locked," according to Middlebury Police Sgt. Jason Covey. In each case the messages prompted the potential victims to enter their account number to "unlock" the debit cards.
As of Thursday morning, none of the complainants provided their account information to the callers, Covey wrote in a press release.
Thus far, all of the calls have originated from either 813-381-5251 or 303-557-0153. The recordings for each call identified the bank as one of the following: Vermont Federal Credit Union, New England Federal Credit Union or Key Bank. In several of the cases the potential victims did in fact have accounts with the bank specified in the message.
All of the involved banks have been contacted and verified these calls are fraudulent, Covey said. Police are investigating the origin of the calls.
All residents are reminded to never provide personal information over the telephone unless they are certain of the identity of the caller and to report any suspicious calls immediately to their financial institution and their local law enforcement agency.


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Gretchen Dona Mallory and Jesse Lee Beasley were married Aug. 17, 2012, at the Rogue Valley Country Club. Dale Bitterling officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Scott and Rosemary Mallory of Medford. She is a 2003 graduate of North Medford High School and a nursing student at Rogue Community College. She works as a monitor tech at Rogue Regional Medical Center.
The groom is the son of John Beasley of Portland and Gwen Woehlert of Bend. He is a 2000 graduate of Bend Senior High School and a 2007 graduate of Oregon Institute of Technology with a degree in respiratory therapy. He works as a respiratory therapist at Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Maid of honor was friend Christine Spencer of Portland.
Bridesmaids were friends Holly Nickerson, Cori Wouters, Melissa Closterman and Jennifer Coronado, all of Medford.
Best man was friend Steve Elmlund of Bend. Groomsmen were friends David Johnson of Klamath Falls and Jeff Party of Medford, and the groom's brothers, Zane Woehlert and John Beasley of Bend.
Flower girls were nieces Sierra Woehlert and Rylee Beasley of Bend. Ring bearer was nephew Gunnar Beasley of Bend. Junior bridesmaid was niece Rain Woehlert of Bend.
A reception at the country club hosted by the bride's parents followed the ceremony. After a honeymoon in Las Vegas, the newlyweds are living in Medford.
Gretchen Dona Mallory and Jesse Lee Beasley were married Aug. 17, 2012, at the Rogue Valley Country Club. Dale Bitterling officiated the ceremony.


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So I'm burning the midnight oil tonight, which is not at all unusual, but it makes for a nice opener. NYX #3 is out this Wednesday at finer comics selling establishments. In honour of that fact, I'm posting nothing at all to do with NYX!
Even after all this time, I haven't added my Checkmate cover run to my gallery. Yeah, I'll cop -- I'm lazy, and way more concerned with drawing new things, but since I can't post new things here yet, here's a tast of that run, out from the archives.
Checkmate marked my first regular comics gig working on something I actually enjoyed as a reader (NYX is the second such gig), so it was an important turning point, at least for me. The cover to #21 (second from the bottom here) is probably my favorite image from the run.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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- E said...
The cover for #21 is fantastic, I agree. I also finally picked up NYX and I am LOVING the art! Great job!
- November 1, 2008 at 11:12 AM
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Little Shop of Horrors
Directed by Miranda Stewart
Featuring a cast, crew, and rock band with a strong student presence, but populated from all corners of the Caltech community, the show is produced by theater faculty Brian Brophy, directed by alumna Miranda Stewart, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Occidental College, with music direction by Caltech undergraduate Jetson Leder-Luis.
The play follows Seymour Krelborn, a down-on-his-luck florist who purchases a strange plant with a mysterious appetite for blood. Played by undergraduate Jeff Sherman, Seymour longs for his coworker Audrey (JPL optical engineer Holly Bender) and makes a deal with the monstrous plant—which he names Audrey II—but quickly finds he's ended up with more than he bargained for. Helping and hindering Seymour along the way are a sadistic dentist portrayed by undergraduate Alex Jose, the nagging flower shop owner played by Physics graduate student Casey Handmer, and the sassy three-woman chorus voiced by undergraduate Kim Furuya, JPLer Lynne Cooper, and community member Missy Biferno.
