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It has taken Bruins' backup goalie Chad Johnson five years of pro hockey to establish himself as a viable NHL goalie. Whether it will result in a second contract with the B's is anyone's guess.
BOSTON – There may be some stragglers and holdouts, but for the most part, people don't seem as uncomfortable when Chad Johnson tends goal for the Bruins as they were during the first half of the season.
Johnson, meanwhile, is entirely comfortable playing in Boston, although he admits he's not sure how long that will be the case.
Johnson has been quite the bargain this season, posting a 16-3-1 record, 2.04 goals-against average and .925 saves percentage, all for $600,000 – just $50,000 above the NHL's minimum salary. He becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season, though.
"Right now, I'm really just focused on this year," said Johnson, who backed up Tuukka Rask in the B's 2-1, shootout loss to the Canadiens Monday night. "I don't know what next year holds ... I just don't really think about that."
At 27 years old, in his fifth pro season and with this third NHL organization, Johnson isn't blind to his situation. Unable to secure full-time work with the New York Rangers or Phoenix Coyotes, he has established himself as a viable NHL goalie this season. Anton Khudobin, in a similar situation with Boston last year, turned it into a one-year deal ($800,000) with Carolina, where he has played regularly and well enough to earn a two-year extension worth $4.5 million ($2.25 million salary cap hit).
"There's obviously a process to being in different situations," said Johnson, who is 10-0-1 since his last loss in regulation on Dec. 28. "I think everybody wants to play … As a goalie, you always want to push for more games, to be better, to win championships."
"Obviously, I want to continue to progress as a goalie and try to help a team win. If that means going to a different team, or whatever it is – I don't know. It's not really in my mind right now, what my future holds."
Johnson, who played only 10 NHL games before this season, is in no great rush to leave Boston, saying "this is such a great team and obviously I want to be a part of it. Just to be able to be around this atmosphere – winning, having a chance to win it all – that's why I play the game."
The Bruins' overall depth in goal could factor into Johnson's future. Right below him on the depth chart is Niklas Svedberg, 24, who's in his second year at AHL Providence (he was named that league's top goaltender last season) and becomes a restricted free agent this summer. Malcolm Subban, also at Providence, was the Bruins' first-round draft pick in 2012. And Rask, only 27, is signed for seven more years at a $7 million cap hit.
Johnson's trying to block all that out, and focus on enjoying and competing through the rest of this season.
"I'm obviously where I want to be, but sometimes a lot of it is out of my control," he said. "Depending on so many other factors, it's hard to say what the future holds, but I know every player in this league wants to be on a team like this – myself included. You play the game to be on teams like this."
Canadiens coach Michel Therrien, on the 12-game winning streak the Bruins took into Monday night: "The thing that impresses me is that it's at this time of the year. It's something to put together a streak like that in November, December, but at this time of year, teams are battling really hard to make the playoffs. I'm really impressed about the way they're playing." … The revolving door on the Bruins' defense saw Andrei Meszaros scratched after playing four straight games and seven of the previous eight. Corey Potter didn't play for the 10th time in 11 games … Bruins winger Jarome Iginla was named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for scoring five goals in four games through Saturday's 4-2 win at Phoenix … Raymond Bourque handled the ceremonial puck drop as the Bruins' celebration of their 90th season continued.


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The short answer is this. It makes me angry. Why is it that now that a lot of White people have problems shit is serious?
Where was the Occupy movement when I (I will be using I in both the personal and larger sense) and millions of people just like me had to decide between food and medication. Decide between bus fare and food, rent and new shoes.
Where was all this righteous indignation when in order to help support a household I worked under the table cleaning the toilets of a woman who routinely called me a dirty cunt just so some children could have food?
To my view these things are suddenly worth mobilizing because they are no longer just poor and people of color problems. The type of problems I have dealt with since I paid my first bill have become the problems of Nice White Folks everywhere.
It is the people who fully expected to get out of college and assume their position in middle class America.
The economy has been tanking for more than a decade and yet, somehow a lot of these people expected that everything would be okay.
This is where I have a problem because I've never had the privilege to be in a position to assume that I am supposed to have more.
Perhaps one too many times where I have gone hungry or eaten bullshit food just so I could eat has made me jaded. I can't be passionate about people who expected more and are suddenly not getting it.
This isn't to say that I don't believe that we're all entitled to a living wage and all that jazz. The thing that sticks in my side is that all of a sudden people are mad.
Furthermore I am a Black person. I am a Black Person in Seattle and I don't feel entirely welcome or represented.
If I were to go plant my ass at the protests, I don't have faith that I would be okay. I'm pretty sure that in a sea of White faces I would a.) stick out and b.) be an easy target for law enforcement.
I don't see a lot of acknowledgement from OWS that protest is a privilege and for a lot of us a major danger.
I do have the privilege of having a full time job. I am the bread winner in my household. I don't have savings. I don't have money for lawyers. I don't have the money to get sick because I've been sitting around in the shitty weather.
When law enforcement comes, what if I were protesting. Would you pay my bail? Would any of the other apparently broke ass people protesting pay my bail? Would you pay any missed wages for court dates or fines? For lawyers fees?
Given the tone of my previous interactions with Seattle police I could promise you I would go to jail.
For a movement so pre occupied with economics, please work those out.
Now when talking about OWS around the nations I can't even.
People with faces like mine straight up got called nigger at a protest. Women carrying a Pan African flag were harassed both at the protest and on the internet.
It is too stressful for me to even contemplate. I haven't had enough mental energy or spoons to deal with that.
I don't want my White friends to take this as some kind of now Shannon hates White people thing because it's not. I will quote a post from Racialicious about it:
This unintended marginalization is occurring daily at #OWS. We know this may be hard for some people to understand. Of course, who could expect us to understand what it is like to be reminded of your skin color every time you leave your home? Who could expect white people to understand that the spaces we feel so comfortable in may feel exclusive or even hostile to people of color? After all, we are never told; we are not forced to learn that our skin color is related to our social status; and we are not taught black and brown history, so many of us do not know how we got here–and cannot imagine it any other way.