Seymour and Audrey may seem to be the heroes of the story, but their blossoming romance is overshadowed by the overbearing, bloodthirsty, and utterly irresistible presence of Audrey II. Voiced by JPLer David Seal and operated by Applied Physics graduate student Zachary Tobin, the massive plant puppet is an engineering feat of, well, Caltech proportions. Because Audrey II grows from a small potted plant to a man-eating monster over the course of the play, there are actually four plant puppets representing different stages of growth. A team of plant wranglers, including Tobin, geology graduate student Sarah Slotznik, and long-time Hollywood movie set builder Marty Gibbons, has been hard at work bringing Audrey II to life. A sparkling set and flower shop designed and constructed by Hollywood movie artist Anne Hyvarinen and Caltech staff member Elena Scire form the backdrop of the action. The accompanying rock band directed by Leder-Luis is composed entirely of Caltech students and features Andy Zhou, Jordan Maslov, Supriya Iyer, Daniel Jones and Juliet Su.
Darkly funny and always catchy, Little Shop of Horrors runs for five performances in Caltech's Ramo Auditorium: Friday, 2/22 at 8:00 p,m,; Saturday, 2/23 at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2/24 at 2:30 p.m.; Friday, 3/1 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 3/2 at 2:30 p.m.
Presented By: Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT)
Ticket price: $5 for Caltech students; $9 for Caltech staff, JPL, and other students; $18 general admission.


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Friday, May 30, 2008
Evolution of a Vegan Taste Bud
We've all said it:
"Even my omni boyfriend/friend/dad loved it!"
I've been thinking about it lately. At first, when I was just starting to be a vegan, it was really exciting to make something that tasted "just like the real thing." And even still, it's very exciting to cook up a vegan meal for an omnivore, and have them like the food. We all want to show those omni folks in our lives how filling and fulfilling vegan eating can be.
But, on the other hand, do people who eat all that meat and dairy really have more important/refined taste buds than vegans do?
This takes me back to one of my original complaints about vegan food. My motivation for following a vegan diet is really based in the ethics of animal treatment. When I first started eating vegan, I kept saying "Just because it's vegan, doesn't mean it need to be healthy!" It drove me nuts that every time I managed to find a vegan cookie somewhere, it was made with sunflower seeds and applesauce and whole wheat flour.
Since that time, the vegan world has really evolved (thank goodness!), but so have my taste buds. It cracks me up now to hear the question "You're a vegan? What do you eat?" - Because I eat *such* a wider variety of foods now (as a vegan) than I ever did as an omnivore or vegetarian. Eating vegan encouraged me to really explore the world of veggies, greens, grains, fruits, spices, different kinds of flours and sweeteners... the list goes on and on.
Now, after years of eating vegan (maybe 8 years? I don't remember exactly), my tastes are broader - but also a bit healthier. All those years of reading the labels to make sure something is vegan also just makes you come to terms with what's in all these packaged foods! Gradually all that label reading has definitely made me prefer healthier eating. Plus, discovering the joys of produce and the farmer's market has led more and more in the direction of preferring fresh, whole foods. I've become more and more adventurous with trying out any new fruits or veggies I can get my hands on. And within all of that, I still feel strongly that vegan food should taste fantastic, and hold up to the flavors and textures of foods that omnivores enjoy and are used to.
And, I'm especially grateful to all these great vegans who have written up such amazing cookbooks to help me cook up such yummy & sophisticated foods for my own enjoyment, and that of all the beloved omnivores in my life.
Tonight I made a dinner that was so yummy that even my vegan aunt and her vegan boyfriend loved it! Oh, and my not-yet-vegan Grandpa loved it too!
That picture is tonight's dinner - a reasonably faithful adaptation of "Black Quinoa Cakes over Smoky Calypso Bean Sauce, Curried Squash, and Mango Habanero-Coconut Sauce" from "The Artful Vegan." Whoa! How's that for a title?? It was truly a splendid meal and, with all those components, took less than an hour from start to finish. Instead of bothering with making quinoa cakes, I just made a quinoa pilaf with all the ingredients in the recipe. The onions in the black beans were meant to be smoked, but I don't have a smoker (imagine that!), so I used a few dashes of liquid smoke to get that smoky flavor.One last quick variation, I just steamed up some chard from our garden, rather than bothering with the special collards in the recipe. Overall, the flavors, spices, and textures of this dinner were so harmonious and interesting - it was great dinner. That mango sauce really brought it all together with a cool, rich, creaminess. Fantastic.
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Yummy! I just love meals like this one! I also feel that I eat way better as a vegan than I ever did as an omni or even when I was a vegetarian (for 17 years before becoming vegan!) So many more choices! And, of course, I envy you all of your California farmer's markets. Most of ours in the midwest won't start for another week or two! thanks for all of your great posts!ReplyDelete
That meal looks fantastic. I'm amazed that it only took an hour to put together!ReplyDelete
I totally agree about the refined taste buds, too - I eat SO many more foods (and healthier foods) now being vegan than I would have ever dreamed as an omni or even a vegetarian. I never used to like beans or greens or even broccoli! Now I can't imagine life without them. :D
I couldn't agree more - when I was an omni, I was SOOO picky and literally ate the same 5 foods, haha. Now I'm SO much more open to fresh, new, exciting foods, and I love cooking and baking now as well!! Hooray for veganism :0)ReplyDelete
Great post :) And boy, it this so true: "All those years of reading the labels to make sure something is vegan also just makes you come to terms with what's in all these packaged foods!"ReplyDelete
I had a really similar experience going vegan--I really moved toward a broader spectrum of foods and shifted slowly into a way of thinking about my eating as part of my health and body in general.ReplyDelete
I think there's this sense out there that vegans especially don't or even can't have refined palettes and that's put to the test every time we're served sub-par food and accept it because "at least it's vegan." Anyway, I'm grateful too, for all the people who are expanding notions of what we eat as vegans and taking on new flavors and textures and interesting elements. I'm also grateful to you for reminding me of that recipe in the VV--haven't made it in years, but it's a great one. Thanks for the inspiration.
This post made me so happy! I find it ironic that, in my experience, the majority of people who ask that question "You're vegan? What do you eat?!" are usually the ones who live off of meat and potatoes themselves. I once had a friend shocked to discover that I made and eat pies. "I didn't think you could eat that kind of stuff!" I guess in many people's minds, vegans exist on the same field of grass as the cows they slaughter, eating nothing but grass and bales of hay.
And I agree-- leaning more towards a vegan lifestyle definitely broadened the horizons of my shopping cart. Growing up I was extremely picky and didn't even try a lot of common foods. Cooking vegan is helping me play catch-up, and then some :)
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I agree! I am tired of feeling like vegan food isn't as good as "other" food (as though omnivores can't appreciate vegetables and grains). It's not like we're asking them to eat sauteed grasshoppers.ReplyDelete
Hi, I just discovered your blog ... Wow, you've been a vegan for 8 YEARS! Amazing! I'm still trying to become a vegan and I certainly hope that I can be a vegan one day AND be one forever! I'm still struggling with the desserts in restaurants though :0(ReplyDelete
Your meal looks scrumptious by the way :) Have a great day
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I really enjoyed reading your thoughts about this. I am the same way... I eat so many more different kinds of foods than when I was a picky omnivore!ReplyDelete
Oh and your dinner looks beautiful! This gives me some motivation to try something out of the artful vegan because they always seem so time consuming!
I have broadened my realm of eating as well. And now that I try to be wheat and soy free, even more avenues have opened up. I love to say "It's great to be vegan!"ReplyDelete
amen! veganism has done nothing but stretch my food boundaries wide open. I used to eat fried egg sandwiches every single day for dinner, can you believe that? Up until the day I switched.ReplyDelete
More importantly though, that dinner looks sensational, and I'm in awe that it only took you an hour! smart shortcuts, too. :D
I also have become a more adventurous eater and have a really varied diet since going vegan.ReplyDelete
Another pet peeve of mine in addition to wondering what vegans can possibly eat, is the one where some people think we're vegan because we just don't like food. I LOVE food, love to eat, and love a great dining experience. I don't enjoy my food any less as a vegan.
your blog is awesome.ive been a vegetarian for 10 yrs and a vegan 4 weeks, so ive been spending most of my days (shh, dont tell) hopping from vegan blog to vegan blog... how exciting to find yours! im on the california central coast and some of your posts have answered ?s ive had about where to shop, so it's great to know that i can go there too, and this meal looks so mouth watering! thanks for the inspiration!