From an open letter by Two White Men.
That is the only link I'm giving you. I cannot and will not expose myself to more thing that stress me out and upset me.
Could I go into more detail? Yes.
I won't because dealing with these same type of issues over and over again for my entire damn life is exhausting. I'm not offering up more documentation because if you're reading this you can use the googles. If you don't want to use the googles, use your empathy. It is just too exhausting and painful to me.
If you were me. If you were in my position of having most of the problems the 99% are up in arms about not due to an economic downturn but because you're just fucking poor how would you feel? What if this wasn't a big sudden social justice movement and was just the only life you've ever known?
If you still don't understand then never mind. We're not going to see eye to eye.
I also suggest googling information about Occupy Wall Street and colonialism, racism and Philly. Do things to calm yourself down first because some of that makes for upsetting reading.
To conclude.
I am not part of the 99% as they are showing themselves.
I am part of the who knows how many who have been and remain the working poor. Who regardless of how the economy spins have lost homes, have had no money and no recourse for help. I am one of those people.
Homo Out.

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Website Sues NY Times For Linking To It
from the 1996-is-calling dept
Perhaps most interesting of all, GateHouse is charging the NY Times with breach of contract, because (of all things) GateHouse uses a Creative Commons license on its content -- though it uses the Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives license -- and it claims that Boston.com's use is commercial, and thus a contractual violation. This highlights the problem Creative Commons has with its non-commercial licenses. It's pretty clear the intent of such licenses is to prevent a company from reselling the works. But when it's being used to directly drive more traffic to the original site, it's difficult to see how any sane person would see that as a violation of the intent.
Either way, the end-result of all of this is that other websites have already come to the conclusion that it's just not worth linking to GateHouse sites at all. Consider it a stupid lawyers tax. Suing people for sending you traffic has to be, perhaps, the most braindead business strategy around, these days.


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If you've seen the 2011 comedy "The Big Year" where two birding enthusiasts try to defeat the diehard world record holder in a yearlong bird-spotting competition, you marvel at the passion behind the pastime.
The three birders rush here and there, crisscrossing the country, to see rare sighting like a pink-footed goose and a blue-footed booby. They even board a plane to Attu Island, one of the easternmost points of Alaska, and bunk with other birders, hoping to catch rare sightings.
Even though there is no official competition like that, nationally known birder and author David Sibley relates to the experience.
"Keeping track of lists is one really popular aspect of birdwatching — how many species you've seen in your life, in the current year, in a day, in your state, or county or yard — and that can get pretty competitive," says Sibley, author of several books, including "The Sibley Guide to Birds" and "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America," both biblical references for any level birder. His newest book, "The Sibley Guide to Trees," connects with his love for feathered friends, he says.
Sibley, 50, shares his enthusiasm and experiences when he gives the keynote program for the Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival Oct. 5-7 at Cape Charles, just across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
"Most of my birding has been in North America, studying the birds that are found here," says Sibley, 50, who lives in Concord, Mass.
"I've made a few trips to exotic places like Ecuador, Kenya, Thailand, but I have actually never counted my total life list. It's probably over 2,000 species."
Sibley's interest in birds stems from his father who is an ornithologist. At age 4, he started drawing birds and began keeping a list of birds he saw when he was 7.
"Birding plays to the strengths of kids," he says.
"It's all about pattern recognition and keen senses. Kids pick it up quickly and very well, and I think it's great training for all kinds of skills beyond just learning the names of birds — reading your surroundings, understanding weather, deductive reasoning, trusting your senses, etc.
"Parents put a lot of emphasis on sports, music, and other activities that teach valuable life skills, but going outside and studying nature gets overlooked, even though it's every bit as valuable, and for some kids it's just the right fit."
When he goes birding, Sibley uses Swarovski binoculars and telescope, 8.5 power and 30 power, respectively. He always heads into the field with paper and pencil for sketching and notes.
His favorite birds are the long-eared owl, red-breasted nuthatch, raven and roadrunner — all for their big personalities.
"I really like the colorful birds like warblers, and graceful birds like swallow-tailed kite, but it's character that leaves a lasting impression," he says.
For beginning birders, he suggests you study a field guide at home and get the best binoculars you can afford. Go out with other birders and learn from them; the first 25 species will be the hardest to identify on your own, he says.
"Really watch birds and ask questions," he says.
"What is the bird doing and why? How does the shape or the color pattern change as the bird moves, etc.? Keep a journal, sketch or at least take notes. That's the best way to make a habit of looking closely."
Contact Kathy at email@example.com.
Getting started
The Hampton Roads and Williamsburg bird clubs offers bird walks and other free educational programs for members and the public; learn more at http://www.hamptonroadsbirdclub.org and http://www.williamsburgbirdclub.org. Steve Living of York County, a wildlife biologist with Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and birding festival committee member, suggests bird watchers look for these migrating birds this fall:
American redstart. These small colorful birds are common and fairly abundant and pass through Virginia in large numbers during migration. When foraging, these birds flash bright orange patches on their wings and tails to startle insect prey into moving (hence the "start" of redstart).
Yellow-rumped warbler. These active birds sports a bright yellow rump patch and are the most numerous warbler to winter in Virginia. They rely heavily on native wax myrtle as a food source and are one of the only warblers that can digest the waxy berries of this shrub – helping them overwinter as far north as Canada and northern New England.
White-throated sparrow. This bird breeds in northern coniferous forests but spends its winters further south. It is a common visitor to backyards and will often visit feeders. These birds will remain in Virginia throughout the winter and into very early spring.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker. This small woodpecker breeds only in the western mountains of Virginia but is a common winter migrant throughout the state. It is true to its name – creating a series of small holes in trees and consuming the sap that runs out along with any small insects or other invertebrates that may get trapped in the sticky flow.
Want to go?
What: 20th annual Eastern Shore of Virginia Birding and Wildlife Festival
When: Oct. 5-7. Exhibits and vendors open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 5, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7:30 a.m.-noon Oct. 7.
Where: Cape Charles Volunteer Fire Department building. "The southern tip of the Eastern Shore is a unique land feature when it comes to bird migration," adds Dave Youker, president of the Hampton Roads Bird Club. "Birds traveling south stop at this location to refuel before continuing across the Chesapeake Bay. This stopover site provides a great opportunity to see large concentrations of migrating birds."
Tickets and info: To purchase tickets and get a schedule of events go to http://www.esvafestivals.com or call 757-581-1081. Cost for all three days is $100.
Extras: Keynote speech by David Sibley, author of "The Sibley Guide to Birds" and "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America," will be 7 p.m. Oct. 5 and is open only to festival ticket holders. Day trips and tours, as well as free family activities with flighted raptor demonstrations, happen all three days.
Read more from Sibley and local birders at Kathy's blog at http://www.roomandyard.com/diggin.


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The Victorian government says it is disappointed a bid to overturn a federal ban on cattle grazing in the high country has been dismissed.
The Federal Court was asked to review a decision by Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke, who rejected a trial that allowed 400 cattle to graze in the Alpine National Park.
But on Friday Justice Susan Kenny dismissed the challenge, saying none of the Victorian government's four grounds for seeking a judicial review were successful.
The trial, to look at the use of cattle grazing to reduce bushfire risk, had been promised by the Baillieu government at the 2010 election.
State Environment and Climate Change Minister Ryan Smith said the government would now review the decision and consider its position.
"The Victorian coalition government is disappointed by today's decision," he said in a statement.
Cattle grazing opponents called on the state government to accept the court's decision and scrap plans for high country cattle grazing.
State opposition environment spokesman Lisa Neville said the decision backed what the scientific evidence and Labor had said - that cattle grazing would not reduce the risk of fire and would likely increase it.
Federal Environment Minister Mr Burke said the court case revealed how different political parties defined national parks.
"It is a national park, not a farm," he said in a statement.
Outside court, Philip Ingamells from the Victorian National Parks Association welcomed the court's decision, saying the cattle grazing trial was about the state government winning votes in East Gippsland.
"The whole thing has been a waste of taxpayers' money," he told reporters.
"We deserve better protection for the national park."
In court last August, Victorian Solicitor-General Stephen McLeish SC argued that Mr Burke had erred in relying on reports and advice that had not been presented to him by the state government in its referral.
But Justice Kenny rejected the argument, saying the minister was entitled to consider advice from his department and to take into account the reports that he used in coming to the decision.


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In the last 36 months, the BBB has received hundreds of complaints about local fitness clubs and exercise programs.
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Many consumers either assumed their contract would not be renewed, or filed the appropriate paperwork to cancel their membership, but continued to have fees withdrawn from their bank accounts.
Contract dispute complaints vary, but typically involve disagreements over promises made by the salesperson versus what the membership actually included, and the policy for getting out of the contract if the member relocated to another area.
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The BBB has six steps to help you get fit without getting taken:
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ASHLAND, Va. — The Randolph-Macon pitching staff held the Washington and Lee baseball team to just two runs in 22 innings Sunday on its way to a doubleheader sweep. The Yellow Jackets (6-6, 2-2 ODAC) won the first game, 5-0, and then came back to win, 3-2, in 13 innings in game two.
The Generals (7-6, 2-2 ODAC) struck first in the second game with two runs in the fifth. Sophomore second baseman Nick Biumi (Cummings, Ga./Lambert) hit a RBI double to left center, and junior center fielder Keegan Dolan (Bethesda, Md./Landon) plated Biumi with a double down the left field line.
R-MC tied the game in the sixth off of reliever Jake Rudolph (Cordova, Tenn./Memphis University School). After walking the bases loaded with two outs, Rudolph walked the next two batters to bring the score to 2-2.
After the sixth, the two squads went the next six innings without scoring a run. Each team had opportunities, but it took until the bottom of the 13th for the tie to be broken. With one out, senior first baseman Jon Witt reached on an error by senior shortstop Jonathan Stutts (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day). First-year Nicholas Williamson pinch ran for Witt and advanced to third on a two-out single by first-year shortstop Travis Lodge. Sophomore third baseman Nate Meiners ended the game with a RBI single up the middle to plate Williamson.
Sophomore Matt Hedberg (Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park) took the loss, giving up one unearned run in 0.2 innings. Sophomore JT Williamson (1-1) won his first game after pitching a perfect 13th inning. Junior Nate Plein (El Cajon, Calif./St. Augustine) started the game for the Generals and went five innings. He did not allow a run, while striking out four. Senior Eric Wisotsky (West Windsor, N.J./Plainsboro North) pitched 6.1 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts.
The Yellow Jackets used six pitchers in the contest, but only allowed two runs on seven hits in 13.0 innings. Sophomore Jake Bram started the game and gave up two runs in 5.2 innings.
Senior Michael Helbig controlled the first game from the mound for the Yellow Jackets. He held the Generals scoreless in 7.0 innings, while only allowing four hits. He also struck out nine with only three walks to improve to 2-2 on the year. Sophomore Glenn McLaughlin pitched the final two innings.
Senior catcher Alex Mait (Chesterfield, Va./Clover Hill) was the only W&L player to tally multiple hits in the game. He finished 2-for-3 with a walk. Senior Ian Shaw (Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood) took the loss for the Generals. He went 6.0 innings, allowing four earned runs with two strikeouts. Shaw dropped to 2-1 this season.
Randolph-Macon scored four of its five runs in the fourth inning. Witt hit a RBI single down the left field line, and Lodge followed with a one-run single into right.
After a RBI fielder's choice by senior second baseman Austin Carpenter, first-year left fielder Michael Trentham plated the fourth run of the inning with a RBI single down the right field line. The Yellow Jackets tallied their fifth and final run of the game on a sacrifice fly by senior center fielder Jeb Weymouth.