This post made me smile, and I agree with a lot of what you said. If I was presented with the food I eat now 8 years ago I wouldn't have thought it crazy and probably gross. I think people are too busy eating whatever they want and grabbing fast food to slow down, listen to their bodies and figure out that they actually want healthy food.ReplyDelete
That meal looks awesome by the way, a complete meal with a great mix of tastes and textures.
re: Oprah. will be very interesting to see if she sticks with it, or if it's just a publicity stunt. how can anyone ever go back after having their eyes open to the truth?ReplyDelete
I'm right there with you with food being GOOD, not good vegan food or good for being vegan food, but DELICIOUS food regardless! Everyone has eaten food that is vegan, so why do people trip out so much?!ReplyDelete
That meal looks lovely!
I agree, in the 3 year I've been vegetarian (2+ of which I've been vegan), my taste has changed a lot. I still enjoy the junky stuff from time to time, but I eat way more vegetables and fruits--many of which I never wanted to try when I was omni. The "restrictions" of veganism have actually served to expand my palate.ReplyDelete
That meal looks delicious!


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After his unopposed re-election as Greenburgh Supervisor on Tuesday, Paul Feiner issued a set of goals for his next term. Last but not least on Feiner's list of 17 initiatives is considering a referendum by residents of the Edgewood section of town to incorporate as a separate village.
Feiner's longtime opposition to a public referendum that could allow Edgemont to secede from the town attracted unflattering media attention on Sunday in this article in The New York Times.
Feiner reacted by saying: "There is no referendum scheduled. We're waiting for a court decision which probably won't happen until the end of the year or early next year."
Daily Voice has reported on the latest proposal for Edgemont to become a village, including in this article and in this one.
In an email sent to town residents on Wednesday, Feiner wrote that 17,482 Greenburgh residents voted to -re-elect him as town supervisor. "I promise you that I will work very hard to make Greenburgh an even better place to live,'' Feiner wrote.
Feiner included "Edgemont Incorporation Possibilities" as the final item on the priority list for his next two-year term.
Feiner wrote: "It's possible that a referendum on incorporation of Edgemont as a village could take place in 2018."
Under New York state law, only Edgemont residents will get to vote, Feiner said.
"However, there will be town wide impacts," Feiner wrote. "We need to prepare for this possibility, whether we think it will happen or not. It's my hope that before a vote takes place that residents of the entire town, including Edgemont, will become aware of the risks, possible service cuts and tax hikes if Edgemont does break away."
Between now and any referendum, Feiner promised to "continue working hard to provide Edgemont residents and the rest of the town with the best services possible. These are just a handful of initiatives that will be pursued."
The 36.1-square-mile Town of Greenburgh already has six villages within its borders – Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Tarrytown.
Edgemont, also known as Greenville, is a census-designated area with a population of 7,116.
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SHENANDOAH, Texas - On the first day of the four-day, eight-session NCAA Division III Championship, 11 members of the MIT men's swimming and diving team swam individual events, with four of them making it back to finals. Senior Wyatt Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.) won his first national title in his career in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.81. Sophomore Austin Fathman (Hamilton, Mich.) also competed in the 50 free, while senior Brendan Deveney (Newtown, Conn.) swam the 200-yard Individual Medley and junior Remy Mock (Victoria, British Columbia) was in the 500-yard freestyle. After the first day of competition, MIT are in third place with 88 points.
Going into the meet, Ubellacker was seeded third in the 50 free with a 20.01, a time that earned him a first place finish at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship late last month, as well as a NEWMAC meet and open record. He also broke his own MIT record for the third time this season. In the preliminary session, he touched first with a 19.51, just over a tenth of a second off the NCAA record, breaking the 20 second mark for the first time. He managed to hold on to the lead in finals, touching first in 19.81 with Erik Klontz of Carleton College finishing right after him in 19.86. Ubellacker earned 20 points to go towards MIT's final score.
Fathman also swam in the championship of the 50 free after tying for sixth place in prelims with his time of 20.23. In finals, he touched in eighth place with a 20.37, earning 11 points. This is the first year that the sophomore has swam an individual event at nationals, as he qualified last year as part of two relays.
Mock was the first of the Engineers to hit the water in finals, swimming in the consolation final of the 500 free. In prelims, he swam a 4:31.31, improving his time from NEWMACs by over two seconds, earning a 13th place seeding going into finals. From the start of the race, he was ahead of the crowd. He touched first in the heat with a time of 4:28.39, almost a full second ahead of the second place finisher, cutting another three seconds from his best time and breaking the MIT record of 4:29.97 from the 2011-12 season.