The Generals face Stevenson on Monday, March 11, at Cap'n Dick Smith Field at 3:00 pm.
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The July 4th holiday weekend is the perfect time to celebrate the strides our nation has made toward liberty. We gave the Brits the boot, freed the slaves, granted women the right to vote and the right to control their own bodies. We continue to take giant steps toward freedom and equality — like last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act — while swatting away the efforts of Cro-Mags in places like Texas who want to drag us back to the caves.
Americans are leading all of humankind into an era of unprecedented enlightenment and emancipation from the dark forces of prejudice and superstition, but we've still got some work to do. The end of drug prohibition is high on my personal list of big wrongs to right, and we're headed in that direction, but there's another cause that ranks even higher yet has less momentum these days: moving the legal drinking age back to 18.
One of the strongest arguments in favor of this right's restoration is so commonplace and commonsensical that it's become a cliché: If 18-year-olds are considered mature enough to fight in wars, they're mature enough to drink in bars. To this I would add that if 18-year-olds can vote for the politicians who start wars, they're old enough to choose the wrong brand of beer, too. ("Bartender, another round of Coors Light, please.")
In all seriousness, this mini-Prohibition for young adults is more destructive than constructive for all involved. It's a misguided policy that can actually destroy lives.
The most widely recognized and pervasive of the law's destructive effects is binge drinking by college-age adults, the consequences of which can be fatal (drunk driving, alcohol poisoning), debilitating (alcoholism, disabling accidents, incarceration) or downright annoying (Dave Matthews Band songs). That's what prompted over 100 college presidents to launch the Amethyst Initiative in 2008 and spark a rational debate about the proper drinking age. Frustratingly, that spark has failed to ignite any substantive change in the past five years. (To Maine's shame, only one leader of a major academic institution in our state signed on to the initiative, Maine Maritime Academy President Leonard Tyler, and he's since retired.)
Among the law's less widely recognized consequences are those that result when young adults attempt to exercise what should be their legal right to imbibe by breaking this unjust law. The other day I got an e-mail from the neo-Prohibitionist pressure group 21 Reasons that warned about the use of fake IDs. The group wants young adults to know that flashing a phony license to buy booze can result not only in a fine of up to $600 and suspension of one's real driver's license for as long as a year, but also a criminal record that "employers, schools & licensing boards may see" and "bigger fines, JAIL time & LIABILITY" if a young adult gives another young adult so much as a sip of sin juice.
These sorts of scare tactics make my blood boil, and I'm now twice the legal drinking age. It's infuriating to see the scolds of society insist that 18-to-20-year-olds are too childlike to handle alcohol but are adult enough to do hard time or have their career aspirations crushed by one ill-advised decision.
Just like the full-blown Prohibition of the last century, the ongoing version aimed at young people increases crime and creates more life-threatening situations than it discourages.
When I was in that age group, I committed fraud and theft numerous times to get beer and (even harder to admit) wine coolers. Growing up in a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., my friends and I would drive into the inner city (one of the most violent places in America then and now) with wads of cash and attempt to convince the poor, usually black men hanging out on the streets to buy beer for us. Sometimes they returned with the goods, sometimes they didn't. In retrospect, only luck saved us from getting both robbed and shot.
Then, rather than consume our booze in moderation, in the relative safety of a home or business with older adults present, we hid in the woods and got smashed as fast as possible. This ridiculousness, fun as it was, would have been unnecessary had we been legally allowed to drink responsibly.
As Maine reconsiders its liquor control regime later this year, lawmakers should also reconsider the drinking age. It's time to take another small step toward the ideals our country was founded upon.


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Rising country singer Luke Bryan was named entertainer of the year and Miranda Lambert was singled out as a songwriter and a singer on Sunday at the 48th Academy of Country Music Awards. Lambert picked up significant honors from her collaboration with husband Blake Shelton on "Over You," a song they wrote inspired by Shelton's experience as a teenager when his brother was killed in an automobile accident.
"I don't know what to say," said Bryan, who also co-hosted the show from Las Vegas with Shelton. "I just started headlining. I swear to God, every time I step onstage it's a pleasure to play for fans. This is the defining moment of my life, and I will never forget it."
Lambert's "Over You" was named single record and song of the year, earning awards for the Texas artist as the song's performer and co-writer, and she also nabbed the female vocalist award for the fourth straight year. In all she collected four awards, more than any other nominee.
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Lately, Villanueva has struggled with multiple injuries. Because of this, he appears hesitant to take the ball into the defense. Instead, he's been drifting around the perimeter seemingly on both ends of the court. If he's not healthy, Detroit should sit him down and use other big men like Kwame Brown or Chris Wilcox.
If his injuries are indeed behind him and he's healthy enough to play, Villanueva needs to start playing with a higher degree of physicality. He should get down low on offense, particularly if he's playing on the second unit against backup players. Villanueva has the ability to post-up inside - he was doing that at the start of the season before his injuries started - and can do so either with his back to the basket or facing his opponent and driving the lane.
At this point, the Pistons are still trying to guage the talent on this current roster. They signed Villanueva last summer to a hefty contract on the first day of free agency, so they obviously have enough confidence in his game. They did not sign him, however, to simply drift around the perimeter. They had that the last few years with Rasheed Wallace, and it proved to be ineffective offense.
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When growing up in New York City, Viksnins always had a pen, ink, and paper on which to draw. Her dad enjoyed painting copies of Monet and Renoir's work.
It only came naturally that Viksnins would pick up her dad's habits and inclinations.
"It was always there as I was always sketching during class in school and drawing faces," she said.
Viksnins still leans toward drawing faces, even if her initial intention is to create an abstract work, and the face seems to always be that of a woman.
"Sometimes I start with a total abstract, but toward the end I will think you know, this needs a face and I put in a woman," she says, as if even she is baffled by the compulsion.
"I'm kind of obsessed with it," she says. "I put icons, secret messages and suggestions in my paintings � I guess as my way of communicating. Some people don't see them and some do."
But why always a woman?
"I love nature � Mother Nature," she says. "Mother, or woman is where life comes from."
Viksnins has traveled extensively and the sights she has seen in Peru and the rugged terrain of Alaska's frozen tundra have also offered inspiration.
As an intuitive painter who is easily inspired, Viksnins is not limited in the inspiration arena. She also finds it through reading, songs that she hears, the warmth of the sun, Greek and Roman mythology, and poetry, particularly that of Robert Frost.
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Viksnins moved to Destin seven years ago.
With an art degree from the University of West Florida, Viksnins has studied with prominent artists nationwide. She belongs to Blue Morning Gallery and Quayside Art Gallery in Pensacola and recently received Best of Show at Artel Gallery in Pensacola for her work "Family Dynamics," a collage encased in a shadow box. Viksnins is also president of the Pensacola Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, an organization of professional female artists, composers, and writers, and was honored at the 2012 NLAPW Biennial Art Show in Washington, D.C.
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Hill covered the stationary distance in 6:15.6, the 46th-best clip on the afternoon in an event filled with some of the world's finest rowers. Junior Mike Whitaker posted the second-fastest mark for MIT, splitting 6:20.9, while freshman Tom Larsen closed with the third quickest time (6:27.3). The Engineers actually showcased early muscle from its novice class, which posted four of the fastest nine MIT times. John Cooley finished fourth for MIT (6:30.0), while Rob Figiuerdo (6:30.7) completed the circuit just back of Cooley. Ian Collier recorded the fastest split for Tech's lightweights with a time of 6:43.3.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2008) - The first day of the 30th annual Niswonger Invitational is in the books and the East Tennessee State track and field team displayed some major highlights on Friday inside Memorial Center on the David E. Walker Track.
"I am very pleased with how our athletes competed today and hopefully we can see the same effort tomorrow," added associate head track and field coach Michelle Byrne.
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"Zachlynn had a personal best, and some of her better throws just landed out of the sector," said ETSU throws coach Meg Stone. "There is a lot more there for her, but I think she still had a good performance today and I expect big things out of her as the season continues."
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"This has probably been the most challenging fall for Nae-Nae because of her being injured, but she worked hard in the weight room and in practice and she did great today," added Byrne. "Her time was close to her lifetime best in the outdoor 200-meters, and I hope she carries this momentum over into the finals tomorrow."
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For the second straight year, the ETSU track and field program helped promote youth fitness by hosting the Elementary Shuttle Relays. The Buccaneer track program invited local third, fourth and fifth graders to the Dome and participate in a competitive event. The objective is to encourage the young athletes to compete in a fun filled activity at an early level.
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Review: El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 4, 2012
One of my very favourite of the white rums is the El Dorado 3yr Cask Aged Rum. In fact that particular rum is the highest scoring white rum on my website, and the only of these white rums (so far) which I have scored in the 90s. So it was with some excitement that I learned that Woodman Wine and Spirits was sending me a bottle of the even more premium El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum for me to review here on my website.
This rum is meant not just to compete with the new strain of super premium white rums that have entered the market recently, it is meant to compete head to head with the super premium luxury vodkas which have garnered a good chunk of the market share in the distilled spirits category. According to the El Dorado Website, the Deluxe Silver Rum is blended from selected light to medium bodied aged rums which have been produced on Demerara Distillers' 200-year-old wooden Coffey still (the last of its kind operating in the world today) and the company's famous French Savalle still. The result is a fully aged, double-filtered, 6 Year Old White Rum.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"… The initial scents rising into the breezes above the glass carried a lightly candied sweetness with very mild minty undertones. I also noticed some more complex aromas which included banana and orange peel as well as some lemon and lime citrus zest which give the rum a freshness that I quite enjoy. As well a light butterscotch accent builds up slowly over time as the glass sits…. "
You may read the full review here:
Review: El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
I have included a couple of nice cocktails for this rum, including a new recipe I call the Silver Celebration.
Please enjoy the review and the cocktail recipes!
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Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican secretary for relations with states, called for the creation of a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East and elsewhere around the world to demonstrate that "global security must not rely on nuclear weapons." He spoke on Sept. 19 at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. The archbishop said the Holy See believes that the ratification and enforcement of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty "will represent a great leap forward for the future of humanity, as well as for the protection of the earth and environment entrusted to our care by the Creator." The archbishop also noted that the disaster at the nuclear facility Fukushima Daiichi, which followed the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011, "quickly revealed that a local nuclear crisis is indeed a global problem. It also revealed that the world is exposed to real and systemic risks, and not just hypothetical ones, with incalculable costs, and the necessity of developing international political coordination the likes of which have never been seen."
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While I only listened to parts of Bush's Ft. Bragg speech, I was struck by the lack of applause. Usually, when one hears the President give a Nationally televised speech, it is fairly frequently punctuated by applause. Yet, in this instance, there was no feedback from the audience (of soldiers). I noticed it, and assumed that there had been some instructions to "sit on their hands". Apparently, I was correct. Ironically, the troops were too silent, at least with respect to the wishes of the White House flacks. In an endeavor to stage manage the event, "orders" were given out, which were interpreted by the troops as a directive to stay silent, and to refrain from clapping. However, the White House managers only wanted to insure that the troops were not inappropriately enthusiastic, given the speech was on such a serious subject. They were quite chagrined at the prospect that viewers might have interpreted the silence of the troops as a tacit rebuke of Bush.
Hoist by their own petard, I say!
The networks were really burned by Bush & Co. Normally, I would say that there is a Civic responsibility to set aside air time, and broadcast a policy speech. But Bush's speech was so vapid, so predictable, and so craven, that it would have be perfectly appropriate not to go for the pre-empt option.


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CULVER — It was a tough loss for the Culver Cavaliers as they were handed their first Northern State Conference defeat at the hands of the New Prairie Cougars, 54-6 at home Friday night.