Going into finals of the 200 IM, Deveney was seeded 12th with a 1:50.58, just over a second off his best time of 1:49.08 from NEWMACs. In the consolation final, he tied Blake Weber of Claremont with a 1:49.74, earning eight points.
In prelims, freshman Thomas Norris (Cincinnati, Ohio) swam a 4:34.97 in the 500 free, coming in 24th place. Fellow freshman Alex Lednev (Glenmont, N.Y.) swam the 200 IM, narrowly missing finals with his 18th place finish with a 1:51.15. Classmate Luke Schlueter (St. Louis, Mo.) moved up one place from his seeding to finish in 43rd place with a time of 1:53.96, bettering his time by a second.
In the 50 free, sophomore Brendon Chiu (Monterey Park, Calif.) moved up four places to 21st with a 20.70 and senior Tony Chen (Clemmons, N.C.) also moved up four places to 28th place with his time of 20.83. Junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) came in 29th place in 20.84 and freshman Bradford Jokubaitis (Newtown, Pa.) finished in 49th with a 22.27.
The 200-yard medley relay wrapped up the first day of competition. The combined effort of freshman Bo Mattix (La Canada, Calif.), Chiu, Ubellacker and freshman Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) that was seeded in 11th place going into the meet finished prelims in fourth with a time of 1:30.44. That night, the relay, that was composed of Mattix, junior Michael Liao (Newport Beach, Calif.), Ubellacker and Cheney touched the wall in first place with a time of 1:28.57, crushing the MIT record of 1:29.94.
After the first day of competition, the Engineers sit in third place out of 26 teams with 88 points. Denison University is just one point ahead in second place with 89 and Kenyon takes the lead with 110 points.
Day two of NCAAs will begin with the 200-yard freestyle relay and will be followed by the 400-yard Individual Medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay. Prelims every day will start at 10:00 a.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. EST and finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. CDT/7:00 p.m. EST.
Live stats- http://collegeswimming.us/results/21478/
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for the brisket
3 1/2 lb brisket
1 quart chicken or beef stock
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
6 whole cloves garlic
5 whole star anise
2 tablespoons fennel seeds
for the sauce
1 cup braising liquid
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons vegetarian oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoon chile-garlic sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch or potato flour
Place all of the brisket ingredients into a large pot with a tight fitting lid. The brisket should be totally submerged. If not, add water until the brisket is covered. Cook over medium-low heat for about 3 hours or until the brisket is easily flaked with a fork and very tender.
for the sauce:
Add all ingredients to pot. Whisk to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil than continue to cook about 2 minutes over high heat. Pour over sliced meat prior to serving.


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Rihanna is starting the new year with a new man ... LA Dodger Matt Kemp.
RiRi and Matty got up close and personal while vacationing in Mexico together this weekend.
Last week, Matt lied to our cameraman -- and adamantly stated the two were just "friends."
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If you arrive in Kandos or Rylstone and want to get out of the car seat for awhile and do something a little different why not try one of our breakfast, lunch or dinner rides. Having a dedicated cycleway between Kandos and Rylstone means it is easy to amble through the countryside. There are great views between the two towns and plenty of places to pull over for a photo or to just take a break and take in the view.
Head off from Kandos on one of our mountain bikes
For those travelling two up you might like to take one of our tandems
For those that may not have ridden for a while or are not comfortable with 21 gear bikes we have a couple of retro bikes (no gears or 3) in the classic style.
Go Classic on a Retro
How difficult are these rides?
The ride between Kandos and Rylstone is fairly easy for any fitness level. It's reasonably flat with no real altitude difference between the two towns so no steep climbs or pinches. Having a dedicated cycleway means you are not competing with regular traffic for road space so you are able to amble and take it all in more easily. If you are a regular rider it is a peice of cake and if you havn't riden for awhile and are not in Olympic level fitness there is plenty of places to pull over and take a short break (even a number of dedicated seats placed for cyclists along the cycleway).
It is possible to do the ride as a loop (half cycleway/half country road) so talk to us when you pick up your bikes if you want to do this and we'll give you the info required.