Culver was able to keep it to a 7-0 game in the first quarter on a quarterback keeper by Matthew Smith, but after that Cavaliers coach Andy Thomas says the speed and intensity of the Cougars took over.
"They just played at a different speed and intensity than we did," he said. "We made them earn their first score and stopped them on fourth down on their second drive. We just couldn't get anything going offensively. Just one of those things where you don't get the confidence in yourselves, and it just kind of snowballs."
New Prairie went on to score four touchdowns in the second quarter to make it 35-0 at the half. Wade Young, Noah Kampa and Matthew Smith all scored on the ground in the second, while Matthew Smith added a touchdown pass to Chad Swain on a play where he was wide open past the defense.
The second half was more of the same as Nick Dobkins added a 34-yard touchdown run in the third quarter followed by Culver's only points of the night — a 4-yard touchdown run by Tucker Schultz. After that most of the reserves were given a chance to play.
Austin Holland scored a touchdown run in the third while Zachary Brassell scored on a 54-yard scamper in the fourth to put the final touches on the night for the Cougars. Collin Szymanski also added two interceptions for New Prairie, the first one early in the second quarter, which seemed to deflate the Cavs a bit.
Culver slips to 1-3 with a 1-1 NSC mark, while New Prairie remains unbeaten at 4-0 and 2-0 in conference play.
Despite the tough loss, Thomas still believes in his team.
"I think we can still be a good football team," said the Cavs' coach. "We are going to have to dig down deep and practice and play with intensity."
The speed and intensity at which this game was played was the theme of the night. The Cougars had it and the Cavaliers just couldn't maintain it to keep pace. They will need to dig down deep, as the coach said, to get ready for yet another tough opponent in Bremen next week. It was a tough loss for the Cavs but a good learning experience to move forward with.
At Culver Community High School, Culver, IN
New Prairie 7 28 12 7 — 54
Culver 0 0 6 0 — 6
NP — Matthew Smith 11 yd. run (Collin Szymanski kick) 7:09
NP — Wade Young 5 yd run (Wade Young run) 9:32
NP — Noah Kampa 55 yd run (Collin Szymanski kick) 7:43
NP — Matthew Smith 25 yd pass to Chad Swain 7:36
NP — Matthew Smith 5 yd run (Collin Szymanski kick) 2:28
NP — Nick Dobkins 34 yd run
C — Tucker schultz 4 yd run
NP — Austin Holland 29 yd run
NP — Zachary Brassell 54 yd run
First Downs 13 8
Rushing Yards 436 30
Passing (comp.-att-int) 4-6-0 9-21-2
Passing yards 53 96
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
Penalties-yds lost 5-26 0-00
New Prairie leaders
Rushing: Nick Dobkins 12-116, Austin Holland 14-87, Wade Young 6-57
Passing: Matthew Smith 4-6-0 53 yds,1TD
Receiving: Chad Swain 1-25, Nick Dobkins 1-15, Dylan Plughaupt 1-13
Culver Leaders
Rushing: Tucker Schultz 11-19, Bradley Beaver 6-10, Westin Bush 2-1
Passing: Collin Stevens 9-21-2 96 yds.
Receiving: Micah Budzinski 5-53, Bradley Beaver 2-33, Trent Elliott 1-9
Records: New Prairie 4-0 (2-0 NSC), Culver 1-3 (1-1 NSC)


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Game 1: Southern Maine - 14, Farmingdale State - 5 Boxscore
Game 2: Eastern Connecticut - 8, Farmingdale State - 3 Boxscore
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team hosted Southern Maine and Eastern Connecticut out of the Little East Conference this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams (5-5) fell 14-5 to Southern Maine (2-1) in the opening game and then were defeated by Eastern Connecticut 8-3.
In game one, Southern Maine's first three batters reached base on walks, which led to three runs in the top of the first inning. The Huskies added two runs in the third inning, increasing their lead to 5-0. Farmingdale State freshman Anthony Ferrante (Holtsville, N.Y.) led off the bottom of the fourth with a walk and later scored on the sacrifice fly by senior first baseman Mike Appell (Westbury, N.Y.).
Trailing 5-1 in the fifth, sophomore third baseman David Zilnicki (Riverhead, N.Y.) hit a two RBI triple, cutting Southern Maine's lead to 5-3. Senior designated hitter Kevin Curtis (Riverhead, N.Y.) later singled up the middle, scoring Zilnicki and pulling the Rams within one.
The Huskies responded with four runs on three hits in the next inning, increasing their lead to 9-4. Southern Maine added five more runs over the final three innings en route to a 14-5 victory.
Farmingdale State was led by Zilnicki who scored two runs and had two RBI. Ferrante was 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored, while junior second baseman Danny DeVito (Plainview, N.Y.) was 1-for-3 with a run scored.
Senior first baseman Mike Eaton (Sabattus, ME) had two hits, four RBI and a run scored for the Huskies. Senior second baseman John Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) was 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs batted in and two runs scored.
In the second game of the afternoon against Eastern Connecticut (3-1), the Warriors struck first with two runs on three hits in the top of the first inning.
In the bottom of the fourth, senior left fielder Ryan Rubenstein (Deer Park, N.Y.) and junior third baseman Ryan Theiss (Deer Park, N.Y.) each reached on walks before sophomore shortstop Ron Remi (Massapequa, N.Y.) hit a two out two RBI double, tying the game at 2-2.
Eastern Connecticut led of the top of the sixth with back-to-back triples and regained the lead 3-2. The Huskies added three more runs in the sixth to extend their lead to 6-2. The Rams trailed 8-2 in the ninth and could only score once in the final inning, eventually falling to 8-3 in the non-conference matchup.
Junior pitcher Chris Phelan (2-1) (Patchogue, N.Y.) allowed six runs and had six strikeouts in six innings of work for Farmingdale State.
Senior designated hitter Jim Schult (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored for Eastern Connecticut. Junior pitcher Jim Dimon (Seymour, Conn.) improved to 2-0 on the season after allowing only two earned runs on three hits in 6.1 innings.
Farmingdale State will host Southern Maine at noon and Eastern Connecticut at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow.


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"Do you believe vampires live in New Orleans?
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Yes, I believe the legends.
My name is Eva Sterling... I am your Tour Guide for the night tour. The Vampire Night Tour through the city of New Orleans."
A tall slender and pale looking woman with dark hair smiles at you. She welcomes you, her only guest on a special treat. She is conducting one of her very rare tours..
New Orleans is an eerie place. It's so Gothic in one sense, so dangerous in another. I have done the rare vampire tours in the French Quarter. So here, I share with you the details. Why? Because being frightened is better when you can share the experience, to release the fanciful fright of the mind, and so purge the imagination of terror by terrorizing the imaginations of others. The Count St. Germain: "The man who knows everything and who never dies."
His story stretches back to France in the illustrious 1700s when there was a mysterious man who charmed the courts of Europe. The Comte Saint Germain was a very strange, extraordinary, enigmatical character. He was a master of the piano and the violin, could converse in six different languages, and his skills as a conversationalist were unrivaled (a skill that is, nowadays, a lost art). His wealth was unfathomable: He carried gems around in his clothing, and no one knew how he came into such wealth. No one knew anything about his family, where he came from, or who he was. One of his greatest passions was alchemy and he was believed to have an extraordinary talent for not aging. Maybe it was his vast knowledge of cosmetics and herbs that kept him young.
The philosopher Voltaire called him "the man who knows everything and who never dies." No one really knew his true age. He looked about 40 in all of his portraits and continued to appear so for over half a century. Although he was charming and engaging and graced the dinner tables of many dukes and kings, no one had ever saw him eat anything. He would only sip his wine, exquisitely, and ramble on about everything from history to chemistry.
Fast forward to New Orleans, Louisiana, and there appears a man by the name of Jacques Saint Germain who fits every description of the Comte above: Around 40 years of age, with heavy money bags, the most fascinating of dinner guests, and still a complete mystery. He would throw lavish parties and invite the elite. Everyone would sit enraptured in the conversation and food, but curiously enough, this Jacques would never eat a morsel, only sip his wine.
But one night he had a lady stay a bit late. Out on his balcony (at the corner of Ursuline and Royal Streets), this Saint Germain grabbed her and tried to bite her neck. She escaped by falling from the balcony and then reported the incident to the police. When the police came to investigate, Jacques Saint Germaine had vanished. They searched his apartment and found tablecloths with large splotches of blood on them. They searched the kitchen, where they found no sign of food or evidence that food had ever been there. All they found where bottles of wine, and after pouring themselves a glass, drinking it, and then spitting it out, they discovered that it was not only wine in those bottles, but wine mixed with human blood.
To this day, this mysterious figure has his own occult following, from theosophists to complete way-out-there mystics. The count was purported to die in the year 1784, although no one saw his death, and some claim to have seen him many years after this date. Nevertheless, he disappeared from court life (I would, too, if I knew that the French Revolution was coming, which some people claim he had foreseen).
This is the end of his story. But the beginning of mine, I am the last heir of Jacques St Germain, his sired daughtet Evaine St Germain-Sterling. He desired death in exchange for a sired daughter. All his knowledge passed to me by his instruction. So fall the Comte Jacques St. Germain by my hand. His choice and now this fledgling seeks her own destiny in the city of Eternal Night, New Orleans...
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This has got to be the weirdest hockey season on record for Wings goalies. Pretty soon Terry Sawchuck will be brought back from the dead and placed in net. The Wings will be fine, they have a very capable backup in Manny Lagace, a guy who could probably be a #1 goalie somewhere else. CuJo shouldn't be out that long and if the Wings clamp down on defense, hey'll be fine. It shoudn't prevent me from attending the Stanley Cup parade in Detroit this June .
If I'm p.o.'d about anything it's the fact that someone didn't didn't destroy the Shark player for taking our goalie out. You take the goalie out in that fashion, you deserve to get some bloddy chiclets.
As for Hasek, I hope he didn't let the door hit him in the ass. He came back, threw a wrench into everything and left it in shambles. I'm sure he's off to the Czech Republic to cross check someone in the face during an in-line game again.
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OpenXava 4.2.3 released
Moving support to StackOverflow
December 11, 2012
UPDATE (March 1, 2013): After three months using StackOverflow we come back to SourceForge forum. The main reason is that StackOverflow moderators close valid OpenXava questions, like this one, and we think this is unacceptable. Of course, if you like StackOverflow you can put OpenXava questions on it, and we'll answer you, but we'll promote SourceForge forums as main support source for OpenXava.
Since 2005 we have been using SourceForge forums for OpenXava support. They have been a very valuable tool for the OpenXava community. Currently, we have more than 3000 threads, most of them questions or problems happily solved.
We are not going to remove the forums, indeed we'll continue using them for discussion. However, we want to promote StackOverflow for support over SourceForge forums, because many questions in the OpenXava forums are not specific of OpenXava, but related with generic development topics, such as Java, JPA, Eclipse, Tomcat, JBoss, Liferay, MySQL, etc. If we put these questions in StackOverflow with the appropriate tags we have a better chance of getting answers, because the StackOverflow community is greater than the OpenXava one.
So, we encourage you to ask your questions about OpenXava on StackOverflow with the tags openxava, java, java-ee more other tags related with your specific problem such as jpa, eclipse, tomcat, mysql, etc. Look at openxava.org/support.
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Project jaNET provides a framework that allows various components to communicate, controlled interactively by the user. This procedure aim to act like a digital life assistant (DLA) and it's inspired by Iron Man's JARVIS.
The virtual she-butler comes to life through project jaNET, a platform ready to host multiple creative and innovative pieces of code concerning domestic everyday tasks.
jaNET provides a built in framework to fulfil most of our daily information manners (like e-mail notification, weather conditions etc) but it can also be extend by wrapping 3rd party applications, processes or scripts in order to become a more flexible and smart system!