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These rides run three times a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner allowing you to take the ride and stop for a meal and return (and burn off a few of those kilojoules on the way).
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Why Fletcher: My background is in international health and I chose Fletcher because I wanted to go to a school that excelled in interdisciplinary teaching and emphasized strategic thinking. Addressing global health issues requires an understanding of the legal, economic, and political context, and Fletcher's curriculum provided me an opportunity to tailor my coursework around my interests and, most importantly, the skill sets I wanted to strengthen. It was also important for me to go to a school where the professors were top practitioners in their field but were also accessible outside of the classroom. The professors at Fletcher take the time to make sure you understand any complex material while also challenging your thinking around international issues. The student body's international experience was also important to me when deciding to go to Fletcher. It's refreshing to get the perspective from classmates who have lived in a country that we may be studying or have directly experienced the issues that are being explored in our coursework. Fletcher's international lens and interdisciplinary approaches are one of its many greatest strengths.
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drop your trousers
drop your trousers
deliberately let your trousers fall down, especially in a public place
at the drop of a hat
without delay or good reason – informal
1991 - Independent - These days Soviet visas are issued at the drop of a hat.
drop your aitches
fail to pronounce the h sound, especially at the beginning of words.
IN Britain, dropping your aitches is considered by some to be a sign of a lack of education or of inferior social class.
1903 - George Bernard Shaw - Man & Superman - This man takes more trouble to drop his aitches than ever his father did to pick them up.
drop the ball
make a mistake
mishandle things - North American informal
drop a brick
make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark - British informal
drop your bundle
become very nervous or upset
go to pieces – Australian
drop a clanger
make an embarrassing or foolish mistake - British informal
Dropping something that makes a loud clang attracts attention. This mid 20th-century expression is used especially in the context of a very embarrrassing or tactless act or remark made in a social situation.
1998 - Spectator - Yet he never escaped from his own nagging suspicion that he had somehow overachieved and that he was likely to drop a huge clanger at any moment.
drop dead
die suddenly and unexpectedly
used as an expression of intense scorn or dislike - informal
This idiom is the source of the adjective drop-dead, which is used to emphasize how attractive someone or something is, as in drop-dead gorgeous.
drop the dime on = drop a dime on
inform on someone to the police - US informal
1990 - Scott Turow - The Burden of Proof - Dixon says he's thought it over, the best course for him is just to drop the dime on John.
drop your guard
relax your defensive posture, leaving yourself vulnerable to attack
reduce your level of vigilance or caution
This is an expression connected in its literal sense with boxing, as is its opposite of
raise your guard
meaning adopt a defensive posture.
drop a hint = drop hints
let fall a hint or hints, as if casually or unconsciously
drop someone like a hot potato = drop something like a hot potato
quickly abandon someone or something – informal
Drop here is used literally, but also in the figurative sense of end a social acquaintance with someone. A hot potato can be used independently as a metaphor for a controversial or awkward issue or problem that no one wants to deal with.
drop someone a line
send someone a note or letter in a casual manner
a drop in the ocean = a drop in a bucket
a very small amount compared with what is needed or expected
1995 - Ian Rankin - Let It Bleed - A few million was a drop in the ocean, hardly a ripple.
drop names
refer frequently to well-known people in such a way as to imply that they are close acquaintances
drop the pilot
abandon a trustworthy adviser
Dropping the Pilot was the caption of a famous cartoon by John Tenniel, published in Punch in 1890. It depicted Bismarck's dismissal as German Chancellor by the young Kaiser Wilhelm II.
fit to drop = ready to drop
worn out
have the drop
on have the advantage over – informal
Have the drop on was originally a mid 19th-century US expression used literally to mean that you have the opportunity to shoot before your opponent can use their weapon.
2000 - Clay Shooting - He always seems to have the drop on me by one bird no matter how hard I try.
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migya wrote:I like the Suns, but have a pretty bad roster. To be on the verge of the playoffs is amazing for them and definately is another showing that Steve Nash is one of the greatest players of this era, especially in making others better. He is up there with Magic, Bird and Kidd in making others on his team better.
agreed. nash is like a fine wine, getting better with age...... #lamecliches


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Susanna and the Elders: Gert Van Ort, 1520-25, stained glass, diameter 24 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Years ago in an interview with an octogenarian businessman who was being sued by everyone in his family, the old parking-lot magnate was asked: "Why are you so angry? Don't you know you can't take it with you?"