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Creating your own Commands
- 4 External Links
jaNET requires festival, simon and mono to run:
yaourt -Sy monodevelop festival simon
Installing jaNET
You can grab the source here if you wish to develop; however, we are going to use the latest binary.
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/project-janet/files/Binaries/Bin.tar.gz as root: mkdir -p /usr/share/janet/scripts tar -xvf Bin.tar.gz -C /usr/share/janet
We will make a launcher for jaNET now:
as root: cat <<EOF >>/usr/bin/janet #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/mono /usr/share/janet/jaNET.exe "$@" EOF chmod a+x /usr/bin/janet
jaNET is now installed however it and it's dependencies needs to be configured!
Festival Configuration
In order to get the female voice of "janet":
cd ~/Desktop wget -c "http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cmu_arctic/packed/cmu_us_slt_arctic-0.95-release.tar.bz2" tar -xvjf cmu_us_slt_arctic-0.95-release.tar.bz2 as root: mkdir /usr/share/festival/voices/us mv ~/Desktop/cmu_us_slt_arctic /usr/share/festival/voices/us/cmu_us_slt_arctic_clunits
You need to edit /usr/share/festival/voices.scm and add cmu_us_slt_arctic_clunits to the default list on the top.
Test this by: (You should hear a female voice)
echo "Hello world." | festival --tts
Simon Configuration
Open Simon program and go to Settings > Configure Simon > Model Settings and choose Static Model and load the HMM definition, Tiedlist, Macros and Stats. Those models can be found here.
Then go to Vocabulary and import a Shadow Vocabulary using dictionary type HTK Lexicon and import the VoxForgeDict from the HTK Accoustic Model we previously downloaded.
We also need jaNET scenarios, so in Simon go to Manage Scenarios > Import/Download search for jaNET and Install. Then click Commands tab and select Program-Janet-Edit and change jaNET's path with /usr/bin/janet.
Those scencarios did not work for me however, so I have uploaded a working copy of the scenarios for jaNET with this configuration used here.
jaNET Configuration
The main file used to configure jaNET is /usr/share/janet/AppConfig.xml
Configuring Alerts
In AppConfig.xml in the Settings Sub-Tree: Settings > Alerts sets the email, and sms alerts that jaNET will send.
Configuring Bluetooth Device
See bluetooth in order to set up your bluetooth device. You will need the mac address:
hcitool scan
In AppConfig.xml in the Settings Sub-Tree: Settings > Bluetooth:
- change the id to match your bluetooth device mac address
Settings > Bluetooth > name:
- change this to your bluetooth device. Ex "Samsung 1234"
Settings > Bluetooth > macAddr
- change this to match your bluetooth device mac address
You can also change the behavior when you enter and exit the area in the found and lost sections.
- Example: adding an InstructionSet command to automatically sync your phonebook everytime you enter! Never lose all your contacts again!
Configuring Weather Updates
In AppConfig.xml in the Settings Sub-Tree: Settings > Other > YahooForecastFeed
Go to http://weather.yahoo.com/ and enter your city/zip code. Click on the RSS feed and copy this link. Replace the YahooForecastFeed with this and update the InstructionSets that relate to weather with the appropriate city name.
Creating your own Commands
Creating new commands for jaNET is easy! In order to configure simon you will need htk installed and using the adapted base model from definitions earlier used.
jaNET allows you to run external commands and use the output in it's replies! A walk-through of creating a package updates command:
Number of Arch Package Updates
You should have a /usr/share/festival/scripts directory if you followed this wiki, if not, create it.
First we need pacman to update its cache every so often so we can find new updates. Create /etc/cron.hourly/pacmanupdate and place this inside:
pacman -Syy
Next we need to create the script for jaNET to use. Create /usr/share/janet/archlinux_updates.sh with the following:
#!/bin/bash echo "$(pacman -Qu | wc -l)"
Now all we need to do is add the new InstructionSets so that we can use this with jaNET! Edit your AppConfig.xml and add the following within the Instructions Sub-Tree.
<InstructionSet id="*archupdates">bash /usr/share/janet/scripts/archlinux_updates.sh</InstructionSet> <InstructionSet id="archupdates">There are *archupdates available updates sir.</InstructionSet>
jaNET can now tell you how many updates you have!
janet 'archupdates;qexit'
Configuring Simon for Arch Updates
TODO - Cannot do this currently without htk properly installed.
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They arrive by the plane load, wearing hiking boots, backpacks and headbands. "Machu Piccu?," the Peruvian customs official asks wearily. And off they go to one of the world's most intoxicating sights -- and the mountaintop home of the nation's most famous site.
In the process, however, they are doing themselves a huge injustice.
For in their quest to follow the masses, many travelers to this South American nation roughly 10 times the size of New York might be neglecting what is its most valuable resource: Food.
Billing itself as the "gastronomic capital of the Americas," Peruvian cuisine is the forefront of a Latin revolution in kitchens everywhere. It is Incan tradition fused with Spanish colonialism, lightly tossed in a vinaigrette of Afro-Asian culture and sautéed in imagination as fertile as the land from which its innumerable produce comes from.
A temperate climate, rich soils, lengthy coastline and diverse geography bordered by the Andes mountains mean freshness and variety. It boasts 3,000 different varieties of potato. Ancient grains such as quinoa have now become a staple.
Ceviche might be the most famous dish but on a recent week-long trip, I enjoyed "cuy pekines" -- guinea pig -- alpaca and more vegetables than I probably had eaten the entire previous year. Even rock moss and flowers will find their way into dishes, although what arrives on your plate wouldn't look out of place in the Museum of Modern Art.
"Everything that is edible, we try to use in our creations," one chef told me.
While its restaurants continue to win awards and its chefs continue to win praise, the big winners might be its nearly 30 million people, imbued with an awareness of nutritious -- and inexpensive -- eating.