His answer? "I'm not leaving."
Lawrence's "Grudge" next to Van Ort's "Susanna" -- kind of wake-up call, as in "we are going to stay on and on and on and on and on" (maybe).
light coming into sky above still black
plane of ridge, robin calling on branch
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
cross hatching of the curve,
relations of features
to place that is, just what
is the event, becomes
shadowed green of ridge across channel,
clouds on horizon to the left of point
"...let the young be listless with their puny youth". I love the disdain in this.
On this subject, I cannot but echo the sentiments expressed by another poet, here.
"Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not? .............etc...."
Sandra, it's the next line of that song gets me:
"Let us die young or let us live forever"
A year before that song was written, there appeared a film about a group of elderly people rejuvenated by aliens. It was filmed in a place called St Petersburg, Florida, where old people (in real life) go... to never die. In the end, one of the old people, afflicted by cancer, elects to stay on Earth to die a "natural" death, while the other old people accept the aliens' invitation to travel to an interstellar world where they will never be ill, never age, and never die.
The film is well played, but schmaltzy and sentimental; though the actors were old, the film-maker was not.
Until one has experienced drastic physical breakdown, it is difficult to speak of these things honestly; and then, once one has entered that experience, it becomes difficult to speak of anything at all.
D. H. Lawrence was never an old man, but he had an acute sense of being oppressed by the narrow-mindedness of the old. And as he suffered from a terminal illness (tuberculosis, in his case) while still a young man, he perhaps possessed an uncommon wisdom, regarding these unpleasant matters.
love that song Tom...interesting comments those you have told..!
(By the by, Vanderleun, I suppose your practise of lifting my posts directly to your blog and posting them there for want of "content" of your own appears entirely ethical to you, but to me it appears the easy-way ruse of a scoundrel; the fact you are able to "get away with it" demonstrates your cleverness, perhaps, in your shriveled little mind, but to me it merely demonstrates the paucity and insubstantiality of your entire enterprise. I would appreciate it if you would henceforth imitate flypaper and stick to your trademark boob-shows, thank you very much!)
from one of my Sentences, 1976--when I was "younger"
Now, the night
around me when
I look
I'm falling
my foot
steps follow
the leader, kick
the can, Annie
over, it's over
my dead body.
Yes, those damned old people, constantly leaving their dead bodies in the way of progress and traffic flow!
(The witness to the near vehicular murder of this particular senior citizen reported, "Well, I saw his shoe rolling down the street... but I bet he's one of those Medicare types anyway!)
I didn't begin to feel old till my mom and I never thought of her as old. Even at 94 she seemed young. Hmm.
Nin, I do think that's the way of it -- things change, the normal course of things shifts, there's a lurch, and then...
The year since I was run over in the street may as well have been ten, body wrecked for good and I'm now a lame old man and no more denying it; so that part's simple enough.
The "problem arises" (as they say) when each day brings two or three new acute annoyances, and the old get tired of those very fast -- or one might say, they get old, more quickly than ever.
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
May 2004
The Consequences of Uncertainty: Addressing Climate Sensitivity and Climate Stabilization
Current estimates of climate sensitivity - the equilibrium global mean surface temperature rise that would arise from a doubling of pre-industrial CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere - range from 1.5°C to 4.5°C, with a median estimate of 2.5°C. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers at the Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland have examined the implications of this uncertainty for climate policy.
In conducting this analysis, researchers assumed an increase in global mean surface temperature of 2.5°C above what the pre-industrial value might represent as a possible climate stabilization target. Three global CO2 emission pathways, consistent with a "minimum cost" approach to meeting this target, were evaluated. These pathways were compared with an estimate of future global emissions assuming no climate policies are adopted. The pathways are the reference case (B2 Reference in red), 1) the case for a climate sensitivity of 2.5°C (in blue), 2) the case for a sensitivity of 1.5°C (in brown), and 3) the case for a sensitivity of 4.5°C (in orange).
The differences are astounding. If climate sensitivity is as high as 4.5°C, there is no realistic way of meeting the target as global CO2 emissions would have to go to zero within 15 years. If climate sensitivity is as low as 1.5°C, emissions would not have to deviate from the reference case until the next century.